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Causes of Human
Trafficking in the
United States
Western Governors University
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According to the U.S Department of Homeland Security, “human trafficking involves
the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act” (What Is
Human Trafficking?, 2020). Human trafficking can also be defined as forced marriage, child
labor, bonded labor, forced labor, and domestic servitude. Right now, there are an estimated 40
million people from all walks of life who have been trafficked; one in every four of these people
are children. The United States suffers greatly from this epidemic as men, women, and children
from all over the world come to this country, both legally and illegally. Traffickers take
advantage of the fear and ignorance of the law that newcomers innately possess. Visa holders
and illegal immigrants alike are blackmailed with threats that they believe would return
themselves and their family members to their home countries. However, human trafficking in
the U.S. is heavily enabled by a lack of fear on part of the traffickers. Having no regard for the
law and little concern for criminal consequences, they prey on the weak. Disproportionate groups
- socially and economically underprivileged - are more vulnerable to exploitation.
Unfortunately, this market is driven by its profitability and the surge in the demand for
commercialized sex - notably with women and girls.
Human traffickers make an exorbitant amount of money with little apprehension of
punishment or retribution. The United States has strictly prohibited human trafficking and if
caught, traffickers face heavy prosecution. Unfortunately, the laws on human trafficking are
, hard to enforce when the traffickers are difficult to catch. Law enforcement authorities face
challenges locating and infiltrating the human trafficking rings. These rings are organized into
networks all over the country that are highly profitable and protected by hardened criminals.
Officers can investigate a ring for months and get close to shutting it down, however, if the
leaders within feel as if they are being pursued, they will close it down and move the ring to a
new jurisdiction. The frustrating part for most law enforcement is that they do not have to
move far, only a county or sometimes a town over. Individuals being traded over and over
repeatedly cause the overhead costs to be low and revenue to be high with a very little paper
trail.
According to Endslaverynow.com, the general price for sex at an American brothel is
$30. A victim can be forced to perform 12 shifts and service up to 25-48 customers in a day. A
procurer can earn between $150,000 and $200,000 through each of their victims. “The
International Labor Organization estimates that profits from human trafficking and forced labor
are $150 billion annually” (Unicefusa.org, n.d).
Victims of human traffickers are often people who can easily be taken advantage
of due to circumstance. People who are in a vulnerable state due to being runaway, homeless,
impoverished, or have a history of abuse (substance or physical) are often the people who fall
prey to the promise of jobs and love. Groups that suffer widespread inequalities (including
disparities not only in race and ethnicity but healthcare, social and economic conditions) are
susceptible to exploitation. “Mass displacement, conflict, extreme poverty, lack of access to
education and job opportunities, violence, and harmful social norms like child marriage are all
factors that push individuals into situations of trafficking” (How Trafficking Exists Today,
2016). People who are living in poverty are more likely to make extreme decisions out of
desperation. In this type of situation, an uneducated daughter becomes an asset to be sold into
sex work or married against her will. Youths are peculiarly at risk of human trafficking. Their
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