Human Trafficking
...the last several decades, many lucrative businesses have come and gone. These recent developments have not only facilitated legitimate transnational business and boosted the global economy, but it has also helped illegitimate business and the black market. Additionally, these great advancements have also lowered the costs of transportation and communication. Many say that these are all effects of globalization, but I believe that there has to be other underlying reasons for this. Globalization as the reason would be a very easy way to dismiss the issue. Moreover, just as legitimate business is regulated, illegitimate should be overseen as well in order to mitigate its effects and eradicate if at all possible. Specifically, I will be focusing on human trafficking originating in Asia and what key international economic organizations and nongovernmental organizations are doing to identify and stop this problem.
Although there is no consensus on the definition of human trafficking, it is typically considered to be a modern day form of slavery, involving victims who are typically forces, defrauded, or coerced into sexual or labor exploitation (Howard). This consideration is still in place regardless of the fact that many of those that are trafficked refuse to be seen, treated, and considred as victims (Aradau p. 104). Human trafficking is among the fastest growing criminal activities occurring worldwide and within individual countries as it is the third largest underground economy in the world. Globally, at least 600,000 to 800,000 people, mostly women and children, are trafficked each year across borders (Howard). Moreover, humans that are trafficked are seen as a renewable source, they can be sold and resold over and over again. Also, there is an endless supply of humans that can be exploited (Haynes p. 223). In addition to the abuses that the victims of human...
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