Since the mid-1990s, there has been an alarming resurgence within the human trafficking community. In Bangladesh, women and girls are sold into the trafficking industry by their relatives. The price of their lives is seen as a way to repay their debts or simply because their families are unable to raise them. You rarely hear about Bangladeshi boys being sold, because in their country, a boy is considered more valuable than a girl. According to a documentary by Michael Glawogger, we try to prevent this from happening because “[t]he outside world is pushing us to make room. These people are our customers” (Whores Glory). Society knows that these girls prefer to live in a brothel, a house where men can visit prostitutes, rather than on the streets. Bangladeshi laws are not enforced and victims of trafficking are not protected; everything that happens behind closed doors remains closed. Within the brothel, the new girl is assigned to a madam, who acts like a pimp. Due to weak government protections, families may sell their female members to traffickers who then sell them to a brothel, a house where men can visit prostitutes. The Bangladeshi government is failing to establish an organized system capable of protecting trafficking victims because it does not know how to identify current victims; “In a country where less than 10 percent of children are registered at birth, it is difficult to know whether children's rights are being protected” (UNICEF). The most ironic thing about the government's failure to identify current victims is a sham since government officials are participating in the pleasure of these victims instead of trying to help them. Human trafficking within Bangl...... middle of paper..... .c Search First. Internet. February 7, 2014.UNICEF. “Child Sexual Abuse, Exploitation and Trafficking in Bangladesh.” United Nations Children's Fund. Np, and Web. April 30, 2014. United States Department of State, 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report - Bangladesh, June 19, 2012, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4fe30ce45.html [accessed May 9, 2014] "Unpacking The Sex Trafficking Panic (Cover Story)." Contemporary Sexuality 47.2 (2013): 1-6. Academic Research Premier. Internet. February 7, 2014. WALKER-RODRIGUEZ, AMANDA, and RODNEY HILL. "Sex Trafficking of Humans "FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin 80.3 (2011): 1-9. Academic Research. February 7, 2014. Ayesha. May 9 2014..