Over the past thirty years human trafficking has caught the public’s eye. Human trafficking is when people are transferred by force for sexual exploitation and or labor. Human trafficking is viewed from many different aspects and perspectives. The law enforcement views human trafficking as a violation of human rights. Human trafficking is becoming more known and needs to soon be stopped because it’s illegal in many countries around the world, it’s a violation of human rights, and it is targeting innocent people. Human trafficking can be dated back to the sixteenth century, when 9.5 million Africans were transported to the Americas for work. The Slave Trade was outlawed in 1807. Slavery was abolished in 1865 with the Thirteenth amendment after the Civil War. The League of Nations soon banned slavery in 1926. The United Nations then followed by banning slavery and the Slave Trade in 1956. A new form of slavery was rising and it scared the people of the United States. “The fear over “white slavery” was that white women and girls were being kidnapped or tricked into going overseas and then forced into prostitution” (Koh “Human”). Because of the fear of “white slavery” the United States enacted the White Slave Traffic Act in 1910 (Koh “Human”). …show more content…
That if one were to be caught trafficking it should be treated as a crime. Present day United States government sees human trafficking as modern slavery. The new form of slavery isn't based on religion or ethnicity, but it is based on poverty. Globalization has influenced human trafficking positively over the years. “Globalization has made trafficking easier across international borders and more attractive to traffickers” (Koh “Point”). Human trafficking is an illegal crime that many people don't know that it is illegal. “The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) makes the act of human trafficking a federal offense” (Koh