Human Trafficking Essay -- Ethical Issues, Sexual Exploitation

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Acts of 2003 and 2005 have defined sex trafficking as a commercial sexual act or acts that are induced by fraud, coercion, or in which the person to perform these sexual acts are under the age of eighteen Blackburn, Taylor and Davis (2010). The sex industry in Cambodia and Thailand consists of men, women, and children. In order for there to be enforced labor and sex trafficking there has to be forms of illegal immigration to these economies, though not all human traffickers are kidnapped or forced into sex work, many choose to do this work. Singh and Hart (2007) have labeled Thailand as a country of many prostitutes and its reputation derives from human trafficking and sexual exploitation, especially sexual exploitation of children. Sex trafficking is used to entice tourists to the country to please sexual fantasies Blackburn, Taylor and Davis (2010). Blackburn, Taylor and Davis (2010) indicate estimating human trafficking and sexual exploitation data is difficult provide. Although, it is estimated that thirty thousand children involved in the Thai sex trade is up to seventy-five thousand children younger than the age of sixteen working in brothels, bars, and nightclubs, and that Thailand’s gross income ranges in the twenty-two billion dollars. Singh and Hart (2007) claim their estimates differ from the reality of the true number of commercial sex workers. Though similar to Blackburn, Taylor and Davis (2010) they provided that the number range from sixty thousand to seventy-five thousand to four hundred thousand sex workers in Thailand. According to Singh and Hart (2007), The World Tourism Organization reported in 2004, th... ...at beach resort near Bangkok, Thailand and many pedophiles from around the world come there. Since there are organizations like Fight Against Child Exploitation which influence the prosecution of pedophiles after they return to their country. The authors state the police are a part of the sex trafficking problem in both Cambodia and Thailand because brothels pay monthly payment to the police for protection, and some brothels are private owned by government, military, or police officials. The Royal Cambodian National Police attempted to develop a special unit on human trafficking and juvenile crime, because this effect produced little progress, the entire national police department was told to get training on human trafficking, child exploitation, ethical behavior that led to corruption, and receiving serves from prostitutes Blackburn, Taylor and Davis (2010).