Jun 17th, 2010
Indianapolis Escorts: The murky world of trafficking
The United States for the first time was assessed in the report and gave itself a Tier 1 ranking. Yet, the report did not cover the US in glory. It stated that 14,500 to 17,000 people are trafficked to the US each year but prosecutions are in the hundreds. It described the US as “a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labour, debt bondage, and forced prostitution“.
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It is estimated that nearly a million men, women and children are trafficked across international borders each year. Last year, the International Labour Organisation estimated there were 12.3 million persons in forced labour, sex trafficking, debt bondage and working as child soldiers around the world. The result is that girls and women are forced into prostitution, labourers are made to work in dangerous conditions and nannies and domestic workers are trapped into various forms of slavery.
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Like it or not, we in Jamaica have to confront the reality that there is definitely exploitation of the poor via prostitution and drug smuggling. Let us throw the light on the murky world of human trafficking and try to end this shameful practice.