Title: Why do people traffic women and girls?
Headings: Why do people traffic women and girls?
Why do people traffic women and girls?
Content: Examples of this is a night club, which is legal. However, in the night club, the women who work there are there illegally, that is not paid enough (if not any) money at all and are forced to be there. Many sex enterprises are constantly changing not only the location, but also the venues of operating the business. Sex trafficking can be extremely profitable, especially in areas where opportunities for education and legitimate employment may be limited. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the greatest numbers of traffickers are from Asia, followed by Central and Southeastern Europe, and Western Europe. One overlooked factor of trafficking is the belief that the lives of women and girls are expendable. In societies where women and girls are undervalued or not valued at all, women are at greater risk for being abused, trafficked, and forced into sex slavery. Today, there is a held perception that women choose to enter into the commercial sex trade. However, for the majority of women in the sex trade, this is simply not the case.