Human Trafficking A Global Phenomenon That Does Not...

What can be done to Combating Human Trafficking? Human trafficking is a global phenomenon that does not recognize national borders. Realizing the serious consequences of the human toll, the U.S government has spent $55 million in 50 countries on anti-trafficking programs designed to help indigenous non-government organizations and, international organizations law enforcements officials and foreign governments prevent human trafficking, and restore victims to society. If human trafficking is going to be stopped, there is a need for better and stronger immigration practices. For example, Asian gangs involved in human trafficking have found ways to exploit the â€Å"holes† in U.S immigration law to send their victims to the United States.†¦show more content†¦If serious help is to be given toward combating human trafficking, certain characteristics must be realized. For instance, human trafficking is constructed as a different sort of problem by a variety of social act ors, agencies and institutions. Non governmental organizations (NGOs) tend to construct it as a problem of human rights abuses, while government agencies such as the police and the immigration service construct it either as a problem of organized crime or a problem of illegal immigration. Anti-trafficking policies should remain cognizant of the economic social and political roots of human trafficking. The current economic structures, including bilateral trade policy and structural adjustment programs are stacked against the interest of non-industrialized nations, creating a situation where citizens will take incredible risks to escape poverty. Today, the United States is increasingly becoming an unwary partner in the sex trafficking of women and children. In response, the United States has been a global leader in a war against human trafficking. They provide model legislation and minimum standards to ensure that victimization by the hands of traffickers end. The United States over the years has refused to classify itself although it has placed other countries into Tiers depending on the intensity of their mode to