In reading Donna M. Hughes’ article The Internet and Sex Industries: Partners in Global Sexual Exploitation, I was surprised by the amount of human trafficking currently exists and how much money the industry is making every year. This is a global problem and affects women all over the world and stems from economic depravity and impoverished conditions. In researching what types of international controls and programs were set up to prevent this problem I saw that it was only in 2004 that many programs and types of funding were set up within the United States. Being that the United States enjoys policing the world so much, it was a surprise that it took until November of 2004 to set up anti-trafficking task forces within the United States. The Department of Justice announced that 18 cities or counties throughout the United States would receive funding to set up task forces to stop human trafficking. Each of the areas receives anywhere from $330,000 to $500,000. The United States so often is a leader in world news and is extremely powerful in its political and social influence throughout the world. Thus, I find it surprising that it would be only 15 months ago that a plan to help prevent human trafficking within the United States was implemented. Powerful nations will have to acknowledge this problem and create international laws to help stem this problem. As long as poverty and social oppression towards women exists in the world this trade industry will exist. While it is good that the United States is setting an example for stemming the problem, it is long overdue.
February 6, 2006 at 9:32 pm
[...] In response to Eric’s post on human trafficking, I was also a little surprised at the amount that goes on, especially in the U.S. I saw an episode of Big Idea with Donny Deutsch a few weeks ago and his guest was a woman in her early 20’s who had been brought to the U.S. through an American Minister who was in her home country fo Thailand as a missionary. He brought her to live with him and his family and said she could attend school and work at their church. Her family sent her for a better life. When she got to the U.S. she was raped by the missionary weekly and he prostited her to other men. The show then looked into “outdoor brothels” near the Mexican boder where women slept and were made to perform sexual acts in man made huts and clearings in the woods. [...]
February 8, 2006 at 9:50 pm
[...]       In order for this country that we live in to do something about any problem or situation there usually has to be some high profile and well publicized incident such as 9/11 to occur. In response to the blog post about human trafficking I do not feel the government will take it seriously or let it be known as a serious problem until there is some catastrophe. Since it does not affect the revenue of the country or directly endanger it the US more than likely does not feel it is a problem. What would look better on the governments resume? A) Helping to reconstruct Iraq and develop a democratic state where equality is somewhat instated or B) Help stop the trafficking of European women into the United States for purposes of explicit sex and prostitution. As much as women are valued and sex and prostitution are a social stigma in the country I feel that our government would lean towards option A. [...]
February 14, 2006 at 5:13 pm
[...] In no way do I advocate exploitation, traffiking, prostitution or anything of the like. In reading http://eloonan.wordpress.com/2006/02/06/human-trafficking/ “> Eric’s blog about traffiking I too was shocked to learn that only 15 months ago was legislation passed to regulate exploitation. More time and more funding need to be put into the effort. [...]
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