Human Trafficking Conceptual Issues, Current Debates,...

Biljana Meshkovska, one of the authors of the article Female Sex Trafficking: Conceptual Issues, Current Debates, and Future Directions, reports, â€Å"According to this United Nations protocol, human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation† (381). She records that 600,000 to about 800,000 females, males, and minors can become victims yearly (384). Sheldon Zhang, author of the book Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings: All Roads Lead to America, states, â€Å"North America led the world in absorbing large numbers of immigrants, at a rate of 1.4 million annually, followed by Europe with an annual net gain of 0.8 million. At the country level, the United States has the largest number of immigrants, with 35 million, followed by the Russian Federation with 13 million and Germany with 7 million† (3). Human Trafficking is growing around the world, and the most common three types are sex trafficking, forced labor, and debt bondage. Heather Smith, author of the article Sex Trafficking: Trends, Challenges, and the Limitations of International Law, records that human beings are illegally transported from various frontiers. SheShow MoreRelatedSelling Human Organs10012 Words   |  41 PagesTERM PAPER RESEARCH : Selling Human Organs ARTICLE 1 : Should people be allowed to sell their organs? Currently, exchanging organs for money or other valuable considerations is illegal, but some members of the medical and business communities would like to change that. One of those is the American Medical Associations influential Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs. Convinced that the balance of moral and ethical concerns favors the ability to sell organs, they would like the laws to changeRead MoreCritically Discuss What Howard Parker Et Al (1998) Mean by the Normalisation of Recreational Drug Use. How Convinced Are You by This Explanation of the Contemporary Drug Situation?3093 Words   |  13 Pagesaspects such as globalisation and how certain issues have affected the ‘normalisation’ of recreational drug use. The focus will then move onto describing the seven dimensions of ‘normalisation’ that Howard et al (1998) developed; drug availability, drug trying, drug use, being drug wise, future intentions, cul tural accommodation of the illicit and risk taking as a life skill. These seven factors will be assessed and evaluated. From here the direction will change, as the essay focuses on the workRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesGerda Lerner, Fireweed: A Political Autobiography Allida M. Black, ed., Modern American Queer History Eric Sandweiss, St. Louis: The Evolution of an American Urban Landscape Sam Wineburg, Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past Sharon Hartman Strom, Political Woman: Florence Luscomb and the Legacy of Radical Reform Michael Adas, ed., Agricultural and Pastoral Societies in Ancient and Classical History Jack Metzgar, Striking Steel: Solidarity Remembered Read MoreCsr Communication in the Pharma Industry35538 Words   |  143 Pagesasserts that it exists a â€Å"natural fit between the idea of CSR and an organization’s stakeholders† (Carroll 1991: 43). The American author goes even further by stating that the word â€Å"social† in CSR has always been vague and lacking in the specific direction as to whom the corporation is responsible. The concept of stakeholder personalizes social or societal responsibilities by delineating the specific groups or persons which the business should consider in its CSR orientation (sic). The pharmaceutical