What in the world.......?

I happen to find myself writing a persuasive speech on the topic of human trafficking, more specifically, sex trafficking. I never understood the underlying issue of it, let alone its existence and how international it is. The only thing I knew about sex trafficking was that young girls were taken away by... basically "pimps" from their homes and sold into prostitution without any will. I would've never known about this very real, gruesome, modern-day slavery if it wasn't for this speech assignment. I absolutely dreaded having to write this speech but now it's become something real and valuable that I feel the need to bring before God.



What is Human Trafficking?
"Article 3, paragraph (a) of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons defines Trafficking in Persons as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs." -UNODC

27 million people are victims of modern-day slavery across the world.
800,000 people trafficked across international borders every year.
1 million children are exploited by global commercial sex trade, every year.
50% of transnational victims are children.
80% of transnational victims are women and girls.
70% of female victims are trafficked into the commercial sex industry, which means 30% of female victims are victims of forced labor.
161 countries are identified as affected by human trafficking.
32 billion dollars- total yearly profits generated by the human trafficking industry.

What's scary? Not many people are aware of this.
What's scarier? For those of us in the U.S, this is not a foreign issue... it's happening right around our corner.
What's scariest? Many people will hear/watch about this, and sit at home feeling sorry for those that are affected... and they'll get back to their shows, meals, parties, work, etc.

Well the world teaches us that as long as "I" am good, there's no need to worry. But Jesus Christ teaches us something else that is not comprehendible to human nature. Christ didn't look at his own needs, but the needs of others. He made a sacrifice for all the people who breathe/will breathe in this freaking world just because he loved. I'm 5000% sure that God is hurt to see his people doing this to each other.

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