Facebook is one of the world’s largest virtual communities and plays host to a wide array of services and people from across the world. This is, of course, a for-profit company focused on constant growth and two years ago in a leak from inside the company we learned at what cost they would pursue this … Read more
Human trafficking “is closer to home than you think.” There is a misconception that human trafficking is a third-world problem and that it is not an issue plaguing the United States when in reality 400,000 people are estimated to be trafficked at any time. This is an important myth to deconstruct because a lot of … Read more
It was very interesting and informing reading about how human trafficking has increased dramatically over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are many reasons that were brought up that explain how the pandemic causes teens and children to become more vulnerable to human trafficking. One reason that is that because of the economic hit, … Read more
Link to Article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/15248380211025241 I chose the article, Recruitment and Entrapment Pathways of Minors into Sex Trafficking in Canada and the United States: A Systematic Review by Kyla Baird and Jennifer Connolly, because I feel like it discusses issues related to this course. The article examines how traffickers lure our youth into sex trafficking, and analyzes the … Read more
By Victoria Sluder Sold, captured, and scammed. These are the methods by which men, women, and children are trafficked every year. In recent years, women and children are the primary targets for trafficking of all kinds due to poverty, unstable political climates, and errors in the criminal justice system. There are protocols put in place … Read more
By Alexis Bullin Trigger Warning: This contains discussion including sexual violence, abuse, warfare, and death. “I was thirteen when the war spread to my city. I was kidnapped by four sol diers who locked me in a house where I was raped every day by different men for eight months. I had a miscarriage while … Read more
By Tamia Smith Imagine this: being taken away from what you knew as your life and being thrown into a world of sex, violence and danger. That is a summation what sex trafficking is. The journalist Ashton Kobler documented the story of Umida, a Russian woman, who was accepted work promised in Thailand by a … Read more
Our group has just read and discussed, The Road of Lost Innocence, by Somaly Mam and examined the controversy surrounding her life story and work with AFESIP to help Cambodian victims of sex trafficking. A number of journalists maintained that she fabricated some of the events told in her life story to fit Western stereotypes of … Read more
Ok guys, this topic really irritates me. I have seen so many news channels and media coverage for the royal wedding that leaves me feeling like, “Am I suppose to care?”. In my theories class this past fall we had to present a current event of our interest to the class, which would start a … Read more
How do policies on immigration create an environment in which migrants can be targeted for human trafficking? Italy is at the forefront for facing and combating human trafficking. They are impacted more heavily than other Member States of the European Union because of their proximity to the most frequently migrating countries. In addition to adopting … Read more