Persuasive Essay On Human Trafficking

One of the most alarming obstacles to achieving natural rights in the 21st century is human trafficking. Human trafficking, simply stated, is an industry that profits from the buying and the selling of people. Human trafficking affects developed and developing countries, and anyone within them; men, women, and children. Today, human trafficking is one of the fastest growing international organized crime industries, only falling short of drug trafficking. Although trafficking victims protection laws and legislation dealing with the prosecution of human traffickers are in place today, they are inadequate in addressing the issue of human trafficking. Many people continue to fall victim and remain unidentified; prosecution laws lack severity; and

Despite the growing awareness of the issue on an international front, an increasing number of people continue to fall victim and stay undistinguished. According to a figure provided by the United Nations, “Estimates put the number of slaves in the world at between 12 million and 27 million” (Tran). These figures are not just confined to the developing world. Human trafficking affects almost every country in the world, whether the country is the country of origin or the destination for the victims. Laws in place today, work to aid victims, but are insufficient, and many victims fail to be distinguished. In the United States alone, “...an estimated 15,000 to 18,000 persons are trafficked into the United States every year for forced labor” (Connan). Both Tran and Connan in their articles, highlight human trafficking, in terms of victims. Their research in conjunction, demonstrates the fact that victims are often in plain sight, but they remain largely unidentified. In part, it is due to human traffickers threatening violence against victims and their family members, which works to prevent victims from