Human Trafficking

What is it? It is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of people for the purpose of exploitation. Annually, about 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across national borders which does not count millions trafficked within their own countries. 70-80% are women, and 50% are children.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0NOiJEKgGw - this video might help you understand it a bit better. The clips you see are from a Lifetime award-winning movie: Human Trafficking. If you get a chance to see it, you should, but be warned: it is intense.

Below are a couple sites in case you are interested in learning more:

http://www.humantrafficking.org/

http://www.ijm.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=178&srcid=-2

http://gvnet.com/humantrafficking/ - this one is interesting, it tells you the state of each country.

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/child/trafficking/index.htm

http://www.polarisproject.org/polarisproject/