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Human trafficking is the action or practice of illegally transporting people from one country or area to another, typically for the purposes of forced labour or commercial sexual exploitation.Many people don't know but there are many types of human trafficking not just sexually.In the polaris project it explain the different types of human trafficking.The purpose of this project is to show many people to understand they can pass through human trafficking without realizing that it's there. In the novel Ssold, Llakshmi is a young girl from the village that gets sold because her family is short on money because her step father spends all the money on gambling.Lakshmi went through a lot of traveling.The “aunty”that bought her started …show more content…

In the polaris project some type of human trafficking can take place in hotels,restaurants,beauty services,construction,carnivals,health care and etc and in many it is both gender man and woman.What happens in hotels human trafficking ?They work in the front desk,bell staff,and mostly in housekeeping.Many of the workers come from jamaica and the philippines.The workers for food services work in bars, clubs ,buffets etc.It can be difficult for the people that survived .How exactly.Well according to the polaris project studies show that management are sometimes unclear to help avoid detection.(last sentence on https://polarisproject.org/typology on the slide that says food services).The Polaris project helped on opening people's minds and knowing that there are many types of human trafficking still going on around the world.Tis project helped 55% women and girls,26% of them where children https://polarisproject.org/facts .The project is funded with $3,177,078 https://polarisproject.org/financial-information One interesting fact is “The International Labor Organization estimates that forced labor and human trafficking is a $150 billion industry worldwide.”https://polarisproject.org/facts

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