Human Trafficking Effects

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There are many cases of human trafficking reported every year that mostly involving women, children, and some cases involving men such as women are forced to become a sex slave and children are forced to become cheap labour. Human trafficking can affect human life in many aspects such as physical, psychological, economy and laws if there is any action taken in combating trafficking. Usually the victims of trafficking will suffer physical effects that lead to many health issues. Commercial sexual exploitation is one of sexual exploitation that involving women includes pornography, prostitution and sex trafficking of women and girls, and is characterized by the exploitation of a human being in exchange for goods or money (Rahman, M. A. (2011)).…show more content…
This occurs when internal and external resources are inadequate to cope with the external threat” (Territo & Glover, n.d.). Thus, individuals who suffered from this psychological trauma will develop a few symptoms such as post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, alienation and disorientation that can occur over a long period of time (Kaylor, L., n.d). These symptoms will lead to mixed feelings in individuals for example extreme sadness and hopelessness about the future. They will feel that there is no solution to their problems and future and eventually turn to drugs and alcohol to numb the pain. Usually, for many individuals who are trafficked they are rarely leaves their house, more likely to be alone or be at a place where there is no social life to cope with because they will develop a fear against strangers and authorities and some case they will get phobia of noisy places and cannot be among crowds of people ("Chapter 7 - Impact of Child Trafficking", n.d.). Usually, women that have been trafficked will suffer extreme emotional stress, including shame, grief, fear, distrust, and suicidal thoughts ("Facts on Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery | Soroptimist",…show more content…
The cost of trafficking, which includes the value of all resources to its prevention, the treatment and support of the victims, and the prosecution of offenders can give big impact to the economy. For example, as a component of the organized crime, there will be a cost for the police who investigated the suspected crime and gather and record all the evidence, the prosecution services, criminal courts, legal aid and non-legally-aided defences cost, and cost of the prison and probation services (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2008). In addition, creating job opportunities where people previously despaired of making a living by legal means would effectively increase the opportunity cost of engaging in criminal activity. Human trafficking also results in an irretrievable loss of human resources and reductions in revenue. Trafficking yields no tax revenues, and may even lead to a net revenue loss as a result of tax evasion and money-laundering. In some countries, trafficking will influence the future productivity of children, who may lose access to education or suffer health problems where a parent is trafficked and family support is lost (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2008). ). Throughout the literature, it is clear that crime prevention rather than crime control and policing is needed to decrease human trafficking
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