Cooperation Is the Only Way to One Day Vanquish the Repulsive Reality of Human Trafficking Jerry Haar and Krystal Rodriguez - Orlando Sentinel
go to original March 7, 2017

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Tragically, despite the global effort to end forced labor and domestic servitude of men, women and children, the International Labor Organization estimates 21 million people worldwide continue to be enslaved in forced labor and human trafficking. This form of modern slavery exploits victims across a broad spectrum of occupational categories and is considered to be one of today’s leading criminal enterprises. In fact, sex trafficking is one of the most profitable businesses in the world, with a net profit margin of more than 70 percent and an estimated annual profit of $150 billion in forced labor.

Globalization has fueled the supply of human trafficking as it makes victims easy to procure, transport and exploit. Victims are mainly recruited via travel and employment agencies and nightclubs, in which accomplices provide false advertisement for employment and fame or coerce victims through force. Demand is very high because there are little to no risks preventing traffickers from selling and/or purchasing victims.

The countries that are more vulnerable to human trafficking are ones that have experienced political upheaval, armed conflict, economic crisis or a natural disaster.

Over the past few decades, Central America has experienced numerous crises, transforming it into a major trafficking hub. Nations with growing tourism such as Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama are the principal receiving countries of trafficked women in the region, while the poorer countries such as Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua supply the majority of trafficked women.

...Human trafficking is a transnational crime — one that requires neighboring countries to work together to combat this scourge. Cooperation among police, the courts and citizens at large is the only way to one day vanquish the repulsive reality of human trafficking.

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Related: Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex-Trafficking (The Associated Press)

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