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Essay / Human Trafficking and Sex Trafficking in Spain
Human Trafficking and Sex Trafficking in SpainImagine living your usual life and suddenly someone kidnaps you and sends you to another country to be brought to a human trafficking network. This happened to a lot of people and they were shipped to Spain. In Spain, many people get into sex trafficking because their families are already victims of trafficking. Many others are trafficked because they owe money and need to repay their debt. Many traffickers get their victims addicted to drugs and traffic them when they can no longer pay for the drugs. Many Spaniards are unaware of human trafficking in Spain, believing that this inhumane act only occurs in other countries. Many people still don't know what human trafficking is. Human trafficking is the illegal movement of human beings for the purpose of exploitation. Louise Shelley says: “With demand and uncoordinated enforcement efforts, the trade in humans for labor and sex cannot be stopped. » She's right, human trafficking forcibly moves human beings to other places for sex and labor. Most traffickers use these people for sex trafficking purposes. Martha Irvine calls human trafficking "...a victimless crime, viewing domestic prostitution as something very different from sex trafficking with its cross-border kidnappings and brutal coercion – a scourge that has come to the forefront of news in recent years. » She says people often confuse sex trafficking with prostitution, but in sex trafficking people are always moved and kidnapped. Victims are often beaten to obey their trafficker. The most basic form of human trafficking is sex trafficking. Income from sex trafficking amounts to “five million euros per day” (Benitez, Ines). Also "most of the victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation in Spain...... middle of paper ...... sucked into the human they cannot escape. They get there often found because of people already inside and begin their dangerous journey to death Victims go through long death marches and may die along the way I think human trafficking is wrong. It must be stopped. Many people are being abused and this has an impact on society in Spain, as it is the second largest in Europe. Victims cannot ask for help because they do not speak the language and do not speak. The authorities are not very good at handling human trafficking. The laws only classified human trafficking as illegal in December 2010. Exploiters can spend up to 10 years in prison for human trafficking. .the country until they are sure the victims can leave. Ultimately, human trafficking is wrong and must be stopped..