The process of trafficking and the exploitation involved continuously generates large sums of illegal income for criminal networks, with a consequent threat on other legitimate businesses such as tourism and hospitality which have the potential to add and improve the economic conditions of a country. It is a common phenomenon for these organised criminal groups of traffickers to hide their profits by investing them in various legitimate businesses. According to United States of America, Department of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June , there are some businesses that are simply established to launder money and not necessarily to make profits.
This practice may in turn have a negative impact on the economy of a nation, as legitimate businesses may find themselves to compete against enterprises, which is being secretly or unknowingly subsidised by laundered proceeds of crime or supported by the exploitation of trafficked persons. Fair competition may also be affected when exploited trafficked persons have been used further down the supply chain to produce materials such as textiles.
Human trafficking as a source of funding for terrorist activities. Human trafficking within and into conflict and terrorist affected areas is primarily for domestic servitude, sexual slavery, forced armed recruitment, forced labour and forced marriage.
It has also been observed that terrorist organisations use human trafficking as a way to raise funds to nurture their organisations and to support their terrorist activities. Similar was the case of Boko Haram. It was noted by UN that Boko Haram uses children as beggars to raise funds. Human trafficking and its impact on children. The traffickers force these children to work for long hours, with minimal or without any wages. It restricts these child labourers from going to school, getting education and growing up into educated citizens.
Apart from labour activities there is a gigantic demand for children for their commercial sexual exploitation which involves offline as well as online sexual abuse such as child sexual abuse explicit materials; use of children for pornography, etc.
These children are forced to survive inhuman living conditions resulting in to illness such as, stunted growth, malnutrition, respiratory diseases and various life threatening diseases, such as HIV and STIs. Governments are left spending resources and millions of dollars on preventing, treating, and supporting victims of human trafficking.
That includes, for example, costs for developing strategies, and empowering local leaders to contribute to anti-trafficking efforts and increase awareness. There is also the costs to the police who investigate and collect evidence of suspected human trafficking, as well as apprehending and prosecuting the offenders.
Successfully prosecuting traffickers and confiscating their income and assets may offset some of the costs, but rarely is it enough. Child labor and commercial sexual exploitation of children can also result in entire generations of adults being unable to work.
Due to suffering severe trauma and potential illness from years of abuse, previously tormented adults may have to depend on the government welfare systems for their survival. When trafficking victims are able to work and take part in the economy, they often have a difficult time obtaining a job since they are typically seen as criminals by the law. There are several reasons why human trafficking is such a profitable crime and becoming more prevalent.
Criminal groups are often able to act comfortably, as there is:. This means that traffickers can count on making a lot of money with little fear of any legal consequences.
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