Abhinav Thiyagu

Mrs. Marsella Jenson/ Mrs. Faitel

English 10H, Period 6

11 October 2021

Source Check 1

Hepburn, Stephanie, and Rita J. Simon. “Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in

Plain Sight.” ELibrary, The Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2013,

https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/home?accountid=164834.

The article, “Human Trafficking Around the World:Hidden in Plain Sight.'', written by
Stephanie Hepburn and Rita J. Simon discusses the issue or human trafficking and
displays statistics regarding the people affected. Traffickers make an annual worldwide
profit of $44.3 billion and there are more than 12.3 million victims. In the US, about
50,000 women and girl into the country, mostly for sex trafficking, believing they will be
getting a job as a maid or a waitress. Laws against trafficking sometimes hurt the victim
more than the traffickers themselves though there have been improvements but the pace
is “slow and incommensurate”(Hepburn, par 6). The article was published by the
Washington Post on August 17, 2013 which is less than 10 years ago so the
information is current. The author, Rita J. Simon, is a sociologist who earned her
doctorate in 1957 and Stephanie Hepburn is an independent journalist who has
written for other reputable websites about human rights. The Washington Post has
built a reputation for being trustworthy and accurate with its information in many
different areas. The source shows graphs involving the effect on people at a global level
and gives reasons as to why certain countries such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, and
Philippines have different statistics compared to other countries. Furthermore, it also
discusses the effects on the people being trafficked and the population of countries.
“Human Trafficking.” Migration Data Portal, 6 May 2021,
https://www.migrationdataportal.org

/themes/human-trafficking.

In the article, “Human Trafficking”, written and published by the Migration Data Portal,
factors causing human trafficking and whats being done to stop the issue. It’s hard to
track the people affected because of the “lack of reliable, high quality data related to the
scale of human trafficking”(Migration Data Portal, par 1). Since there is very little
information regarding people affected, there is a halt in the efficiency of improving the
situation. Different regions have different rates when it comes to sex trafficking and
forced labor. Women are more commonly trafficked than men and the same ratio reflects
on children. 80% of trafficking travels through official border control points. To collect
data efficiently, “Several UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations
have collaborated to produce data sources on the profile of human trafficking, the
prevalence of human trafficking, and on related phenomena such as forced labour and
forced marriage”(Migration Data Portal, par 10.), and with this information more
improvements can be made legally. The article was last updated May 6, 2021 meaning
the information is current. All of the Migration Data Portal datasets have been
overviewed by official UN agencies and their data is regularly used in the field of
migration as they have built a reputation of being credible that can be trusted by
professionals in the field. The article shows some of the causes of human trafficking and
what is currently being done to help stop human trafficking. Laws that have been passed
in different countries are shown.