Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world today. It is now also a multi billion dollars a year industry. In short, human trafficking are sold, traded, and enslaved humans throughout the world for labor, servitude, and sexual exploitation. Above all else, these humans are bought and sold to make profit. They are dehumanized and treated as "assets". The human trafficking industry has actually only been around for about 30 years, but due to its rapid growth and severity throughout the world, it's beginning to get the attention deserved so desperately.

These victims have typically been believed to only be impoverished humans. While this may be common in there are far too many other humans to consider enslaved, to start stereotyping who a victim is. The reality is that as long as there is profit to be made, most humans can be potential victims. In the battle against human trafficking, the U.S. has been instrumental in passing specific acts, applying to national and international countries to help put a stop to it. No longer is anyone exempt from refusing action. This is a world issue, so the world will resolve it.

Polaris Project is an organization designed to fight human trafficking and modern day slavery. Polaris has chosen Swift transportation to be involved in the ongoing battle by educating their employees on the issue of trafficking with awareness activities, such as Training, Technical Assistance, and Strategic Planning Program. This program was designed to help identify, assist, and report victims of trafficking of modern day slavery in the U.S. Which follows Polaris's main goal of reducing human trafficking.

The main benefit of this proposal is to reduce human trafficking and protect human rights. Additional benefits include Swift transportation receiving notoriety for their involvement in the prevention of trafficking.

Polaris would greatly appreciate a meeting with Swift Transportation executives, to discuss the arrangement of seminars by January 15th, 2010. Additional topics of discussion would be, to begin training, create incentives, and workshops.

Most people perceive slavery as a part of the past. Something that ended years ago, but human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery and it occurs in many countries around the world today including the U.S. It includes sexual exploitation and forced labor. In fact, according to the Campaign to Rescue and Restore Victims of Human Trafficking it is the second largest criminal industry in the world. Human trafficking is currently tied with arms dealing and second to drug dealing. Even though the Trafficking Victims Protections Act of 2000 has made it a federal crime in the U.S. over 1,200 alleged trafficking incidents were recorded between January 2007 and September 2008 (Jerusalem par. 1). Trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world and more people need to be aware so it can be stopped.

Today human trafficking is defined as being the "modern day slavery" (Polaris Project par. 4). We also find that today, it has become the fastest growing criminal industry in the world. This industry now generates billions of dollars a year for traffickers profiting from literally millions of victims around the world. Money flow in this world-wide industry is typically found in the recruitment, harboring, and transportation of the exploited victims (Polaris Project par. 7).