Trafficking persons is
the "recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring 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." Protocol to
Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons
1. What kinds of human trafficking are there?
2. Is poverty or lack of education somehow related to this kind of trafficking? How so?
3. Is this kind of trafficking a problem where you live? Explain it.
4. Have you ever heard of a true case of human trafficking?
5. What can be done for this crime to stop or reduce its rates?
6. Why do you think people traffic these kind of people?
7. What happened to the Polish girls?
8. What do you think they had in mind when they decided to go to Mexico City?
9. What did the girls do wrong to be caught in that situation?
10. Why were their passports collected?
11. Were there any “warning signs” they should have paid attention to?
During the online auction :
12. Who is bidding?
13. Who won the auction? What was the strategy used?
14. Do you think this actually happens around the world? Why (not)?
“You’ll pay for that” – was a line in the movie. Who said it and what did she mean by it?
Finally:Please write a short (1/2 to full page) writeup on human trafficking. Your thoughts? What we should do about it? Be creative. I am grading your critical thoughts and writing on this assignment.
