Rosci Orozco, congresswoman in Mexico, recently reported
figures showing approximately 800,000 adults and 20,000 children are trafficked
for sexual exploitation each year in Mexico. These figures came from the National Refuge Network (RNR),
and according to the RNR, 47 criminal networks control the trafficking routes
through various Mexican states, including Puebla, Oaxaca, Tlaxcala, Baja
California, Chihuahua, and Guerrero.
A new anti-trafficking law was voted on by Mexico’s lower house. The law say that those who traffick
will be sentenced between 15-30 years for crimes in slavery, child pornography
and sexual exploitation of children and women. A 40-year-sentence can be given to parents for allowing
their child to be sexually exploited.
Lawmakers are obviously starting to recognize the
issues that human trafficking brings to society. The issue is now being handled at a government level with
many laws and bills being discussed and passed in the hopes of ending the
problem. Government officials are
taking note that human trafficking is one of the most profitable forms in crime
in the world, making it even harder to seize the problem. Ranges of profit, annually, are from
$10 million to over $30 million. Because
the crime has rarely been prosecuted, criminals are given incentive to keep
going. This socially affects those
previously affected by other human equalities, especially for women and
child. Human trafficking further
promotes unequal and unfair treatment as well as inferiority of the female
gender.
http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/2387-mexico-sees-800000-sex-trafficking-cases-a-year
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