THE FIGHT AGAINST MODERN DAY SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
- Anthony F. Lemmo
- Jan 26, 2016
- 2 min read
Since the rise of the Roman ages to present modern day-mankind has been subjected to enslavement
by other humans, As time has changed so did the way these criminal organizations operated.
Those involved in these criminal organizations are known to either lure their victims into enslavement through various means of promises or their victims become targets and are involuntarily kidnapped and forced into slavery, these victims are than trades and sold as modern day slaves those trapped in this horrific lifestyle are subjected to such things as sexual exploitation, no-wage labor, servants, traded among other criminal networks and/or used as drug mules, migrants, factory workers… that’s just to name a few.
Reports say that anyone single criminal organization can approximately accumulate an average of $150 billion dollars a year on just human trafficking and slavery alone; An estimate of about 78% of today’s slaves are forced into labor while the remaining 22% are forced as sex slaves; According to the same statistics 55% of those in today’s slavery are women and young girls while the other 45% are men and young boys, 26% are children under the age of 18 years of age.
On an average there is approximately 60,000+ human slaves that are right here in the United States some of them which may be right in our backyards or even right next door to our families. These victims are trapped in lives of misery—often beaten, starved, and forced to work as prostitutes or to take grueling jobs as migrant, domestic, restaurant, or factory workers with little or no pay at all.
A combined estimate of well over 600,000 plus people world wide are forced into modern day slavery, since the rise of these criminal networks have arose the United States government has been battling the fight to end Human Trafficking in the United States and abroad.
In July 2004 the Secretary of State along with both the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General designed an Interagency Task Force that serves as a fusion center for information on human smuggling and trafficking; The HSTC Taskforce consist a combination of both analysts, officers, and investigators from such agencies as the CIA, the FBI, the Department of State, and the Department of Homeland Security.
The agencies goal and mission is to “Work hard to stop human trafficking—not only because of the personal and psychological toll it takes on society, but also because it facilitates the illegal movement of immigrants across borders and provides a ready source of income for organized crime groups and even terrorists.”
According to reports made on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s website their interagency program has resulted in more than 480 arrests, 336 indictments, and 258 convictions. The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has embarked with the FBI on an extensive outreach program with immigrant advocacy groups to raise awareness and identify victims of human trafficking. The U.S Federal Government has established a hotline for victims to call for assistance, anyone who has information to report is asked to contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center 1-888-373—7888.
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