Human Trafficking Research Paper

Human Trafficking: The Unspoken Truth We Don’t Know About
For many years I had the idea that human trafficking was only present in third world countries. That the concept of human trafficking consisted of kidnaping young kids and forced them into sexual exploitation. However, I never viewed human trafficking as Modern-day slavery. In the Ted talk, Human trafficking is all around you. This is how it works, by Noy Thrupkaew, she briefly discussed her childhood “auntie” that took care of her during her first three years. She expressed how she can remember “auntie” being beaten by another member of her family. Being the young three-year-old she couldn’t understand the reason why they would constantly hurt “auntie”. The beatings got so bad that …show more content…
She felt the pain of “auntie” and took the blame of “aunties” constant beatings. Noy being a journalist researched human trafficking and realized “human trafficking is far more prevalent, complex and close to home than most of us realize.” (Thrupkaew 2015). Noy illustrates that human trafficking is not only about forced prostitution, but it is ingrained in our daily lives. “Forced prostitution accounts for 22 percent of human trafficking. Ten percent is in state- imposed forced labor. But a whopping 68 percent is for the purpose of creating the goods and delivering the services that most of us rely on every day, in sectors like agricultural work, domestic work and construction.” (Thrupkaew 2015). These workers are forced to work in fields and mines, even fishing industries, they are underpaid and over worked. We see human trafficking in the U.S as well, a lot of them being migrants and people of color. There was a trafficking case Noy talked about called Global Horizons, they sent hundreds of Thai farm workers to pineapple plantations and apple orchards in Hawaii and Washington. These Thai workers were promised agricultural work for three years. Upon arrival, these farm workers were …show more content…
There is one case that I read that involved nannies and the need for them in today’s world. With both parents working the demand for nannies is high. Many agencies are hiring immigrant women with no papers, no education, and no training. They found that the appeal for nannies is high, so they want to take advantage and make money using migrant women. “Working here and sending money home is the only way I can take care of my family.” (Cheever 32). Many immigrant women have no other choice, but to work with these agencies. They have no documents and are scared that they can be deported. Many of these women come to the U.S. to work, and leave everything behind. They leave friends, jobs, even families behind, all to give their family a better life. Dominique, lives in Brooklyn, NY, works as a nanny for a wealthy family. Her daily routine consists of waking up early, buying groceries, and going to church to pray. “She also prays for her own eight-year-old daughter, Crystal, who lives in Valencia with Dominique’s sister. Dominique hasn’t seen her daughter for three years…. She reminds herself that the money she is making will buy her daughter an education, so that she can get a stable job-she won’t end up in New York taking care of other people’s children.” (Cheever 34). I find it sad that parents

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