Human trafficking Human trafficking is on the up rise; therefore‚ we have an increasing opportunity for greater interventions within our community. Traffickers target vulnerable Native women and youth who struggle with mental illness and substance abuse. These young women are easy targets because their mental illness affects their thought process of being able to recognize being exploited. Unfortunately‚ these young women believe these exploiters lies and deceit. They believe the pimps are their
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know their birthdays. The Vasquez-Valenzuela family lured the girls back to the U.S. by promising them jobs in the jewelry and restaurant industries. Once the girls were successfully smuggled‚ they were told they owed a debt that had to be paid by prostitution. If the girls didn’t say yes‚ they were threatened with violence and the death of their families. After the arrests of eight out of the nine offenders‚ one family member was left unaccounted for and went on the run. She was finally found hiding
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thrown into prison because they were speaking out against low pay wages and poverty. As in the story “The House Behind A Weeping Cherry”‚ Lili was smuggled into this country illegally by a man who used her and other women in slave labor such as prostitution. Lili was desperate to get out of China because of the ill treatment the peopled faced. She wanted to start a new life in the U.S. where she would have a chance to make a better life for herself and to make more money to send back to her family
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An End to Human Trafficking At the ages of 15‚ Mary Cummins and Kathy Abell were abducted and forced into a dark life of exploitation and abuse. They worked in anything that would make money‚ while living in fear never knowing when they would be beaten. “Abell’s nickname was Rocky Raccoon‚ because her face was always so badly beaten. Once she was beaten for 12 hours‚ and locked in the house for 4 days” (Coffey). After 20 years‚ they finally managed to escape and now share their stories with
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The movie‚ Requiem for a Dream‚ takes place in Brooklyn‚ New York in an apartment where a middle-aged woman‚ Sara Goldfarb lives. She is visited by her son‚ Harry‚ who steals her TV set to pawn it for money in order to buy heroin. Harry and his friend‚ Tyrone‚ becomes high on drugs as they plan to make more profit selling drugs at Coney Island. Meanwhile‚ Sara‚ watches her favorite show‚ “Tappy Tibbon’s Month of Fury” and gets a phone call that asks if she wants to appear on the show. She then
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However‚ love is not always the reason for sex. Sometimes sex happens without love. Sex without love has various influences on people in their lives. Rape causes long lasting scars on peoples lives‚ sex is often used as a form of healing‚ and prostitution is a way of life for some people. Rape causes long lasting scars on peoples lives. Rape is forcing another person to submit to sexual intercourse. The person committing the rape receives a sense of power over the person he is raping. When Chipper
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violation of human rights. Its’ office to monitor and combat trafficking in persons originally focused on the sexual exploitation of women and girls smuggled by international prostitution. Over the years the definition has broadened to cover anyone recruited‚ transported‚ transferred‚ harbored‚ and compelled to work in prostitution‚ domestic service‚ agriculture‚ construction work or factory sweat shops‚ by means of coercion‚ force‚ abduction‚ fraud or deception. Any commercial sex act performed by a
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a common element of child human trafficking” (Human Trafficking Laws & Regulations). Until a few decades ago‚ sex abuse was considered a family problem‚ not illegal. Human trafficking involves vulnerable adolescents and takes the form of forced prostitution‚ labor‚ and domestic servitude. Sex trafficking can happen anywhere; houses‚ vehicles‚ hotel rooms‚ escort services‚ bars and strip clubs‚ in the streets‚ truck stops and other countries. Sex trafficking can happen to all ages of people‚ but young
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different states‚ it can also be a transnational crime‚ in the event that it involves two or more countries. In many cases‚ it involves women and young children‚ but rare cases‚ it includes men as well and is these individuals are forced into labor‚ prostitution‚ or sex trafficking. Transnational crimes occur when offenses‚ acts‚ and impacts involve more than one country (Dammer & Albanese‚ 2014‚ pg. 3). Transnational crimes generally involve the provision of illicit goods or illicit services‚ or the infiltration
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Specific purpose: To inform my audience about human trafficking. Central idea: To make people aware of the seriousness of human trafficking. Introduction I. Imagine yourself leaving for a trip that you have been looking forward to. A. You are all packed‚ on the plane‚ and then arrive at you destination. B. After settling in you go exploring the area. II. At this point‚ you are kidnapped A. You cannot do anything to protect yourself or
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