Human trafficking is a situation that is not going to go away easily but it does not mean it cannot come to an end. We have policies set in place in today’s world but maybe more can be done. There seems be more the one way people can go about combatting human trafficking. One can enforce more laws to combat human trafficking, as well as, ways that do not involve laws like creating awareness and economy.
As discussed in the section before this one, the United States has the TVPA that makes it illegal to traffic in persons. Some say that is law does not cover the whole picture of human trafficking and it needs to be broadened. Currently there is a proposed law called the Uniform Act. The TVPA and the Uniform Act have a lot in common where essentially the Uniform Act has the same definition of what is illegal but adds to it. For instance, it adds to the definition of coercing someone into doing something. Hall mentions that this act adds: “controlling the victim’s access to a controlled substance, exploitation of the victim’s physical or mental disability, and confiscation of passports or other documents” (2014, p. 875) to ways of being coerced. What this means is that victims can be coerced into forced labor or sex trafficking other than just by fraud and force. This makes more victims of human trafficking actually victims in the court of law.
While the act opens the spectrum of who a victim is in human trafficking it also adds to the spectrum of who a criminal is. Right now, the TVPA states that only those who are traffickers can be considered criminals under the law of human trafficking. The Uniform wants to add on those who benefit from human trafficking. For instance, if a man was to receive sexual favors from a prostitute he knows to be a victim of human trafficking he could face charges of human trafficking the same way a trafficker would. According to Hall, “prosecuting johns as traffickers rightly apportions a large share of the blame for sex trafficking to the johns, without whom sex trafficking would not prosper or even exist” (2014, p. 882). This makes sense because without any demand for human trafficking there would be no supply.
Even thought the law is the first one might think of when trying to combat human trafficking it is the only way. Ordinary people can rise against human trafficking and do their part in combating human trafficking. Creating awareness to the issue is a good way to get people to know about this global issue. Getting people aware could put human trafficking high on the government’s agenda. Aronowitz mentions that it is essential for awareness rising campaigns to target victims on methods that traffickers use because so many Albanian woman are seduced with wedding proposals and trafficked to Italy for prostitution (2009, p. 147). The more people that are aware bring the possibility of less men and woman getting tricked into forced labor or forced prostitution.
These people that get tricked into being trafficked are usually people that are poor. Aronowitz argues that, “Because many of those trafficked are from poorer countries or are the most disadvantaged and marginalized in society, it is important to promote income-generating activities and opportunities” (2009, p 148). This could be from creating jobs to creating better educational systems for kids to better their chances in making money. The better educational system also keeps kids off the streets and more educated on the things around them. Either way it makes it to wear people are not desperate for ways to make money. That feeling of being desperate makes a person susceptible to falling for trafficker’s tricks and becoming part of the millions of people being trafficked. Regulating labor in poorer communities could drastically reduce the amount of men, woman and children and ultimately become a permanent solution to combating human trafficking.
As discussed in the section before this one, the United States has the TVPA that makes it illegal to traffic in persons. Some say that is law does not cover the whole picture of human trafficking and it needs to be broadened. Currently there is a proposed law called the Uniform Act. The TVPA and the Uniform Act have a lot in common where essentially the Uniform Act has the same definition of what is illegal but adds to it. For instance, it adds to the definition of coercing someone into doing something. Hall mentions that this act adds: “controlling the victim’s access to a controlled substance, exploitation of the victim’s physical or mental disability, and confiscation of passports or other documents” (2014, p. 875) to ways of being coerced. What this means is that victims can be coerced into forced labor or sex trafficking other than just by fraud and force. This makes more victims of human trafficking actually victims in the court of law.
While the act opens the spectrum of who a victim is in human trafficking it also adds to the spectrum of who a criminal is. Right now, the TVPA states that only those who are traffickers can be considered criminals under the law of human trafficking. The Uniform wants to add on those who benefit from human trafficking. For instance, if a man was to receive sexual favors from a prostitute he knows to be a victim of human trafficking he could face charges of human trafficking the same way a trafficker would. According to Hall, “prosecuting johns as traffickers rightly apportions a large share of the blame for sex trafficking to the johns, without whom sex trafficking would not prosper or even exist” (2014, p. 882). This makes sense because without any demand for human trafficking there would be no supply.
Even thought the law is the first one might think of when trying to combat human trafficking it is the only way. Ordinary people can rise against human trafficking and do their part in combating human trafficking. Creating awareness to the issue is a good way to get people to know about this global issue. Getting people aware could put human trafficking high on the government’s agenda. Aronowitz mentions that it is essential for awareness rising campaigns to target victims on methods that traffickers use because so many Albanian woman are seduced with wedding proposals and trafficked to Italy for prostitution (2009, p. 147). The more people that are aware bring the possibility of less men and woman getting tricked into forced labor or forced prostitution.
These people that get tricked into being trafficked are usually people that are poor. Aronowitz argues that, “Because many of those trafficked are from poorer countries or are the most disadvantaged and marginalized in society, it is important to promote income-generating activities and opportunities” (2009, p 148). This could be from creating jobs to creating better educational systems for kids to better their chances in making money. The better educational system also keeps kids off the streets and more educated on the things around them. Either way it makes it to wear people are not desperate for ways to make money. That feeling of being desperate makes a person susceptible to falling for trafficker’s tricks and becoming part of the millions of people being trafficked. Regulating labor in poorer communities could drastically reduce the amount of men, woman and children and ultimately become a permanent solution to combating human trafficking.
Human Trafficking is a global issue, which means that every nation is going to need to be apart of combating human trafficking. I feel it is very important for power nations to see human trafficking as a big issue because the more they address it the more that will be done with the issue. The big nations will also be able to help smaller nations combat human trafficking in aiding them financially and teaching them how to enforce the laws of human trafficking.
All of these plans together instead of separately would work more efficiently in combating human trafficking. The Uniform Act would be able to cut of the demand for human traffickers and income-generating opportunities would cut of the supply. Of course not entirely but none the less it would be like hogtying, which is tying up both the front and hide legs, human trafficking giving it nowhere to go.
All of these plans together instead of separately would work more efficiently in combating human trafficking. The Uniform Act would be able to cut of the demand for human traffickers and income-generating opportunities would cut of the supply. Of course not entirely but none the less it would be like hogtying, which is tying up both the front and hide legs, human trafficking giving it nowhere to go.
References
Aronowitz, A. (2009). Ending Human Trafficking. In Human trafficking, human misery the global trade in human beings (pp. 134-161). Westport, Connecticut:
Praeger.
Hall, A. (2014). The uniform act on prevention of and remedies for human trafficking. Arizona Law Review, 56(3), 853-896
Aronowitz, A. (2009). Ending Human Trafficking. In Human trafficking, human misery the global trade in human beings (pp. 134-161). Westport, Connecticut:
Praeger.
Hall, A. (2014). The uniform act on prevention of and remedies for human trafficking. Arizona Law Review, 56(3), 853-896