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Human trafficking

Human trafficking in popular culture refers to depictions of human trafficking, the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery. It has been featured in a variety of popular culture forms and on numerous occasions.It has been featured in a variety of popular culture forms and on numerous occasions. Human trafficking is the process of transporting people from one place to another against their will. Although it has recently become a more common occurrence and practiced in a great degree of countries this has been happening for ages now. Since the transatlantic trade had Africans taken from their homes to the United States British colonies for slavery however it has become a larger issue around the 1900's. Popular culture refers to the media such as films, videos, literature, publications, music videos, television and more. ( See Examples Below) This article will be discussing how human trafficking works, who is involved in the process and how much many is made in the practice.

Procedure
What many don't know, is that sex traffickers target specific people, they have several ways they do this. They use emotional lures, promise for better financial stability and simply a relationship. For example in Everyone wants to be with Marilyn the final part of the show follows the story of a young woman who travels abroad thinking she will become a model, only to end up working against her will as a prostitute. The trafficker trapped her and took advantage of the desire she had to become a model.. It’s very common, for the abductor to find ways to familiarize with the victim, as well as find things they have in common to make it easier to connect. There is one big misunderstanding when it comes to human trafficking, it doesn't necessarily have to be the movement of people from one place to another, if not it could be simply keeping them and selling them. In many cases, today people are kidnapped and are kept in the same state or even the same neighborhood in which they were at. For example in season five of The Secret Life of an American teenager this young lady who was a victim of sex trafficking  due to meeting someone, who turned out to be a pimp, from an online game ended up being a prostitute not even a few miles away from home. The predators of human trafficking target people who are vulnerable, attention-seeking, weak and many more it doesn't take much for anyone to become one of their next victim.

Participants
Human trafficking involves a variety of people, there’s no limit to who is victimized or who enables it. In fact over 40.3 million people in the world are subjects of human trafficking. Human trafficking happens to people of various ages, cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds and more. For example, Michael Cory Davis's film Svetlana's Journey, depicting the trials of a 13-year-old girl who loses her family and is sold to human traffickers by her adoptive family. On the other hand, individuals who prey on others for human trafficking are predominantly criminals who sell victims to people craving companionship. The traffickers also hire smugglers who transport people trying to get into the United States and away from the issues in their home countries. The smugglers help the traffickers find and capture their victims. For example, documentary “Doc Name” by independent filmmaker Nick Broomfield, follows the story of the victims of the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, in which smuggled immigrants are forced into hard labor. Human trafficking in popular culture can have willing and unwilling participants as seen in the examples provided above.

Money
Human trafficking is considered to be the second largest criminal enterprise in the world. Due to the fact that the business brings in over $150 billion dollar per year for each trafficker. The exploiters make this amount every year because it’s highly profitable. Compared to almost every other industry in the world human trafficking has the highest profit margin. This is because trafficking is a low start-up cost, minimal risks, and a large demand. Also the criminals who get caught see that the punishment is worth the crime because the laws and outcomes are too lenient in their opinion. Although human trafficking occurs more in today’s present world, it’s hard to detect because we don’t know exactly how trafficking operates. Therefore there aren’t many popular culture examples that can be found regarding how much money is made in the practice.

Conclusion
Human trafficking to this day is still referred to as the modern day slavery. Not only is it the movement of people from one place to another, it involves the gathering of new victims to be taken advantage of. The victims are exploited sexually, placed in domestic service, agricultural work, manufacturing, construction, and have their organs harvested along with a list of other degrading things. This is similar to what was done to African-Americans since the 1600's which is one of the many reasons why it is referred to as modern day slavery. Today women are not the only target, we can see children and even men getting abducted and sold for money. In fact, 800,000 people are trafficked every year worldwide. Often we think that this happens only in those low income areas or third world countries. When the blatant fact is that it happens in our own backyards. Human trafficking in the popular culture shows how it works, who it includes and how much money it makes through examples in the media in reference to films, videos, literature, publications, music videos, television and more.

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