Anit- Sex Human Trafficking Laws - 562 Words

What if you could have sex 40 times a day? It may sound pretty glorious to most, but for the victims of human trafficking, this is a horrendous reality. According to the Polaris Project, 244,000 children were at risk to be sexually exploited because of human trafficking in 2000. It is obvious that sex trafficking is a problem all over the world, and many Americans do not believe that it is happening right in their backyard. In fact, between one and three hundred thousand people are at risk of being abducted and forced in to the sex trade every year and, in numerous cases, women in the prostitution business entered it at a young age: around 12 to 14 years of age, the New York Times Found. Over the past few months and years, thirty-nine states have passed anti-human trafficking laws that aid victims of human trafficking as victims as such, not as prostitutes. In Illinois, for example, prostitution is no longer a felony. Furthermore, a minor is unable to be charged with prostitution, e ven as a misdemeanor; seeing as in more cases than not, these minors are victims of trafficking. In accordance with these laws, the focus is on arresting traffickers and the customers of prostitutes. Some cases in Chicago and surrounding areas have resulted in the â€Å"johns† having to pay a fine after being caught attempting to solicit sex, and may even have had their cars impounded. In many states, a major part of the anti-sex trafficking laws that were recently passed entail that those found to