Angela Williams
English 1010
Nov 5 2020
Problem solving human traffic
Throughout the world, there are thousands of women and children that get forced into
human trafficking. To most people, the thought of slavery seems like something that existed
well before our time, but the truth is that it has taken a nasty turn into something that rids
children of their innocence and adolescence. The heartbreaking truth of this criminal activity is
that the majority of the victims are involved in the type of trafficking that engages them into
some type of sex act or slavery. Those that are trafficked are not only forced into the sex trade,
but are relentlessly beaten, tortured, and then sent on to the next person. Human trafficking is a
problem seen throughout the world and is by no means excluded to just one country. For the
most part human traffic crimes go unnoticed; possibly it is because of ignorance or due to a lack
of information provided to the public. The sad reality of human trafficking is that this ‘unnoticed’
crime estimates a profit of over $7 billion dollars, with almost 4 million people trafficked each
year. The causes of human trafficking are very frightening and range from instances like poverty
