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Human Trafficking In The United States Essay

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The delegate of the United States is fully aware of increasing number of migrant workers in the Middle East working in forced labor situation for very low wages. It creates high rates of migrant workers to be exposed to prostitution and human trafficking. Traffickers trap their victims by coercion, force, or fraud and often lure desperate young women with the promise of a better paying job or higher education into a destination country where their documentation and passports are forcibly taken from them as soon as they arrive. Prostitution in the Middle East is because prostitution thrives there. The religious outlawing of extramarital sex reinforces this trade and consequently further bolsters the demand for prostitution. The issue is exacerbated …show more content…

S. Government is strongly committed to combating trafficking in persons at home and abroad and has initiated many anti-trafficking and development programs to assist countries to combat such ever-growing phenomenon. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, enhances pre-existing criminal penalties, affords new protections to trafficking victims and makes available certain benefits and services to victims of severe forms of trafficking. Mandated by the TVPA in 2000, the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking was created in the State Department(G/TIP office) The G/TIP office has provided millions of dollars in grants to organizations all over the world to implement programs include strengthening the capacity of non-governmental organizations(NGO) to protect those groups from abuse and violence, disseminating information on the dangers of trafficking, and outreach and economic opportunity programs for these most at risk of being trafficked. The U.S. has assisted countries to enact anti-trafficking legislation, trained law enforcement officials, prosecutors, border guards and judicial officers on detecting, investigating, and prosecuting traffickers, and protecting victims and provided start-up equipment for new anti-trafficking police units. The U.S. Government recognizes the need to sustain and further enhance efforts in order to struggle against prostitution and human

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