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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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Polaris works collaboratively with victims and crisis hotlines with hopes of locating trafficked victims and offering solutions and assistance to those victims, and offers solutions to those victimized by human trafficking. Polaris is Considered as one of the largest organization that combats human trafficking domestically (Polarisproject.org, 2017). Polaris also strives for a stronger state and federal anti-trafficking legislations. In addition, the organization urges national community members to stand up and take a stand as one to identify individuals that they feel are being exploited and report such

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Unfortunately, in the 21’st Century we still discover numerous acts of illegal human trafficking around the world. These acts are truly inhumane and intolerable for any human to experience. Human Beings are coerced to work in dreadful conditions with little or no pay at all and are barely given any food to survive. People were not even considered human rather much as animals. We observe the same acts in the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Where we witness children being sold off to work; Husbands being sold from their wives and; Families torn away from each other.

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Ian Hallock Mr. Schoen English IV February 23, 2023 Human Trafficking: Answering questions to analyze the topic How would you feel to have your life stolen from you, not by death but by not being able to live, being a slave to the most evil people on the planet. 27.6 million seems like a big number, but once you put faces on each individual you realize how bad this really is. Many people across the globe have experience, and have been affected by human trafficking at alarming rates. Human trafficking is the illegal trade of people done by cartels and drug lords and ultimately fueled by the rich and powerful people, and eventually they will be stopped.

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There are an estimated twenty- seven million adults and thirteen million children who are involved with sex trafficking and roughly two thousand five hundred trafficking victims are believed to still be drifting at sea. Victims are usually beaten, ill treated, drugged, raped and prostituted, but nothing is being done. In the Sex trafficking industry females make up fifty- five percent, males make up forty- five percent, and of those percentages children make up fifty percent. Roughly estimated one point two million children are trafficked every year. When a child or new victim is just starting the traffickers often train the girls themselves by, raping them and teaching them sex acts.

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The Polaris Project is a non-profit organization who fight to end human trafficking throughout the world. They work by allowing victims to call or text their hotline and Polaris in turn will get the proper people involved to help the suffering end (“Polaris Project”). Polaris will provide the victim financial and emotional support throughout the battle of trying to win their freedom (“Polaris Project”). However, Polaris Project is not the only organization working to cease human trafficking. The United Nations has set up a trust fund therefore people can donate money to further investigate human trafficking (“UNODC”).

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Human trafficking can affect any person, anywhere at any time, yet leaves multiple groups at higher risk for human trafficking. Runaway/homeless youth, LGBT members, migrant workers, undocumented immigrants, racial/ethnic minorities, those who struggle with substance abuse, and others all tend to be at higher risk for becoming victims of human trafficking. In order for human trafficking to be classified as a crime it must fit the three elements of human trafficking. These three elements fall under Act, Means, and Purpose. Act explains what is happening, in this stage people are recruited, taken, possibly moved to another location, and received by other traffickers or those who wish to exploit them.

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