Holly Burkhalter,
IJM Vice President of government and advocacy stated: “The TIP Report is an international treasure. Its honest accounting of slavery and trafficking in the U.S. and around the world is a tool that benefits government reformers, anti-trafficking activists, and most of all, enslaved children, women and men.”
Human Trafficking is estimated to be a seven billion dollar industry that consumes the lives of innocent little boys and girls, abroad and in the United States.
Children are sold off to whom they believe are self established businessmen by their families. The families of these children are told that their child will be offered better opportunities in the United States. In reality, after laving their country, these children are stripped of their visas and placed in the industry of human trafficking.
This type of modern-day slavery takes many forms including child forced labor. For instance, many children in Central and South America, Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, and even America are sold and forced to work in sweatshops, cocoa fields and the commercial industry (pornography).
The health and living conditions of these children are outrageous. Many of them live in crowded, dirt brothels to satisfy the pleasures of sex tourist.
The owners, known as dealers, sell children as young as two years old and as old as 14. They are often referred to as meat. It is known among buyers and sellers, the younger the child, the more expensive.
The Children suffer from HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis, Cholera, and Hepatitis while being sold to potential buyers.
As readers, you may ask, why would an individual take part in such corrupt activity?
My response is this, the same question has fueled the purpose of this blog and through my postings I hope to answer this question.
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Human Trafficking our Modern Day Slavery 