1. Human Trafficking is“the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons:by the threat or use of kidnapping, force, fraud, deception or coercion, or by the giving or receiving of unlawful payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, and for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labor.”[1]
Human trafficking has started the day humans learn how to walk. From the Moses's time to Slavery to our modern day human trafficking. Trafficking can vary from labor work to sex work. It can happen anywhere even in countries like America where it is suppose to be one of the safest countries. Human trafficking has been globalized by rich countries seeking workers from poorer countries to work cheaply for them. Companies can also be behind trafficking to not spend a lot on their workers.
The Department of State has decided to take action and help out human trafficking by creating Tier levels for each country based on the laws and action being taken care of for victims of human traffic. The first tier consist having laws that meet the Trafficking Victims Protection Act ( USA, France, Iceland, ect..) The second Tier is where countries have a few laws related to TVPA but are working to increase the help of victims. (Chad, Croatia, Fiji, Ect..) The third Tier is where countries have no laws preventing trafficking or provide no help to victims and show no sign of putting effort to stop it. (Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran)Many of theses countries is where the victims come from. Where are the most vulnerable to be taken and "supposedly" have a better life. The link below list where each country is on the tier. The Department of State has been keeping a track of each country for over a decade.
Yemen is listed in the third tier for not complying or putting efforts to protect victims. The .Department of State study has shown that there was an increase of trafficking from 2014 to 2015. These Yemen people are globalized by their neighbor country Saudi Arabia using them for sex work, labor work or military work. It has been estimated that 1.7 million children under the age 14 is in the work force in Yemen.
Gangs have been smuggling children from Yemen to Saudi Arabia to be beggars in the street. Many of these kids the gangs collect are kidnapped or worse rented out by their parents. It because common during religious season to save up for their religious services.
Costa Rica a place to relax to be free and forget your personal problems for a couple a days. But Costa Rica is ranked on tier 2, a country that does not meet the TVPA standard yet are putting effort to comply with them. Costa Rica is has a serious problem with child sex tourism, where people from the States and Europe come. While the victims are from Central America. If they are not subjected to sex work then they are force into agriculture labor. Though Costa Rica has participated into a setting $1.4 million it helped to assist those who had been victims and in 2013 there was an increase of cases against the perps. Its also affecting Trans as they are also significant into the sex worker. “We don’t want Costa Rica to be promoted as a sex tourism destination,” said Rahab Foundation director and founder Mariliana Morales. “We want a country where couples come for their honeymoon. We don’t want planes landing here full of pedophiles to look for little girls and boys.”/NO_MORE/NO_MORE_SIGNATURE_FILES/NO_MORE_INLINE_TAG/BADGE/NO_MORE_INLINE_TAG_BADGE_RGB.png){kind=icon}
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