Human trafficking is a serious crime and a serious violation of human rights. Every year thousands of men, women and children fall victim to human trafficking. It is said that 12.3 million people are trafficked worldwide. On average, only 1 person is convicted in every 800 trafficking cases worldwide (All material © 2014). Human trafficking is the illegal trafficking of human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labor. During the Middle Ages, human trafficking was introduced into the world, anyone could have been a victim. Most victims are undocumented or illegally residing in the United States. This does not preclude US citizens from becoming victims. The reason the attackers targeted undocumented citizens was because no one would go to the authorities to look for them. Human trafficking involves things like sex slaves, modern slavery and sweatshops. Many of the victims of human trafficking were women and girls. These women were forced to become sex slaves, the younger girls were forced to work. In most cases, attackers take women and girls because it is usually easier to kidnap them than men and boys. There are said to be around 161 countries affected by this epidemic. For some people, human trafficking is a business and they don't feel they are doing anything wrong. In reality they feel they are helping out and make it their job in everyday life. Every year the “human trafficking industry” makes a profit of approximately $32 billion worldwide. 15.5 billion are produced in industrialized countries and 9.7 billion in Asia. Each forced laborer generates an average of $13,000 per year. This number reaches up to 67,200 per victim each year which... in the middle of the paper ......he for the brothels there could be women victims of trafficking often indicated by a group of men who arrive waiting to have sex and leave the premises after finishing. Human trafficking can be stopped if people take it more seriously and care about each other. Sometimes the need for relocation and the threat of trafficking can suddenly emerge anywhere and at any time. In mid-2006, during the armed conflict in Lebanon, the United States learned that traffickers were targeting approximately 300,000 domestic workers from Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, and the Philippines, abandoned after their foreign employers evacuated them. Having suddenly lost their livelihoods and official resident status, people quickly became more vulnerable. While embassies struggled to assist their citizens, trafficking gangs offered alternative living options (Copyright©2014 UNODC, All rights reserved).