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    Marielle Nava
    Humanities 3/4
    May 21, 2014
    Briefing: Human Trafficking

    Human Trafficking is the third largest international crime industry in the world
    (Rodriguez). The amount of people in labor trafficking is astonishing: nationwide women and
    girls are the largest share of forced labor victims standing at a massive 11.4 million and men at
    9.5 million (11 Facts). Innocent people are being trafficked daily, many of whom are given a
    variety false promises. The majority of people trafficked are people trying to escape their
    country, all for different reasons. Some try to escape because of corruption; others abscond
    because of work issues or to seek a better life for their families. Unfortunately, many of these
    people do not reach their destination due to being trafficked. After being lured or captured by
    human traffickers, they are sold and forced into sex or labor trades.
    San Diego is one of the top three trafficking areas throughout the nation, along with Los
    Angeles and San Francisco (11 Facts). According to KPBS, there has been a noticeable
    change in the trade industry here in San Diego; sex trafficking is now a major component
    to this industry as oppose to drugs (Sharma). In 2007 the underground commercial sex
    economy in San Diego made about $96.6 million dollars (Stine). Human traffickers have
    noticed that they could make a massive amount of money by selling people for labor and
    sex, including children even as young as twelve years old.
    Modern day television shows and movies depict pimps as flashy people driving
    large fancy vehicles and portray prostitutes as people willingly selling themselves, but this is
    nowhere near the truth (Rodriguez). Pimps traffic men and women and force them to into the
    sex trade by threatening them and their families (Rodriguez). The FBI explains that pimps
    dont work hard . they dont do anything other than coerce, manipulate and threaten
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    children. A real man would not target a child. (Sharma). Even some of San Diegos local
    gangs have made alliances with each other, helping one another traffic people.
    As a community member of San Diego, I have realized the impact we have had
    dealing with human trafficking. I realize I fit the description for a potential victim of
    trafficking; I am in the common age group and am a female which makes me a larger target.
    The more I am able to inform and make people aware this issue, the more people will care. It
    was a shock to most of my classmates to know that San Diego is one of the top three human
    trafficking areas in the nation. This is a very sensitive issue, but the more we educate our
    society the better chance we have to overcome this problem. As a community, we can all
    make a change one person at a time.















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    Work Cited
    Stine, Rachel. "Human Trafficking Gains Ground: How One New Criminal Element Has
    Fostered Growth in Sex Crimes." The Coast News RSS. N.p.10 May 2014. Web. 21 May 2014.

    Rodriguez, Amanda Walker, and Rodney Hill. "FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin." Human Sex
    Trafficking. FBI, Mar. 2011. Web. 21 May 2014.

    Sharma, Amita. "Sex Trafficking Overtakes Drugs as San Diego County Gangs Top Cash
    Source." Sex Trafficking Takes over San Diego. KPBS, 27 Jan. 2014. Web. 21 May
    2014.

    "11 Facts about Human Trafficking." DoSomething.org. N.p. Web. 21 May 2014.

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