The Geopolitics Review

Human trafficking has in one form or another existed since people have traded and fought. From taking slaves from a conquered army and region to colonial slave trade all the way to modern-day child trafficking and sex trafficking. The best way to understand how massive the human trafficking industry is, here are some statistics:    ·        40 million people worldwide are affected by human trafficking and modern slavery    ·        25 million people are in some form of forced labour   ·        15 million women and children in forced marriages   ·        1 In every 192 people today are in some form of exploitation    ·        Women and girls account for about 70% of all cases of modern slavery    ·        1 in 4 victims of forced labour is a migrant – 10s of mil...

  Leadership: I am certain that everyone reading this will have their own opinion as to what this means. The dictionary defines leadership as ‘the action of leading a group of people or an organization’. I don’t believe that this even begins to cover what it really means to be a ‘leader’ and I would like to suggest that this is part of the problem that we are faced with in the world today.   With all of the uncertainty and crisis in the world at the current moment it is difficult to comprehend that only 9 months ago the states of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia were affected by some of the worst bushfires the country has ever seen. 18.6 million hectares of land were burnt; the equivalent of an area the size of the Czech Republic; 5,900 buildings were destroyed and 34 people tragically lost their lives. The repercussions for the livelihoods of people affected by these fires is very difficult to quantify financially, however, it is expected that the total cost to th...