Human trafficking - A spot on mankind
What would it be like to wake up each day and have no say in where you’re going, or what you do? For the 40.3 million people trapped in modern-day slavery, this is their reality. Held against their will, voice silenced, stifled by abuse, poverty, and cultural norms. Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by improper means (abduction, deception, abuse of power or preying on vulnerability) and control for an improper purpose including forced labor or sexual exploitation.* The numbers are staggering and trafficking appears in many forms: Forced Labor: 16 million people are being forced to work under the threat of violence and for no pay, treated as property and exploited to create a product for commercial sale. Bonded Labor: 4.1 million individuals are compelled to work in order to repay a debt and unable to leave until the debt is repaid. Child Labor: 5.5 million children under the age of 18 who are he...