Human Trafficking

"Trafficking in persons is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the hands of traffickers, in their own countries or abroad...."

- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

definition: "The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of a child for the purpose of exploitation shall be considered 'Trafficking in persons' "

Human trafficking is an issue in almost all the countries in the world and is a kind of "modern-day slavery". It involves the trading of humans through deception and kidnapping for the purpose of prostitution, labor, organ transfers, etc. They can be transported among the same country or even foreign countries. Most of these victims are children.

Traffickers aim for people such as: (from Polaris Project)

- undocumented immigrants

- runaway and homeless youth

- victims of trauma and abuse

- refugees and individuals fleeing conflict

Human trafficking does not happen in front our eyes very often, because everything happens behind the scenes. Humans are secretly transported to one place to another illegally to work for their traffickers benefits. They don't receive money and are treated in inhumane ways.

Victims often have no idea in where they are heading and clueless in what their future will be.

Victims transferred to their new working place were treated brutally under horrible working conditions. Traffickers lock their "slaves" in brothels and factories and forces them to work in their businesses. They work in places such as sex industries or in farming fields. Traffickers use lies, deception, violence, threats in order to manipulate and control its victims. 

Sites:

https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/what-is-human-trafficking.html?ref=menuside

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking

http://www.ice.gov/human-trafficking/

http://www.polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/overview/the-victims