jeudi 3 juillet 2014

Fight Against Virginia Human Trafficking

By Rosella Campbell


The reported case of hundred thousand victims whose dignity is eroded each year through slavery is on the rise. Despite their spirited attempt to end the Virginia human trafficking, the justice and law enforcement departments experience multiple challenges in bringing the perpetrators to book. This arises from the difficulty of distinguishing trafficking from the related activities including human smuggling and prostitution. Similarly, most victims encounter communication barriers in the foreign land, thus breaking the communication chain.

Human trafficking differs from smuggling in that the latter involves willing participants who are transported across international borders for a purposeful course. The former involves fraudulent and forceful recruitment or harboring of individuals for their services. By this logic, trafficking may arise in the home country when one is moved to another state. In view of the stretch from local to international platform, all jurisdictions should offer a coordinated process right from investigations to rehabilitation of these victims.

The scary statistics illuminates the fast growth of human dealing places the vices as the second largest in the criminal industry. The status of the cruel activities leaves Virginia in a declined crackdown owing to its present state of human anti-trafficking laws. Unlike the vigor exposed by the traffickers, the loopholes existing in the present laws offers a slap on their hand while most perpetrators get away unpunished.

Unlike the usual images of helpless victims abducted at dark corners and forcefully moved to unknown land, the traffickers devise new platforms of pouncing on their unknowing victims. In tandem with the business shift to electronic commerce, trafficking rings have moved their recruitment to utilize the online marketplace. Since the discovery of this masked outlet, the implementation of justice encounters challenges navigating the multiple layers of logistics required.

Besides the measures embraced by the federal government to end the inhuman activities, the attorney general reveals a spirited commitment to combat the vice in Virginia. While strengthening the legislation by imposing increased penalties for sentenced traffickers, participating in awareness work-groups seek to end human trafficking. For instance, the 2011 coordinated training with the criminal justice services department proved a prudent progression to strengthen law enforcement and coordinate victim-witness.

Involving the public by encouraging whistle blowing places the strategy as a dependable source to eliminate the operative wings of traffickers from the society. Similar attempt from the office to ensure justice to the trafficked victims emerges through the allocation of special funds to facilitate their rehabilitation and integration. Particularly, providing shelter and counseling sessions is integral to healing the wounds suffered during their restricted movement and freedom.

Different form the perception that a specific race or background was targeted, the present inhuman activity poses mounting threat to the public safety of all regardless of the race, socioeconomic class. It arises everywhere at any time and to any person. This leaves the activity a common thing in large cities and small towns.

Despite the additional resources and training offered to law enforcement agencies, the end of trafficking remains doubtful. For that reason, most organizations fighting against human trafficking have resorted to using public awareness and training. This aims to highlight the issues showing erosion of human dignity to encourage public participation in ending the vice at its source.




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