efforts to combat human smuggling along its southern border seldom involve the Mexican government directly. There have also been anecdotal reports that implicate members of the Mexican police, immigration and customs officials in human trafficking, and that corrupt among local officials was a further obstacle in gaining the cooperation of the Mexicans in addressing the issue (Cicero-Dominguez, 2005)
Humans trafficked over this border are not just Latino -- they include Asians and Middle Easterners as well. Law enforcement in Maricopa County has a special unit assigned to human trafficking that investigates cases and attempts to deal with the criminal organizations that perpetrate the crimes (Conant et al
The United States Justice Department has had difficulty in the past ten years finding human trafficking cases to prosecute and one of the contributing issues to this problem is that victims are often reluctant to come forward. Although they are entitled to protections under TVPA, they are typically unaware of that fact and therefore reluctant to engage with local law enforcement agencies (Gonzalez, 2010)
As a case in point, while Mexico is generally thought of as a source country for human trafficking, many of the illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border come from third-party countries (Hawley, 2010)
The victims of human trafficking will be unsure of what rights they have and will have even more reason to be suspicious of law enforcement agencies in the state. This in turn will make it more difficult to uncover human trafficking rings and bring about more prosecutions (Kloer, 2010)
Few countries even have reliable figures for the instances of human trafficking. In the United States and Europe, there are reasonably reliable estimates but with nearly 140 countries involved (at least) the fact that most nations have no idea how much human trafficking goes on inside and across their borders (Laczko & Gramegna, 2003, 181-82) makes it difficult to implement measures for the effectiveness of laws
This has given them the weaponry and infrastructure to engage in human trafficking, which despite its size is largely a sideline for most gangs. There is a theory that if the funding was cut off by legalizing drugs, the cartels would see their ability to commit human trafficking diminish as well (McKay, 2010)
It has been estimated that the industry was worth $42.5 billion globally by 2006 (Ross, 2006) and that it involved an estimated 2
The latest report shows that most of the world's industrialized countries have enacted laws to protect against human trafficking. This includes recognizing that human trafficking is a problem and having taken steps to address the issue (Wu & Zifcak, 2010)
The practice continues to evolve as the nature of the globalized world changes, and the demands for workers and slaves adapt with it. The research shows that "Traffickers range from large-scale organized crime networks to "small-scale informal networks" (Srikantiah, 2007)
The goal of this current research is then to dive deeper into this relationship, as a way to better understand how dynamics play into larger scenarios and to thus give law enforcement stronger tools to combat it worldwide. Such "data would enable us to identify groups that are particularly vulnerable to traffickers," (Tyldum & Brunovskis, 2005)
This very vivid and lurid picture, although not explicitly referencing the sex industry, clearly paints a picture of someone primarily trafficked for sexual reasons, not other purposes. This indicated to me the perception that there is a lack of awareness about human trafficking and human slavery in the labor industry (which tends to have more males trafficked than females) (Hepburn & Simon 2010)
The increased sex tourism is generated through the ease to travel in these destinations as well as the poverty in the countries lures the travelers to take advantage of the situations. The government corruption and weak legal system encourages the travelers to use internet in recruiting the child sex tourism victims (Aronowitz, 2009)
It is required that the Indian law in amended and the legal age for consent should be declared up to 16 years. The availability of discretionary powers in police and the legal system allows the sex tourists to take advantage through bribe or influencing police (Devine, Bowen, Dzuvichu, Rungsung, & Kermode, 2010)
The human trafficking issue was given least importance in law making as well as policing for the concern. The government with the assistance from international non-governmental organizations, and United Nations has developed specific laws to handle the human trafficking (Hall, 2011)
The sex labor should also be segregated to provide legal protection for the victims instead of extending the harsh treatment as a sex offender. The improvement of laws related to the sex laborers and forced victims of sex trafficking is required to improve the situation (Hartjen, & Priyadarsini, 2012)
The sex labor should also be segregated to provide legal protection for the victims instead of extending the harsh treatment as a sex offender. The improvement of laws related to the sex laborers and forced victims of sex trafficking is required to improve the situation (Hartjen, & Priyadarsini, 2012)
The women of Nepal and Bangladesh are also recently joined by the Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and Russia. The forced marriage agreements for female to mail child sex are also observed in the eastern states of India (Klapper, & Parker, 2011)
They lure the uneducated communities living in those areas through their attractive salary and benefits packages. There are also various reasons for not identification of the victims of human trafficking as the domestic slavery and others forms of underage employment is a common practice in India (Mathias, & McCabe, 2010)
The child prostitution, the bias in police direction and application of the legal framework in capturing the human trafficking gangs are also notable points discussed in detail. Furthermore the failure of law enforcement agencies and civil society in identifying the victims of human trafficking are also elaborated in the section (Padilla, Guilamo-Ramos, Bouris, & Reyes, 2010)