Trafficking of children and women for the purpose of sexual abuse has become a key concern for almost all governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that do not neglect the media. To date, U.S. reports regarding human trafficking for sexual exploitation have demonstrated that it is a growing national problem (Wheaton & Schauer, 2012). An estimated 60,000 women and children are trafficked in the United States each year. These women and children generally come from Latin America, Southeast Asia, and some countries of the former Soviet Union in Central and Eastern Europe.Human trafficking and human traffickingIt is important to note that human trafficking and Human trafficking have their own deeply rooted distinctions. In the United States, these two crimes are completely separate federal crimes and are handled separately (Feingolg, 2005). Human trafficking is a crime that violates a country's border laws, while human trafficking is a crime against an individual (United States Congress, 2000). This means that human trafficking violates the rights of a country, while human trafficking constitutes a violation of human rights. The other difference is that smuggling requires illegal border crossing while human trafficking involves acts such as commercial sex acts, forced labor, fraud, and coercion, regardless of whether transportation is involved (Congress of United States, 2000). To be able to appreciate the scope of the problem, it is important to first determine what the problem is. This article will analyze this issue by developing recommendations on how to fight crime in the United States. This will be achieved by discussing the nature of the problem, who the victims are and the current legislation on how to earn that money (Wheaton & Schauer, 2012). .Most citizens of the United States have common misconceptions and myths about human trafficking. US citizens think, according to the federal definition, that the trafficked person can only be foreign or from other countries (Goodey, 2008). This is not true: the federal definition states that human trafficking involves both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals. The Federal therefore states that both aliens and citizens are all protected by federal trafficking laws since the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (United States Congress, 2000). The other misconception citizens have is that trafficking must involve some form of travel, transportation, or movement across state lines. Under US federal law, trafficking requires no travel or transportation.