Any second of any day 1.39 million women and children are forced into sex industries (Kloer 8). Human trafficking is a major issue not just in third world countries but right here in our backyards.” Historically, people in the U.S. thought child sex trafficking happened in far off places like Thailand and Southeast Asia and not here. Unfortunately, the hard-hitting fact is that U.S. children are being recruited and controlled and bought by U.S. citizens right here in our own backyard” stated Staca Shehan from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (qtd. in Guarino). In our backyards, right here in the United Stated, around 100,000 people are being trafficked (Siedenberg 1). Human trafficking should be addressed not only in America but around …show more content…
Victims are also abducted, seduction, recruitment by other slaves by telling them very believable lies, and just by movement in general (Siddharth 8-10 ). Human Trafficking brings in $32 billion dollars a year (Chinapen). One of the most sickening thoughts is that human trafficking not only exists but is one of the biggest criminal enterprises around the world. In Latin America sex trafficking is a $16 billion enterprise (Kloer 8). Tourism to foreign countries for what business called “work” turned into the business of having sex with underage children (Tepelus). Tourism to foreign countries is very common and many of us would think they are going for a lovely vacation with their family or a business trip for actual business not for the act of have sex with children. Tourism is common because many find teens between the ages of twelve and fourteen more desirable and it’s easier to find girls without the worry of strict law enforcement (Kloer