27,000,000 Slaves, and Counting

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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela

Slavery is the second largest global organized crime, generating $150.2 billion per year. As noted by END IT Movement, that’s more than the combined revenues of Amazon, Google, and Ebay every year.

The average cost of a slave today is $90. The average cost of a slave in 1850, in the American South, is equivalent to $40,000 today. When we think of a slave, today, many think it’s impossible to believe the idea. Often, we believe, if it exists, it has to occur overseas. The idea of Americans being enslaved is odd to many, yet again, if it truly exists, it has to be like what was seen in the first movie of the Taken series. However, END IT explains there are three types of slavery around the globe, including the United States.

“Bonded labor is one of the most common forms of slavery in the world today, where victims are often born into slavery, forced to repay a loan, sometimes from generations before. Indebted, often through deception and a system stacked against them.” Forced labor is a little different. This type of slavery is when someone is forced to work against their will, under the threat of punishment, with little to no pay. “This is most frequently found in labor-intensive, under-regulated industries, such as agriculture, fishing, domestic work, construction, mining, quarrying, and manufacturing.”

And then we have human trafficking, a form of modern slavery, this is a multi-billion dollar criminal industry that denies freedom to 20.9 million people around the world. And no matter where you live, chances are it’s happening nearby. From the girl forced into prostitution at a truck stop, to the man stripped of his passport and held against his will to work in a restaurant kitchen, all trafficking victims share one essential experience: the loss of freedom.

As the world’s fastest growing criminal industry, it affects every nation across the globe. What happened to the drug industry and its claim to being the fastest growing criminal industry? It’s simple: a drug is made, sold, used, and completing its lifespan. A human body, continues to live and while it lives, it continues to bring its john (female or male, also known as Buyer or “Trick” is the individual who pays for/or trades something of value for sexual acts) financial security. It’s the crime that keeps on giving and every 30 seconds, someone becomes a victim of modern-day slavery.

“There are more slaves in the world today than at any other point in human history, with an estimated 27,000,000 in bondage across the globe. Men, women, and children are being exploited for manual and sexual labor against their will.

Sex traffickers use violence, threats, lies, debt bondage, and other forms of coercion to compel adults and children to engage in commercial sex acts against their will. Under U.S. federal law, any minor under the age of 18 years induced into commercial sex is a victim of sex trafficking—regardless of whether or not the trafficker used force, fraud, or coercion. And, the situations that sex trafficking victims face vary dramatically.

Many victims become romantically involved with someone who then forces or manipulates them into prostitution. Others are lured in with false promises of a job, such as modeling or dancing. Some are forced to sell sex by their parents or other family members. They may be involved in a trafficking situation for a few days, weeks, or may remain in the same trafficking situation for years. Vulnerable populations are frequently targeted by traffickers, including runaway and homeless youth, as well as victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, war, or social discrimination.

Sex trafficking occurs in a range of venues including fake massage businesses, via online ads or escort services, in residential brothels, on the street or at truck stops, or at hotels and motels.”

For more of 27,000,000 Slaves, and Counting, order your copy of the Spring 2016 issue here. 

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Mavian Arocha-Rowe

Mavian Arocha-Rowe

Editor-in-Chief at Chispa Magazine
Mavian Arocha-Rowe is known as an asset to the business and communications industry and is motivating and advocating “your authenticity should be your strategy,” for all women, regardless of their season and roles. For the past 20 years she has directed magazines, plus multiple art and marketing departments as creative director and brand manager. What supersedes all of her great career moves is her role as wife and mother living in Atlanta. Challenging herself to discover and bravely pursue the calling for her life, Arocha-Rowe helps other women discover and pursue their life’s assignment. She is a passionate, and loud-laughing speaker on the topic of purposefully redeemed, and mentors young women so they can exercise a mind that is doctrinally pure, along with a heart that beats toward sanctification. She will almost never turn down Marlow’s Tavern double-tavern cheeseburger, a cooking-demonstration from Leaning Ladder, or any opportunity to head to Miami to spend time with family.
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Mavian Arocha-Rowe is known as an asset to the business and communications industry and is motivating and advocating “your authenticity should be your strategy,” for all women, regardless of their season and roles. For the past 20 years she has directed magazines, plus multiple art and marketing departments as creative director and brand manager. What supersedes all of her great career moves is her role as wife and mother living in Atlanta. Challenging herself to discover and bravely pursue the calling for her life, Arocha-Rowe helps other women discover and pursue their life’s assignment. She is a passionate, and loud-laughing speaker on the topic of purposefully redeemed, and mentors young women so they can exercise a mind that is doctrinally pure, along with a heart that beats toward sanctification. She will almost never turn down Marlow’s Tavern double-tavern cheeseburger, a cooking-demonstration from Leaning Ladder, or any opportunity to head to Miami to spend time with family.