HUMAN TRAFFICKING: AN INTERNATIONAL

ISSUE.

Caracas, june 2014.

Integrants:Susana Arenas.Anabel García.

Ynney Hum.

In context

•10-30 million slaves worldwide.

•A 32$ billion business.

In numbers

•USA.•Europe: 2.5$ billion per year.

In places

•Drug trafficking.•Sex trade.•Refugees.In

categories

78% of registered forms of human trafficking

worldwide are based on sex

trade.(UNODC, 2014)

Definition and Types Human Trafficking is the recruitment (…) of persons,

by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of (…) abduction, to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. (UNODC, 2014)

Exploitation shall include (…) sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude. (UNODC, 2014)

 According to Merriam-Webster.com (2014) it’s and “organized criminal activity in which human beings are treated as possessions to be controlled and exploited (…)”. A young boy

picking cotton in Uzbekistan.

Types of Human Trafficking

1) Sexual exploitation/trade2) Forced labour.3) Domestic servitude.4) Forced marriage.5) Refugees.6) Victims of organ removal.7) Military service.

A human life can’t be

degraded to a single number.

A CNN reporter goes undercover

to see the reality of sex trade in Russia

first hand.

ART IMITATING LIFE?

A supportive position1)Slavery is natural. (Higgs, 2009)2)It has always existed.3)Every society on earth has slavery. (Higgs, 2009)4)They are not capable to take care of themselves. (Higgs, 2009)5)Without their masters, the slaves would die off. (Higgs, 2009)6)Where the common people are free, they are even worse than slaves. (Higgs, 2009)7)Getting rid of it would occasion great bloodshed and casualties. (Higgs,2009)8)Without slavery the former slaves would run amuck, stealing, raping, killing, and generally causing mayhem. (Higgs, 2009)9)Trying to get rid of slavery is foolishly utopian and impractical.(Higgs, 2009)10)Encourage them to focus on the better life that awaits them in the hereafter.

Economist and writer Robert

Higgs.

Against (CONS)

To gain money . Prostitution. Child soldiers.

In favor (PROS)

The topic itself. The lack of education in the world about this international issue.

TOP 10 INFAMOUS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING

1. Bangladesh2. Brazil3. Haiti4. Pakistan5. India

6. Sri Lanka7. Nepal8. Uganda9. Ghana 10.China

Bibliographic References BBC. (20 de june de 2014). John Kerry: 'No excuse for inaction on refugees'. Obtenido de

BBC News: US and Canada: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27946717 Higgs, R. (18 de noviembre de 2009). Ten Reasons Not To Abolish Slavery. Obtenido

de The Freeman: Foundation for Economic Education: http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/ten-reasons-not-to-abolish-slavery

Maddox, T. (14 de marzo de 2011). The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery. Obtenido de Modern-Day slavery: A problem that can't be ignored: http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/04/modern-day-slavery-a-problem-that-cant-be-ignored/

Human Trafficking. Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 23 June 2014. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human trafficking

UNODC. (2014). What Is Human Trafficking? Retrieved from UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/what-is-human-trafficking.html?ref=menuside

Chance, M. (s.f.). CNN. Obtenido de cnn.com Chance, M. (s.f.). CNN. Obtenido de cnn.com http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/18/russia.prostitution/

Caseact. (2012). Obtenido de http://www.caseact.org/:http://www.caseact.org/learn/humantrafficking/

Avila, J. (29 de January de 2014). abcNews. Obtenido de http://abcnews.go.com/: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/01/super-bowl-is-largest-weekend-in-us-prostitution-advocates-say/)