Human Trafficking

Effects of Human Trafficking

Cause of Human Trafficking

Economic Problems

Little boys on a street with a soldier.

Pie Chart of the economic problems of Human trafficking

Human trafficking -- the sale, transport and profit from human beings who are forced to work for others -- is the modern equivalent of slavery.

Men around the world profit in pleasure and in price from the exploitation of women and children. Poverty and global disparities in the rule of law are conditions in which human trafficking, like HIV/AIDS and other killers of the poor, thrives.

Trafficking of persons includes prostitution, debt bondage, forced labor and slavery, and exploitation of children as workers, soldiers or sex slaves, said Heyzer. Data from the International Labor Organization show that the migrant population currently stands at 120 million, of which around 12.3 million are enslaved in forced or bonded labor or sexual servitude at any one time, she said.

Our approach to humanitarian work is founded in the strength and intelligence of the Ugandan community. We learned early on it was not only important but essential to heed the wisdom of people that had not only lived in the war, but were surviving it. People who would know better than anyone what the greatest needs were and the best ways to meet them. What we came to find is that while there have been many efforts to address the issues that stem from living and fighting in such a long-lasting war, the people of Uganda are asking for a future beyond the conflict.

Invisible Children

History of Human Trafficking No one knows where human trafficking started , all we know is that human trafficking started over 400 years ago. Some people think that this started in Nigeria. human trafficking is a awful thing. People use human trafficking for employment, sweatshops, and for their own pleasure.

OUR MOVEMENT

TO STOP HUMAN TRAFFICING

The History of Human Trafficking

Invisible Children Organization

Teen boys forced to be in the war

People who are seeking opportunity and entry to other countries may be picked up by traffickers and misled into thinking that they will be free after being smuggled across the border.

Against their will, millions of people around the world are forced to work for the profit of others, for example by begging, prostitution, involuntary servitude, working in sweatshops - even becoming child soldiers.

In poorer regions of the world where education and employment opportunities are limited the most vulnerable in society -- runaways, refugees, or other displaced persons-- are the most common victims of human trafficking..