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Human trafficking is a sick and twisted underground world that not very many know the dangers of. How can we stop these heinous acts among these innocent souls? Humans are turned into sex slaves and used for work. Human trafficking is widely referred to as “the slavery of our times” or “modern-day slavery” (Weiss 1). It is a crime that takes away the rights and freedom of people. So again, how can we stop this social epidemic of human trafficking that happens all over the world?  

Human trafficking is a human catastrophe, often connected with transnational organized crime (Weiss 3). Where humans are forced into doing the labors of others against their will. Where they are treated like dogs instead of human beings. They are being used as sex slaves and labor slaves. What can be done for these illegal and heinous crimes to come to an end? The dark web has many connections to human trafficking. There are websites that you can visit and see humans being sold online for many reasons. Labor trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery (Greiman, Bain 41). Cyber technologies give traffickers the unprecedented ability to exploit a greater number of victims (Greiman, Bain 42). People all over the world need to be careful about what they share on the internet because you never know who is watching you from afar. Parents especially need to keep track of what their children show on the internet and who they have as “friends” on social media apps. There are many ways humans can be lured into a dangerous situation. For example, Facebook Marketplace, it is part of the application Facebook where people can list and sell items on the app. You always want to make sure you take someone with you if you go out to look at an item that was listed, safety should always be the number one priority. You never know who you are communicating with online, you never know their true motives. There are many people who pose online as young teenagers who try and lure innocent people in. This is why it is always important to make sure you know who you are talking to you should never talk to strangers and never put your trust in someone you met online because you never know what you might be getting yourself into.  

Sex trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purposes of a commercial sex act, in which the commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained 18 years of age (Greiman, Bain 41). Sexual exploitation is the most commonly identified form of human trafficking at approximately 58%, followed by forced labor at about 36% (Chamie 79). Innocent women and children are being used for the sexual satisfaction of others. They are being trafficked as if they were drugs, guns, or even money. Western and Northern Europe, North America, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Japan are considered the major destination countries for human trafficking (Vlachová 1). A sad thing is that most victims of Human trafficking are parents, friends, cousins, and even grandparents of victims. It is a sad reality of what people would do for a lump of cash. They would rather put their loved ones in danger and at risk of losing their life. Do you think they go on later to regret their decision?  

In the modern era, international pressures to combat trafficking, especially of women and children, began with the growing social reform movements in Europe and the U.S. at the close of the 19th century (Chamie 82). According to the Palermo Protocol definition, human trafficking has three basic components, the first component is the act or what is done, that is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipts of persons, the second component is the means or how it is done, for example, the threat or use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or vulnerability, or giving payments or benefits to a person in control of the victim, the third basic component of human trafficking is the purpose or why the trafficking is being done, that is for the purpose of exploitation, including the prostitution of others, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery or similar practices and the forced removal of human organs (Chamie 83). It is crazy to think that humans are being sold for their organs/body parts. It happens all over the world in many different countries. They sell their kidneys, hearts, eyes, liver, etc. Innocent children who were supposed to be protected by their loved ones, the “loved” ones that go on and sell them into the dangerous world of human trafficking. Where they are mistreated, raped, beat, and killed.  

Human and sex trafficking are heinous acts that take away the basic human rights of others. It is used for the satisfaction of those who are sick and twisted. Human trafficking and sex trafficking cannot be completely stopped but the numbers can be reduced. With the help of you and others it can change. If you see or hear about anyone who is in serious trouble, go to someone you can trust and let them know about the situation. Human trafficking can be put to a stop with the right people. People who want to make a difference in the world, people who want change. Together we can make a difference, we can save these innocent lives that are being forced into heinous acts. Think of those innocent children as well who were robbed of their childhood, if we stand together, we can all make a difference.