Human Trafficking (types)

Alright guys, here's another off-topic, yet still incredibly important blog segment. HUMAN TRAFFICKING. To get the word out there, and to get more people in the know about Human Trafficking, my friends and I wanted to do a joint-blog entry, just like last week, but about trafficking. For the next segment of this topic, visit http://winsomewisdom.blogspot.com/. There, Berkley's gonna talk about how common trafficking is, which is pretty surprising. Check it out! But for right now, I'm gonna talk about the types of trafficking.

Type One: Sex Trafficking

This prevalent form of trafficking affects every region in the world, either as a source, transit or destination country. Women and children from developing countries, and from vulnerable parts of society in developed countries, are lured by promises of decent employment into leaving their homes and travelling to what they consider will be a better life. Victims are often provided with false travel documents and an organized network is used to transport them to the destination country, where they find themselves forced into sexual slavery and held in inhumane conditions and constant fear.

Type Two: Labor Trafficking

Victims of this equally widespread form of trafficking come primarily from developing countries. They are recruited and trafficked using deception and coercion and find themselves held in conditions of slavery in a variety of jobs. Men, women and children are engaged in agricultural and construction work, domestic servitude and other labour-intensive jobs.

Type Three: Commercial sexual exploitation of children in tourism (child prostitution for tourists)

This crime type has been apparent in Asia for many years and has now taken hold in Africa as well as Central and South America. The phenomenon is promoted by the growth of inexpensive air travel and the relatively low risk of prohibition and prosecution in these destinations for engaging in sexual relations with minors.

Type Four: Trafficking in organs

Trafficking in humans for the purpose of using their organs, in particular kidneys, is a rapidly growing field of criminal activity. In many countries, waiting lists for transplants are very long, and criminals have seized this opportunity to exploit the desperation of patients and potential donors. The health of victims, even their lives, is at risk as operations may be carried out in clandestine conditions with no medical follow-up. An ageing population and increased incidence of diabetes in many developed countries is likely to increase the requirement for organ transplants and make this crime even more lucrative.

Once again, check out http://winsomewisdom.blogspot.com/ for more information, specifially about how often trafficking occurs! Thanks guys!source: http://www.interpol.int/Crime-areas/Trafficking-in-human-beings/Types-of-human-trafficking