Are individuals aware of the human trafficking situation going on throughout the entire planet? Do they even know what human trafficking is and how it affects not only the people involuntarily involved but every single other person as well? According to the United States Department of Homeland Security, human trafficking is defined as, “Human trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery involving the illegal trade of people for exploitation or commercial gain” (dhs.gov, 2015). But, the most important question at stake is, “is anyone doing anything to stop this crime?” Today, South Africa is one of the countries suffering the most with this type of transnational crime affecting hundreds of thousands of lives every year. The few organizations
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Hannah Britton argues these major points in her piece Policy Responses to Human Trafficking in Southern Africa: Domesticating International Norms, “We argue that the theories of international norm diffusion and localization are instructive for understanding how trafficking policies are being developed in southern Africa, and these theories provide important insights into how the policies and norms are working as they are in this region” (2014). Britton argues that over the past five years Southern Africa has been more effective in preventing and fighting human trafficking on international and regional levels but they have not been able to stop the trafficking that has already been started within the region. But, she does make a point about how officials are not educated on the deterring social elements that human trafficking has and they do not understand exactly why it is that they should make even bigger efforts in stopping this type of crime. It is noted that Southern Africa has implemented new comprehensive trafficking policies, after, the establishment of different protocols and organizations. Britton notes, “Southern Africa is an important region for analysis because of its push to implement comprehensive trafficking policies, following the establishment of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in 2000, hereafter referred to as the Palermo Protocol or Palermo (United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols, Palermo Protocols 2000)” (2014). Today, border control and immigration in South Africa have been toughening up on visas because of the trafficking of humans in the country making it harder for this crime to happen and also making it easier for officials to identify
Hannah Britton argues these major points in her piece Policy Responses to Human Trafficking in Southern Africa: Domesticating International Norms, “We argue that the theories of international norm diffusion and localization are instructive for understanding how trafficking policies are being developed in southern Africa, and these theories provide important insights into how the policies and norms are working as they are in this region” (2014). Britton argues that over the past five years Southern Africa has been more effective in preventing and fighting human trafficking on international and regional levels but they have not been able to stop the trafficking that has already been started within the region. But, she does make a point about how officials are not educated on the deterring social elements that human trafficking has and they do not understand exactly why it is that they should make even bigger efforts in stopping this type of crime. It is noted that Southern Africa has implemented new comprehensive trafficking policies, after, the establishment of different protocols and organizations. Britton notes, “Southern Africa is an important region for analysis because of its push to implement comprehensive trafficking policies, following the establishment of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in 2000, hereafter referred to as the Palermo Protocol or Palermo (United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols, Palermo Protocols 2000)” (2014). Today, border control and immigration in South Africa have been toughening up on visas because of the trafficking of humans in the country making it harder for this crime to happen and also making it easier for officials to identify