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Traffic or trafficking means the illegal trade of something. Human trafficking, sex trafficking and drug trafficking are some of the worst forms of trafficking today.
Human trafficking is the trade of humans, most commonly for the purpose of sexual exploitation, sexual slavery or forced labor, for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extraction of organs or tissues, including for surrogacy and ova removal. Human trafficking can occur within a country or transnationally. It is a crime against the person because of the violation of the victim's rights of movement through coercion and because of their commercial exploitation.
This crime has become a multi-billion dollar business. The average cost of a human trafficking victim today is USD $90, which, in comparison to southern American slave trade in the 1800s is less than the average slave that was equivalent to USD $40,000.
Trafficking may come in many forms including; Bonded labor or debt labor, forced labor, and the worst of all child labor. Child labor is a form of work that is likely to be hazardous to the physical, mental, spiritual, moral, or social development of children and can interfere with their education. Training of children involves the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring children for the purpose of exploitation which may include, child prostitution, child pornography, forced labor, slavery, illicite international adoption, trafficking for early marriage, recruitment as child soldiers, for use in begging or as athletes.
Trafficking may be caused by different factors including, poverty, political challenges, social norms, where girls are marginalised, stereotyped and devalued in the society and school, and finally ignorance of parents.
The consequences of trafficking victims may differ from sexually exploited victims to child abused victims but they suffer trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD), social alienation in the host and home countries, stigmatization, self harm, sexually transmitted diseases(STDS), HIV/AIDS, aggression, distrust of adults, substance abuse, Attention Deficit Disorder(ADD) and many other social problems.
Trafficking is a secret menace in the society and steals away the joy and freedom of innocent people, but it can be stopped with your help and my help and all of our help and not just the government alone. See something, say something, and it's important we all play our parts to help victims to be reintegrated into the society so they can live normal lives like you and I. Together we can create awareness to help our fellow humans and expose these perpetrators of evil.
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