Modern Day Slavery (Rough CPAA Outline)
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What if one of your loved ones was suddenly taken from their home without a trace. What if that person that disappeared from the supermarket last week and still hasn't been found was your child or sibling.
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Human trafficking is the modern form of slavery, with illegal smuggling and trading of people, for forced labor or sexual exploitation. Traffickers use force, fraud, or coercion to control victims for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex acts or labor services against his/her will.
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Human trafficking is widely ignored due to the lack of awareness. For example Michigan is number seven on the list of reported human trafficking incidents by state. Most people either refuse to acknowledge or simply do not know how big of a problem human trafficking is.
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[National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH)]
NHTH is operated by a foundation called Polaris. They are a foundation that reaches out to every person who has been affected by human trafficking or people who believe they may be a risk of being taken and sold as an object for the buyer to use as they wish. They are a charity that is non-profit and all of the donations are used to help people in need. The NHTH is a hot line that was made for people to call and report incidents of human trafficking. The website for the NHTH gives a very comprehensive overview on the topic of what human trafficking is and who is affected by it. The NHTH gives lists of facts that they have collected from official state reports, other government agencies, and charities. They provide a way for the common public to help raise awareness and get help to those who need it.
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[Human Traffickers Caught on Hidden Internet] (Article published by Scientific America, written by Larry Greenemeier)
This article focuses on a new way to help convict human traffickers. It shows a new computer that will search the “deep web” which is a hidden place on the internet for those who are criminals or the daring teenager on a dare. It will help to find searches that relates to human trafficking. It identifies any sort of search terms that even remotely relate to any type of interests in taking a person or selling them. It then alerts the authorities and track the search the origin of the search.
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In conclusion, the issue of Human trafficking is in its entirety undiscussed and undiscovered by the majority of the population. It is generally attributed to only poor neighborhoods and underdeveloped countries. The people of the world are in need of enlightenment regarding this topic. There are many websites and organizations that can help to teach the public and help the victims. This topic is not discussed due to its attribution to it being a taboo topic. It is a topic that needs to be discussed if the people of our world want to end this modern day slavery that is forced upon millions of people around the world regardless of where they come from.
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Source #1 - https://humantraffickinghotline.org/
Source #2 - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/human-traffickers-caught-on-hidden-internet/
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