Fight Against Virginia Human Trafficking

Publié par Unknown on mardi 8 juillet 2014

By Rosella Campbell


The efforts embraced to end the modern slavery seem to bear little fruits as the number of victims increased every year. This reveals a shocking eradication results in Virginia where the efforts of the law enforcers remains hampered by inherent and emerging challenges. The agencies encounter an investigation challenge in identifying the Virginia Human Trafficking cycle from other related-vices. Equally, majority of the victims experience language barriers in their new land owing to their different ethnic background. This affects the communication process, thus the coordination of the victim-witness.

Although often confused with human smuggling, trafficking involves forceful, coercion or fraudulent recruiting, harboring or obtaining an individual for labor services or commercial sex actions. The former entails willing participants who are moved across international borders. This proves the distinguishing feature as inhuman activity may arise in the home country when one is forced into servitude. Considering that human trafficking may stretch from local to international scenes, this demands of the jurisdictions involved to cooperate during the investigation, prosecution and sentencing criminals, alongside rehabilitating the 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.

Unlike the customary perception that the criminals targeted individual from specific regions and background, the present activities have spread. This threatens the public safety of human race as their victims are drawn across all races and socioeconomic class. In view of this, every individual remains exposed to traffickers irrespective of their place of residence.

Public awareness and involvement of task forces should constitute the initial process of eradicating the contemporary slavery at its source. For that reason, organizations dedicated to safeguard the dignity of the victims have owned the fight by highlighting the issues to speed public consciousness through training. Furthermore, this has facilitated sharing of resources through awareness programs to end the activities right at the backyard.




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