Human Trafficking Research Paper

Preventing Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is a social, cultural, and legal vice that has been in existence for ages. Wylie and McRedmond (2010), define it as "the trading of people across borders for purposes of enslavement". However, the increased rate at which this illegal trade of human beings occurs has been on the rise in the recent past, and the numbers keep growing by the day. A look at how much effort has been vested into prevention of human trafficking shows that little has been done, and more is yet to be done if at all this menace is to be brought to a stop or reduction. The paramount question therefore is "how can we reduce or prevent human trafficking in the modern day society". In response to this question, this paper explores …show more content…
According to Laczko and Gramegna (2003), lack of actual information on the exact number of people that have been trafficked has proven to be a major problem for researchers in this field. As a result, the studies conducted may not be a representation of the actual situation on the ground. Therefore, the policies advanced and implemented may do little or nothing in the prevention of human trafficking. Scholars such as Farrell and Fahy (2009) and Tsutsumi et al. (2008) argue that research on human traffic is not wholesome. They insist that the past and recent research studies have failed to look into issues of public framing of this concept and the mental implications on the victims respectively. In this case, the suggestion would be to first of all think of relevant dimensions that research on human trafficking should focus on. This will ensure that the issue is tackled …show more content…
This may arouse a heated debate especially from the human rights organizations, but this would take the society a step closer towards preventing human trafficking. It is no doubt that most victims especially women and girls are sold into the commercial sex industry to work as sex slaves (Laczko, 2005). On the same note, a majority of these victims and those in the non-sex labor assignments lack legal documentation (Juang, 2006). Deporting them back to their countries will discourage the trade in human beings. However, this may not always be a solution. Deporting victims of human trafficking may put them in more danger than safety. This is because these individuals will be sent back to the same places where they were smuggled from. Whether the migration was voluntary or coerced, the situation back in the home country is likely the same. This means that by sending them back home, the deportees are still at risk of human

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