Human trafficking is a horrendous crime that takes advantage of people through the illegal trade of humans for forced labor and commercial sexual/child exploitation. Traffickers tend to target the most vulnerable, those who want a better life, have few or no job opportunities, are very unstable and have a history of sexual abuse. This being popular in society, anyone can easily become a victim. As an undocumented immigrant, a runaway and homeless youth, and a victim of trauma and abuse, you have already put a target on your back. The most popular victims are undocumented immigrants due to lack of legal status, language barriers, limited employment opportunities and social isolation. (“The victims.”) Human beings are not pieces of property and should not be degraded so low in society, especially an innocent and pure child. Believe it or not, human trafficking began over 400 years ago; starting when African Americans were transported across the seas and exported to different regions of the world, mainly used for forced labor. British settlers in the New World began and ended the slave trade in 1833. By then human trafficking and the slave trade made numerous people wealthy, and countless nations were built by these slaves. Decades later, Britain forced countries to adopt anti-slavery policy. However, this paved the way for white slavery, commonly used to describe all forms of prostitution: licensed and forced. White slavery primarily targeted women and children who were sexually exploited and abused. This became an international problem with women and children trafficked and sold as sex slaves to wealthy owners, who used them constantly and then relegated them as slaves to work for... middle of paper... overview /why-trafficking-exists >.Clawson, Heather J., Nicole Dutch, Amy Solomon, and Lisa G. Grace. “Human Trafficking in and Within the United States: A Review of the Literature.” Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, HHS. September 21, 2009. Web. September 13, 2011. Raymond, Janice G., and Donna M. Hughes. "SEX TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN". Coalition against trafficking in women. Carl J. Gomes, March 2001. Web. September 13, 2011. “Human Trafficking Statistics.” Human trafficking. Polaris Project. Network. September 13, 2011. “Types of Traffic in the United States.” Human trafficking. Polaris Project. Network. 13 September. 2011. .