Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world. I watched the movie Taken and its main plot was based around the kidnapping of a teenage girl who was one of many who were being illegally trafficked. I was aware of criminals selling foreign immigrants to entities in America for profit. I never thought of how bad it was until i watched the movie. It is a several billion dollar industry. The reasons for the victims range from religious cults to forced prostitution to trafficking for early marriage. Abduction is the easiest way to traffic someone. The criminals use fniancial leverage, debt bondage and treats to get the abductees to work for them. The movies depicted the captors drugging the girls to an almost unconscious state and soliciting them as prostitutes. According to US State Department data, an "estimated 600,000 to 820,000 men, women, and children [are] trafficked across international borders each year, approximately 70 percent are women and girls and up to 50 percent are minors. The main reason for trafficking people is for free or extremely cheap labor. The movie sparked an interest in this subject. Its not a fun topic but i figured i would share this with you since i looked into it a little deeper than the movie.
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