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Human smuggling and human trafficking are two distinct but related crimes. Human smuggling involves the illegal transportation of individuals across international borders, often for the purpose of bypassing immigration laws. Human trafficking, on the other hand, involves the exploitation of individuals for labor, sexual exploitation, or other purposes.
There are several key differences between human smuggling and human trafficking. Here are some of the main differences:
Overall, human smuggling and human trafficking are two different crimes with different purposes and effects. It is important to understand the differences between these crimes in order to effectively combat them.
Unemployment and extreme poverty in various countries have made many millions of men, women, and children vulnerable to trafficking and smuggling. Spurred by the twin crises of rising inflation and unemployment, scores of Pakistanis are crossing national borders through illegal routes. They are eventually victimised by people who exploit their poverty and helplessness. Due to…
Editor’s note: Food for thought. We included this article to demonstrate how the term “illegal alien” can be used to manipulate public opinion, specifically surrounding human trafficking. The correct, legal, term is “undocumented person.” Do you think the article would still get the point across if it said undocumented person? Would the headline still have…
Immigrants, most of them undocumented, now perform 80% of the labor on Wisconsin dairy farms. There is a fascinating, human story in the relationship between the Mexican workers who come here to earn money to build homes and businesses back in Mexico and the farmers who depend on their labor on Wisconsin dairy farms. I…
Two dozen conspirators forced workers to pay fees for travel and housing while forcing them to work for little to no pay. In June, a farm worker from Mexico, who requested to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, was transported through a trafficking network from Monterey to work on farms in Georgia. They paid the…
FORMER justice undersecretary Jose Vicente Salazar on Tuesday urged the government to keep the fight against human trafficking “at all costs” as he welcomed the Senate investigation on the reported human trafficking at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). He was referring to the Senate blue ribbon committee (BRC) probe on the alleged “new high-end”…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man accused of kidnapping and human smuggling was arrested after police recovered two male victims, who were unharmed, at a gas station in southwest Houston last week. Houston Police Department officers said they arrested 27-year-old Francisco Cisneros, who is charged with trafficking of persons. On Saturday, Feb. 18, at about…
KINNEY COUNTY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM)— In June 2021, Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe was already sounding alarms over what at the time he called “an invasion” of his south Texas county by undocumented migrants and human smugglers. Since then, Sheriff Coe has become one of the most vocal border region sheriff’s now saying cases of human…
For eight months, Julio worked as a landscaper in Western Massachusetts, hauling rocks, digging ditches and pulling weeds about 70 hours a week, earning less than two dollars an hour. At night, tired and hungry, the Guatemalan immigrant would be driven back to his employer’s suburban home, where he would head down to the basement…
COMMERCE —Students at Texas A&M University-Commerce are gaining awareness of human trafficking thanks to the university’s newly developed undergraduate and graduate courses. The courses also provide volunteer opportunities for students to help trafficking victims. The U.S. Department of Justice defines human trafficking as “a crime that involves compelling or coercing a person to provide labor…
New Senator Colton Moore, R-Trenton, has been appointed chairman of the Senate Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee in the Georgia General Assembly and has called witnesses on the situation on the US southern border. He has called in several witnesses who have described Georgia Army National Guard troops assisting the federal government at the border. “I want…
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