Human TraffickingThe United States has always been known for sticking its nose in places where it doesn't belong. America has taken part in wars that could have been avoided, in scandals that had nothing to do with the United States. Millions of lives over the years could have been spared if America had simply stayed in its place. But what if America felt like it had to get involved in business creation if it thought it could cause or is causing a problem on American soil or with Americans themselves? Human trafficking is a problem that most people don't know about or even really think about. There are different types of human trafficking and smuggling crimes in today's society. The number one type of human trafficking is sex trafficking. The handlers usually kidnap someone, ninety percent of the time a girl under the age of eighteen, and sell her to different people around the world for sexual reasons. The girls they kidnap and sell may be from the area or simply passing through and end up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Forced labor is the second most widespread type of human trafficking in the world. This is where a person takes advantage of a worker and bends labor laws to make them work longer hours or more strenuous work for very low pay. Victims of forced labor in most cases do not even know what is happening to them. Most people who get sucked into the forced labor trade are very vulnerable; the reason for this is that most of them live in poverty and have very little education. High unemployment forces many of these people to work in places with terrible working conditions. Forced labor is much harder to see or identify than sex trafficking… middle of paper… as if they are worthless because that is how their captors make them feel. People just assume that if that victim is tired of living that way then they can just leave, but it's not always that simple. In most cases, the victim is threatened that their family and loved ones will be hurt or killed if they try to leave (Human Trafficking in the Midwest). Human trafficking is also not discriminatory. Trafficking predators don't care what the sex, race, religion or age of the victim is, as long as they get money they don't care who they hurt. Women aged eighteen or under are usually the targeted victims, but there have also been cases where men and older people are victims. Poverty, poor living conditions and lack of education are just some of the risk factors for becoming victims of human trafficking (Smuggling and trafficking in human trafficking).).