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Briana Beato

Professor Massey

ENC 1101

19 April 2018

Final Outline

Introduction: ​Most Americans are not aware that over 3,000 people are kidnapped, sold

and forced into slavery every day. It is crucial to educate people that human trafficking is a real

threat to not only us but our friends and family. While many reading this will be thinking in the

back of their head “that could never happen to me or someone I know,” it is important to

remember that is what all the victims and their families once thought. Human trafficking is

happening right under all of our noses. It is important to understand the misconceptions on this

issue and learn the truth about them. As well as comprehending the “why?” It will come as no

surprise that the driving factor is money.

I. Topic Sentence: ​People do not realize just how easy it is to become a victim of human

trafficking.

A. “​Women and girls make up 56% of persons trafficked for the purposes of forced labor

while men and boys make up 44%.” (Hepburn)

B. “In terms of those trafficked for the purposes of forced commercial sexual exploitation,

women and girls make up 98% and men and boys comprise 2%.” (Hepburn)

C. “​Most commonly the victims are induced by untrue promises for a job or a quick way to

make money. People of all ages and genders are susceptible to falling into this trap.​”

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II. Topic Sentence: A common misconception about human trafficking is that the

victims are sold into sexual slavery but this is not always the case.

A. “While trafficking for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation is more publicized

in the media, it is not the only form of trafficking that takes place in the US.” (Hepburn)

B. “According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), domestic, food

and care services, garment, and agricultural slavery makeup 46.2% of trafficking cases.”

(Hepburn)

C. “​They are forced to do things such as: domestic servitude, agricultural labor or working

in a sweatshop factory. The victims are isolated so that they are unable to get help. Their

traffickers usually train them to answer questions and are often blackmailed with threats

to report undocumentation to immigration officials.​” (Alvarez)

III. Human trafficking is not just a big business but it is an increasingly legitimate

business. These things are happening right under America’s nose and with almost no

repercussions to the actual traffickers.

A. “Human trafficking earns profits of roughly $150 billion a year for traffickers, according

to the ILO report from 2014. The following is a breakdown of profits, by sector: $99

billion from commercial sexual exploitation, $34 billion in construction, manufacturing,

mining and utilities, $9 billion in agriculture, including forestry and fishing, $8 billion

dollars is saved annually by private households that employ domestic workers under

conditions of forced labor.” (Misrea)

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B. “There were only 14,894 prosecutions and 9,071 convictions for trafficking globally in

2016. The Department of Justice convicted a total of 439 human traffickers, up from 297

in 2015 and 184 in 2014.” (Misra)

Conclusion: ​The dictionary defines it as “​the action or practice of illegally transporting people

from one country or area to another, typically for the purposes of forced labour or

commercial sexual exploitation.” Human trafficking has been a growing problem for

decades. ​A big part of the problem is that the government is not doing enough to ensure

the safety of the victims. “If we want to end trafficking, forced labor and other forms of

modern slavery, we must address these broader underlying root causes, including failures

to protect workers and enforce labor standards.” (Misra) It is our civic duty to spread

awareness of what is happening in our country and many others around the world. In the

words of Gary Haugen; justice is doing for others what we would want done for

ourselves.
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Works Cited

Hepburn, Stephanie and Rita Simon. "Hidden in Plain Sight: Human Trafficking in the

United States." ​Gender Issues​, vol. 27, no. 1/2, June 2010, pp. 1-26. EBSCO​host​,

doi:10.1007/s12147-010-9087-7.

Alvarez, Priscilla. “When Sex Trafficking Goes Unnoticed in America.” February 2016.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/how-sex-trafficking-goes-unnoticed-in-am

erica/470166/

Misra, Neha. “Human Trafficking: A Big Business Built on Forced Labor.” (2013) P. 3

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/neha-misra/human-trafficking-a-big-b_b_2602398.html