Letter To The Editor
Letter To The Editor
Letter To The Editor
In today’s society, one of the most discussed topics is human sex trafficking. Human
trafficking is the business of stealing freedom for profit. In some cases, traffickers trick, defraud
or physically force victims into selling sex. In others, victims are lied to, assaulted, threatened or
multi-billion dollar criminal industry that denies freedom to 24.9 million people around the
world. Sex trafficking affects people of all age groups from newborn babies to elderly. My focus
A parent’s worst nightmare is waking up or coming home and their child is missing. As a
young adult myself, my parents still worry about my well-being. With everything going on in our
world today, I am also terrified of being a young female adult in this society. I hear of women
my age almost every single day of how they were taken to be sold, found from sex trafficking, or
how they were murdered. It is a very scary and very real problem currently happening and has
There are steps that all of us can take towards ending human sex trafficking. Begin by
educating yourself and spreading awareness of the issue. Make your voice heard in policy by
organization fighting human trafficking, and keep an eye out for suspicious signs of slavery
around you. Anyone can join in the fight against human trafficking.
McKenzie J. Drapola