Jerry Brewer: The Proliferation of Sex and Human Trafficking in the Americas Jerry Brewer - MexiData.info
go to original June 24, 2015

Fusion’s documentary, “Pimp City: A Journey to the Center of the Sex Slave Trade,” takes place on both sides of the border: in Tenancingo and in Queens, New York. (Fusion)

Just how involved and engaged are governments in the Western Hemisphere in interdicting human trafficking for sexual purposes, and is it an issue that requires critical focus among other world problems?

Human trafficking alone is reported to be the third largest illicit industry in Latin America, following drug and arms trafficking.

Trafficking in humans includes, but is not limited to, those trafficked for forced labor, prostitution, other elements of sexual exploitation, the harvesting of human organs, and related acts of human servitude.

Sex trafficking, for sexual exploitation, is an enormously high profit industry when it comes to pornography, online sex, stripping, commercial sex work, sex shows, as well as marriage for the purpose of sexual servitude.

In contrast, the term "people smuggling" shares a difference from the term human trafficking that has been described as voluntary, covert transport from one location or country to another. In most situations, there may not be any deception involved in this agreement. Freedom for the smuggled parties to continue on their way according to the agreed upon terms and destination is usually permitted.

The US Department of Justice reports that "eight in ten human trafficking cases involve the sex industry; the others involve labor trafficking." Annually, human trafficking worldwide is estimated to be around US$40 billion at a minimum.

Human trafficking represented an estimated $31.6 billion of international trade per annum in 2010. The economics of the illicit sex industry and underground sex market just in the U.S. reveals each of eight U.S. cities generates between $40 million to almost $300 million a year.

It should be no surprise to anyone that transnational organized criminal organizations find human trafficking to be extremely lucrative and one of their fastest growing activities for massive revenue.

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Jerry Brewer is C.E.O. of Criminal Justice International Associates, a global threat mitigation firm headquartered in northern Virginia. His website is located at cjiausa.org

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