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2003 Trafficking In Persons Report, U.S. Department Of State
2003 Trafficking In Persons Report, U.S. Department Of State
Human Trafficking: Data and Documents
AS unimaginable as it seems, slavery and bondage still persist in the early twenty-first century. Millions of people around the world still suffer in silence in slave-like situations of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation from which they cannot free themselves. Trafficking in persons is one of the greatest human rights challenges of our time. It is, as the International Labour Organization (ILO) points out, the “underside of globalization.”
Annual Anti-Trafficking Reports To Congress - 2002, U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services
Annual Anti-Trafficking Reports To Congress - 2002, U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services
Human Trafficking: Data and Documents
Trafficking in persons is modern day slavery. The trafficking of women, children, and men for sexual exploitation, sweatshop labor, involuntary domestic servitude, and migrant agricultural labor violations is estimated to affect hundreds of thousands of people worldwide annually – and tens of thousands in the United States alone. The practice of trafficking in persons is not only an affront to human dignity but also flouts the laws of legitimate commerce.
Alien Smuggling/Human Trafficking: Sending A Meaningful Message Of Deterrence, Committee On The Judiciary - United States Senate
Alien Smuggling/Human Trafficking: Sending A Meaningful Message Of Deterrence, Committee On The Judiciary - United States Senate
Human Trafficking: Data and Documents
As we all know, people from all over the world want to come to America to pursue a better life for themselves and their families. Unfortunately, however, some people entrust their lives to some very dangerous people in the effort to gain our shores. I have been told that the business of trafficking human beings is about a $9– 1/2 billion business.