Human Trafficking: Difference Between Historical And Modern Slavery

Phạm Thị Thanh Bình/ Beola Social Science 8 3/4/2018 Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Beola

Human trafficking is always a matter of concern for the whole world. Human trafficking happened many centuries ago and now it still exists. Trafficking is a crime. If human trafficking is not wrong then there is nothing being wrong. So, we needing to learn more about human trafficking. Human trafficking is the transportation, supply, transfer and receiving people in: sexual exploitation, forced labour, violence or threat and kidnapping. Woman, men and children are trafficked for sexual exploitation or forced labour. Every year, around the world, there are 800 000 - 1 000 000 people are being trafficked. Most of them are women and

So, what is the difference between historical and modern slavery? First, in the last century, the distinction was made between blacks and whites. Blacks were heavily discriminated against by whites and were treated as slaves. Traffickers took advantage of that and kidnapped black people and forced them to do hard work. In modern trafficking, so not only black, everybody can trafficked. Trafficking is now illegal but in the last century it was legal. People who make money from trafficking now can earn $150 million a year. While centuries ago, human trafficking was not profitable.. In slavery in the past, slaves were brought to the landlord to repay the family debt and were cleaned up. They usually worked on farms and plantation. If slave did pay their fees they also had to work as a slaves ... In modern times, slavery is not simply farming and planting. Trafficking has many types.Sexual is the one of it. For example, more than 4.8 million people being sex traffic. Its not legal but its happens everywhere. Most of the slaves are young