Child Trafficking, BioEthics, E-Commerce

Three pressing issues on a global level are not on the syllabus but need immediate corrective action to resolve, these being (1) Child Trafficking; (2) Biotechnology Rules; and (3) E-Commerce Rules.

Child trafficking is a widespread and pervasive practice in many parts of the world, including South Asia, Latin America, and even the United States. Millions of young girls and boys have been kidnapped, sold by their parents, or lured into prostitution. The problem is growing and targets the most vulnerable citizens of the world, young children, many of them not even teens when they are sold or kidnapped. Poverty

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