Janae is a nineteen year old college sophomore from Southern California who has just been asked to become a new model for a "high end" modeling company. Jenny, a sixteen-year-old Thai girl, has just been captured by this same “high-end” modeling company. These two young women have just become victims of a world full of slavery, doubt, abuse, disconnection and misery…also known as human trafficking. What do you see happening in the world that you most disagree with? Personally, I am very interested in human trafficking that exists around the world as well as right here in America. The fact that it is “the second most lucrative illicit enterprise in the world after drug trafficking” and is currently the fastest growing makes this situation extremely worrying. “Human trafficking, the modern-day slave trade, is a global phenomenon that refers to “the illegal trade in human beings, through kidnapping, use or threat of force, deception, fraud or “sale” for sexual exploitation or forced labor. (United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children)” (naswdc.org) Human trafficking affects both men and women around the world, regardless of regardless of their socio-economic status, their race, their ethnicity, their national origin, their sexuality. orientation, religion, age or abilities. As a former victim of domestic violence, I am very concerned about human trafficking. Although the two are not the same, there are many connections that remind me why it is so important to bring attention to the horrific reality of human trafficking. Just like domestic violence is not asked for, human trafficking is not voluntary. Abusers and traffickers can be anyone and can use any type of paper...not only for victims, but also for advocates who want to help victims escape this nature of life. Some may assume that these human traffickers choose this lifestyle; but I don't think that the 300,000 children at risk of being prostituted choose that, nor that one in three runaway teenagers are victims of this abuse. In the United States, a child victim enters prostitution between the ages of thirteen and fourteen and has, on average, forced sex between 20 and 48 times per day. Victims of human trafficking do not belong to a particular social norm or economic class. American victims come from diverse backgrounds. A victim might be a Japanese girl imported on a school visa or a cheerleader with a 4.0 from the local high school; Traffickers don't care where you come from or what your dreams are. These traffickers truly see this epidemic as a commercial enterprise and a huge source of income..