Around 10 Lakh People Are Trafficked Each Year Globally!!

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Human trafficking is the illegal trade in human beings for the purpose of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery. It is the acquisition and exploitation of people.

According to United Nations, human trafficking is, "the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion) for an improper purpose including forced labor or sexual exploitation".

Types

  • Sex trafficking

  • Labor trafficking

  • Illegal organ harvesting

Here some questions arise like, what do they do to the victims of human trafficking? Who are the targets of this crime? Why do the people do this? What is it's causing? Impacts of human trafficking on society? How to stop this loathsome work?

Purposes :

In this crime men, women and children are trafficked for the purpose that is described in below

  1. Forced labor

  • Agricultural exploitation
  • Fishing
  • Industrial work
  • Construction work
  • Factory work
  • Textile
  • Domestic work
  • Begging
  • Street selling
  • Restaurant and hotel work

  1. Sexual labor

  • In the streets
  • In bars
  • In brothel's
  • In domestic exploitation

This racket is more dangerous as how developed the country is. Not only in India but the United States, Western Europe and in other countries this trafficking also prevails.

Causes

  • Poverty

  • Unemployment

  • Lack of education

  • Political instability

  • Tourism

  • Migrants

  • Unstable conditions within the family

  • Use of drugs

  • Absence of social safety

  • Allure of films

In India human trafficking is turning to very common. The poor people have always been captured by this crime. The person who needs manpower contacts to a broker. The broker arranges the nomads or people who need money. If the deal is committed at 2 lakhs, the broker falsified the accounts and took 1 lakh rupees for himself and gave the rest of the amount to the workers. Labours don't have any idea about the deal. They didn't see a huge amount before this. So they easily agreed to be migrated. At the end of the year labours spent all the money and couldn't get more and got exploited. In some other cases some sex brokers allures a girl of films and made her a prostitute. Trafficking of human organs like kidney, eye etc. instead of treatment are also included.

Impacts of Human trafficking:

  • Fuels organized crime

  • Deprives countries of human capital

  • Impose enormous economical costs

  • Promote social breakdown

  • Subverts government authority

What should be the steps to stop it?

  • Awareness

  • Proper education

  • Raise your voice

  • Use your skills

  • Register your training

  • Take legal steps

According to the report, around 10,00,000 people are trafficked each year globally. Human trafficking is an illegal thing. It's a crime. Our motive should be stopped it completely and have more responsibilities after rescue. The information should be spread regarding the risk of becoming a victim, the rights of victims, it's punishment etc. Most importantly when a girl child is rescued, the parents should provide her a comfortable environment to become normal as before.

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