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Human trafficking has reached epidemic proportions over the past decade, with a global annual market of about $42.5 billion, and rising. After drug dealing, human trafficking is tied with the illegal arms industry as the second largest criminal industry in the world today, and it is the fastest growing. The United States is a pivotal transit and destination country. It's estimated that 14,500 to 1

7,500 people, primarily women and children, are trafficked to our country annually. It's also estimated that 200,000 of our American children are at risk for trafficking into the industry.

08/01/2013

Human rights advocates say the sting operation that rescued ten children from s*x trafficking in Wisconsin is an important step forward on recognizing the issue and letting people know that no community is immune from those crimes.

03/06/2013

Human trafficking for s*x is not a crime that only occurs in other countries or in large cities.

01/09/2013

Our mission is to mobilize prayer in America and to encourage awareness of the issue of human trafficking correctly called modern day slavery.

01/04/2013

Federal agents identified 123 s*xually exploited children -- some as young as 2 -- and arrested 245 suspected child p**n producers in a five-week operation that spanned 46 states and six countries and includes the Bay Area, a federal official announced Thursday.

11/13/2012

SHEBOYGAN COUNTY — A Sheboygan man accused of human trafficking after a prostitution ring was busted middle of the city...

10/19/2012

Eight years ago, a truck driver parked at a travel center near Detroit made a phone call that changed a life. "I pulled into a truck stop about

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09/28/2012

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Exactly a century and a half after abolition, slavery persists. Today we call it human trafficking. It is one of the largest and fastest-growing criminal practices in the world.

08/23/2012

A state ballot initiative would strengthen penalties for those involved in the s*x trafficking of women and children. In L.A., a major hub for child-s*x trafficking, the average age of victims is 13. Some who escape the life are rescued by group homes, others wind up at juvenile hall.

07/04/2012

LAW HELPS ADDRESS HUMAN TRAFFICKING; CO-SPONSORS INSTRUMENTAL On June 18, Gov.

06/30/2012

Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday signed into law legislation that provides more resources and protections to victims of human trafficking and stiffens penalties facing criminal offenders.

06/11/2012

By Mario Koran Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism WISCONSIN DELLS -- Wisconsin law enforcement leaders acknowledge they need to do a better

04/04/2012

The U.N. crime-fighting office says 2.4 million people across the globe are victims of human trafficking.

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