Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery that Poses a National and International Security Risk

Human trafficking has been entwined into the structure of governments, arms trade, drug trade, and even spreads as far as terrorism. For many years it has been a fact that the money that has been made by selling other humans to the highest bidder. It is also known that the organized crime operations generate one of the most profitable resources to the organization. These organizations use this money for theirs or other’s crime and end up in the hands of drug lords. Drug lords, in order to promote their own business give money to support terrorist groups and activities. Security after September 11, 2001 has recognized human trafficking as a national and international security risk. The US Congress ratified the 13th Amendment of The…show more content…
It is also closely linked with “money laundering, document forgery, drug trafficking and international terrorism.”# Human Trafficking is one of the worst crimes again humanity, it brings shame to those around it and lets the innocent suffer. Human trafficking which involves sex trafficking is one of the disgusting human rights violations. You rarely or never hear the new speak on this subject or is it a conversation that you want to have with your friends over the gossip that you watched on E! News the night before. The American government has finally taken a step forward because national security is threatened because money from human trafficking has funded terrorism.# When trying to define human trafficking it gets hard because is it slavery or is it some kind of other servitude? The United Nations defined trafficking as it “Involves the movement of people through violence, deception or coercion for the purpose of forced labor, servitude or slavery-like practices.”# This means that the traffickers use violence to coerce the victims to do anything they want. Including controlling all aspects of their lives from where they go, who they talk to, and essentially controlling their freedoms.