Why do people traffic women and girls?
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Trafficking happens worldwide, with millions of women and girls being forced against their will to participate in labour. There is no outline of the “typical” client for human trafficking. Men who are rich and poor, purchase trafficked women. Some men are married with children. Labor trafficking and sex trafficking of women and children persist and thrive for a number of reasons, including:
EXAMPLE: The coco industry has been investigated over the past 5 years for trafficking their workers and paying them very little money for the magnitude of work they do. Children are exposed to chemicals, long working hours, and the denial of a decent education. Low prices in the cocoa industry have left smallholder farmers with impoverished incomes and with no choice but to pull their children from school and have them help on the plantation.
Sex business thrive in all areas (rural, suburban and urban). Some people in the sex industry operate legally, yet function illegally behind closed doors. Examples of this is a night club, which is legal. However, in the night club, the women who work there are there illegally, that is not paid enough (if not any) money at all and are forced to be there. Many sex enterprises are constantly changing not only the location, but also the venues of operating the business.
Sex trafficking can be extremely profitable, especially in areas where opportunities for education and legitimate employment may be limited. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the greatest numbers of traffickers are from Asia, followed by Central and Southeastern Europe, and Western Europe.
One overlooked factor of trafficking is the belief that the lives of women and girls are expendable. In societies where women and girls are undervalued or not valued at all, women are at greater risk for being abused, trafficked, and forced into sex slavery. Today, there is a held perception that women choose to enter into the commercial sex trade. However, for the majority of women in the sex trade, this is simply not the case.
- Low Risk: When governments are not trained to respond, when there are ineffective laws on trafficking, when safety nets for victims do not exist, when women and children are not educated in defending themselves and when the government does not investigate and prosecute the crime, human traffickers recognise very little risk for their criminal actions. They believe they will not be caught, as it so unlooked and unrecognised to be noticed.
- High Profits: When people of the public are willing to buy commercial sex, the demand for the job is increasingly high. Traffickers traffic people for very little or no costs at all, making the labour used free. Left unchecked, human trafficking will continue to flourish in environments where traffickers can reap substantial financial gains with relatively low risk of getting caught.
EXAMPLE: The coco industry has been investigated over the past 5 years for trafficking their workers and paying them very little money for the magnitude of work they do. Children are exposed to chemicals, long working hours, and the denial of a decent education. Low prices in the cocoa industry have left smallholder farmers with impoverished incomes and with no choice but to pull their children from school and have them help on the plantation.
Sex business thrive in all areas (rural, suburban and urban). Some people in the sex industry operate legally, yet function illegally behind closed doors. Examples of this is a night club, which is legal. However, in the night club, the women who work there are there illegally, that is not paid enough (if not any) money at all and are forced to be there. Many sex enterprises are constantly changing not only the location, but also the venues of operating the business.
Sex trafficking can be extremely profitable, especially in areas where opportunities for education and legitimate employment may be limited. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the greatest numbers of traffickers are from Asia, followed by Central and Southeastern Europe, and Western Europe.
One overlooked factor of trafficking is the belief that the lives of women and girls are expendable. In societies where women and girls are undervalued or not valued at all, women are at greater risk for being abused, trafficked, and forced into sex slavery. Today, there is a held perception that women choose to enter into the commercial sex trade. However, for the majority of women in the sex trade, this is simply not the case.