Human Trafficking

• Human trafficking refers to the transporting, recruiting and harboring of humans for forced labor, cheap labor, sexual exploitation, prostitution or other involuntary acts.
• Human trafficking is the third most profitable business for organized crime, behind illegal drugs and weapons trafficking.
• In a 2005 report by the International Labour Organization (a specialized agency of the United Nations, which promotes social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights), there are nearly 10 million people being exploited through forced labour in the private economy. Of these, the study estimates a minimum of 2.4 million to be victims of human trafficking. The report also provides the first global estimate of the profits generated by the exploitation of trafficked women, children and men - US$ 32 billion each year, or an average of US$ 13,000 from every single trafficked forced labourer.
  Source : “A global alliance against forced labour” International Labour Organization, 11 May 2005
• Human traffickers use force or deception on their victims which includes innocent children.
• According to the U.S. Department of State, most cases of forced labor occur as unscrupulous employers take advantage of gaps in law enforcement to exploit vulnerable workers. These workers are made more vulnerable to forced labor practices because of unemployment, poverty, crime, discrimination, corruption, political conflict, and cultural acceptance of the practice. Immigrants are particularly vulnerable, though individuals can also be forced into labor in their own countries.
• Evil traffickers also use handicap children to make money out of street begging. They will cut open old wounds or inflict new ones to win pity from passersby.

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