Human Trafficking Is A Major International Policy

Human Trafficking Human trafficking is a major international policy concern that remains widespread and deeply entrenched in many Asian countries, one such as Vietnam. Through education and providing resources such as programs to help the poor or allowing people access to technology, along with government intervention and awareness, human trafficking can be dramatically reduced. Yi Wang, who is a Program Analyst for Oxfam-Quebec’s Anti-Human Trafficking Program stated in her research that: According to article 3 of the UN Trafficking Protocol, trafficking in persons means: The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud,†¦show more content†¦I will also report the kind of help and programs the Vietnamese government and the community has been promoting and providing to help reduce the number of human trafficking in their country. Wang stated that there is an inseparably link between trafficking and prostitution because the goal of human trafficking normally makes the victims themselves involved into prostitution (Wang 2005: 4). Not just prostitution, but human trafficking has also led these victims into the forced labor or services, slavery, and removing of organs for others. The victims who are being targeted into trafficking are most likely women and young children, but sometimes men and boys are also targeted in some cases too (Shim 2013: 6). The victims of women and girls are viewed as more vulnerable than men in trafficking because of the inequality of gender and economic power. In between the year 2005 and 2009, CEOP reports indicated that â€Å"approximately 6,000 women and children were identified as being trafficked from Vietnam† (CEOP 2011: 4). In 2010, â€Å"the report identified 58 children potentially trafficked from Vietnam to the UK over the 12 month period of the study† (CEO P 2011: 3). Due to safety issue, the demand of human trafficking for young virgins and children in prostitution has been increasing because of the factors such as the threat of HIV/AIDS. From the Human Trafficking in Vietnam research, it has identified that there are also newborn babies and children