According to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, human trafficking is defined as the trafficking of persons or as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use or force. This can also include other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation (The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime). About 18,000 people are trafficked to the United States each year. Victims of human trafficking are people who are from foreign countries, who are poor and desperate for a better living, and they want to come to the United States. People who are …show more content…
Recruiters or traffickers prey on vulnerable individuals, who hope for a better life and other kinds of dreams, in order to make money. These individuals are lured in and out of foreign countries and the United States through false promises. They are then given forced labor for long and strenuous hours which has a negative effect on their bodies in various ways mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. Traffickers are able to manipulate individuals, who come from broken homes, who aren’t financially stable and through other kinds of factors. Human trafficking can be happening right in one’s face, and the person might not even know it, because victims of human trafficking work in places like nail salons, restaurants, factories, and other places. If an individual is a victim of human trafficking or knows someone involved in human trafficking, they should contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, which is completely confidential and helpful in bringing loved ones