Week7 Post1(what are causes of human being?)

There many causes of human trafficking. One cause is poverty. Najeya, a 20-year-old Afghan woman with her father debilitated by a kidney operation and her mother too old to work, took a job as a cleaner and was sexually abused by her employer on a regular basis. Yet, after secretly receiving an abortion, he returned to the same job. "The one thing I can think of that is the cause of these stories is extreme poverty," Saddat, a friend of Najeya, said "The desperation from living as a refugee in a foreign country. Although they are victims of sexual attacks, they still go back to the same job after treatment because they are obliged to do so." ( STOPVAW). Uncountable trafficked examples reveal that it is poverty and bleak career prospects that pushed them to search for a better life, and were then abused. The second cause is abduction of criminal gangs. In Eastern European capitals like Kiev and Moscow, dozens of sex-trafficking rings advertise nanny positions in the United States in local newspapers; others claim to be scouting for models and actresses. One expert say "I saw a billboard with a fresh-faced, smiling young woman beckoning girls to waitress positions in Paris. But of course there are no waitress positions and no 'Paris.' Some of these young women are actually tricked into paying their own travel expenses -- typically around $3,000…." (Landesman).The third cause is regional imbalances and corruption in government. Most migrants in Moscow come from former Soviet countries, where living standards plummeted after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The vast majority work illegally and lack the documents for legal residency. This makes them particularly vulnerable to corrupt police officers, whom they have to bribe so as not to be officially reported to the police.Their illegal status also prevents them from bargaining about pay or seeking justice if they are abused（Bigg）. Trafficking in people are attributed by different factors: the supply of encouraged victims, the presence of exploiters, and vast so-called employers. Modern slavery will continue to exist as long as there are economically desperate people and a lack of political will by authorities to enforce existing laws.






Works Cited

Bigg Claire. "Russia: Migrants Seek Their Fortunes In Moscow, But Often Find Only Heartache"

RadioFreeEurope. 9 June, 2005.24 October, 2007.

Landesman Peter. "The Girls Next Door (How Sex Trafficking Works)." RadioFreeEurope .25

January, 2004. 24 October, 2007.

"Slavery Survives, Despite Universal Abolition." STOPVAW . 30 AUGUST, 2005. 24 October,

2007.