Cause Of Human Trafficking

• Lack of economic opportunity- with no jobs at home, people are forced to go abroad or starve
• Feminization of migration- as the international labor market shifted its focus to women-staffed occupations, the population vulnerable to trafficking ballooned
• Organized crime syndicates- elusive and adaptive, crime syndicates have maximized their profits from trafficking by taking advantage of the large number of people seeking work abroad
• Government corruption- trafficking will be difficult to solve with customs officials and other government staff accepting bribes to facilitate the trafficking
• Poor education- many uneducated, desperate men and women are duped into trafficking by manipulative recruiters
• Low awareness of trafficking- the fewer people that know about trafficking, the less awareness there is, and the less chance that an effective movement can be mobilized to effectively fight the issue
• Poverty-which forces people to seek any job while ignoring the risks, trafficked persons often come from countries and communities marked by poverty and social exclusion
• Cultural factors - made women and children vulnerable to trafficking through forced marriage by parent and through early marriage- to live outside of their home region or migrate overseas away from people they can turn to for help