According to Nicole Lancette “There are more than 27 million of victims of human trafficking” when I heard that I was shocked. The proportions of this worldwide problem are amazing. However, most of the people do not know anything about it. This is the third largest and fastest growing illegal trade after drug trafficking and arms trafficking.
About 80% of the victims are women and 50% of them are minors. By means such as force, fraud and coersion those people are forced to work as servitudes, child soldiers and prostitutes. The demand for sex and cheap products are significant reasons that explain why the current cost of a slave is cheaper than when slavery was legal.
There are multiple causes of this universal problem, for instance economic reasons. Many of those victims are promised better living conditions in another country. For paying the costs of the trip it is necessary to make a loan. When they arrive to their new “home”, they are stripped of their legal documents and it result imposible to pay loan interests. In addition, the feeling of not wanting to help others and the social stigma of being poor are some of the cultural reasons. It seems that uneducated people are very vulnerable to suffer from this problem and more likely to be punished despite of being the victims.
Simple acts such as buying a chocolate that was not manufactured by slaves can start the difference. This serious issue should not be ignored. If you thought that slavery was abolished more than a century ago you are wrong; human trafficking is the Modern trend of slavery.
"most of the people do not know anything about it." I am one of them!!
ResponderEliminarYea very true uneducated people are the slaves mostly.
ResponderEliminarFer, I can't live without chocolate.. you stop buying, so the change will come for sure :P
Fer, we have this problem in few countries in the middle east, but no one knows that it is slavery. people use young kids to beg on streets. It's sad
ResponderEliminarIt is really sad that the poor and innocent are exploited by other people who want to get wealthier. I knew about this since I made contact with a couple of people that are or were victims of human trafficking. It is really hard to help them or for them to find a way out of this never ending circle. There is so much pressure on them and they are threatened all the time. They are so scared so they rather suffer than trying to get out of this misery.
ResponderEliminarI agree that most people don't have a clue about what is happening with human trafficking today. That is part of the reason I had these speakers come.
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