Human Trafficking The United States has always been known for sticking its nose in places that don't belong. America has been involved in wars that could have been avoided, in scandals that had nothing to do with the United States. Over the years, millions of lives could have been saved if America had simply stayed in its place. What if America feels obligated to get involved in blacksmithing if it thinks it can or does cause a problem on American soil or among Americans themselves? Human trafficking is a problem that most people aren't necessarily aware of or even really think about. There are several different types of crimes related to human trafficking and people smuggling in today's society. The main form of human trafficking is sex trafficking. Manipulators usually kidnap someone, ninety percent of the time, a girl under the age of eighteen, and sell her to different people all over the world for sexual reasons. The girls they kidnap and sell may be from the area or simply passing through and ending up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Forced labor is the second most common type of human trafficking worldwide. This is where a person takes advantage of a worker and circumvents labor laws to make them work longer hours or harder, more tiring jobs with very little pay. Most of the time, victims of forced labor do not even know what is happening to them. Most people drawn into the forced labor trade are very vulnerable; the reason is that most of them live in poverty and have very little education. High unemployment forces many of these people to work in places with terrible working conditions. Forced labor is much harder to see or identify than sex trafficking ... middle of paper ... as is the case if they are worthless because that's how their captivators make them feel . People just assume that if the victim gets tired of living like this, they can just leave, but it's not always that simple. The victim is most often threatened that their family and loved ones will be harmed or killed if they try to leave (Human Trafficking in the Midwest). Human trafficking also does not discriminate. Trafficking predators don't care about the gender, race, religion or age of the victim, as long as they make money, they don't care who they hurt. Women aged eighteen and under are usually the targeted victims, but there have also been cases where men and older people have been victims. Poverty, poor living conditions and lack of education are just some of the risk factors for becoming a victim of human trafficking (Smuggling and trafficking in human).