User talk:Ehageman

Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking is not that common in every day talk. Some people might not even know what it is. Human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, harboring, or receipt of people for the purposes of slavery, forced labor, and servitude. President Bush has mad the issue known about human trafficking. Bush has mentioned that human life was given to us by our Creator and we should not sell it around. He talks about of it takes away from ones true self, it also takes away from a child’s way of growing up. In the United Nations, President Bush called on other governments to pass laws making such human trafficking a crime and many have risen to the challenge. In the past year, 24 nations have made new laws to fight trade in human lives. Thirty-two are now in the process of drafting or passing such laws. Some departments of government has done some actions as legislation has passed a law so Americans who sexually prey on children in a foreign country can be prosecuted and sentenced to as many as thirty years in prison. The department of Justice has focused on increasing the number of trafficking victims rescued and the number of prosecutions and convictions of traffickers. The department of Health and Human Services is certifying trafficking victims so they may qualify for the same assistance available to refugees. The department of Defense has implemented a no tolerance stand against any actions by defense personnel that contribute to human trafficking and is instituting a service wide mandatory training program. The Departments of Labor and Homeland Security and other government agencies are executing action plans to fight human trafficking. The government’s actions are different from government to government. Some have introduced legislation particularly intended at making human trafficking illegal. They can also widen systems of assistance between different nation’s law enforcement agencies and with non-government organizations. Any countries though have come under criticism for functioning, or non functioning action. In the United Kingdom, after strong force from Human Rights organizations, trafficking for labor exploitation were made illegal in 2004. However, the 2004 law has been used very rarely and by mid-2007 there had not been a single conviction under these provisions. Some more governmental actions that could take is to raise awareness. Some was for this is by: first raise awareness amongst potential victims, in particular in countries where human traffickers are active. Second raise awareness amongst police, social welfare workers and immigration officers. And in countries where prostitution is legal or semi-legal, raising awareness amongst the clients of prostitution, to look out for signs of a human trafficking victim. Human Trafficking is a big deal that not everyone knows about I hope that the government will put a complete end to the human trafficking. Human trafficking is kind of embarrassing that I would not understand what people would think about it if they knew someone that did it. The government is taking the actions they need to as of right now. Hopefully this will all end and then later on in the future there will be no such thing as Human trafficking. Ehageman (talk) 03:01, 15 October 2008 (UTC)