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Unearthing the Underground

Raising awareness of modern day slavery with Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Nearly 151 years ago, slavery was abolished in the United States—but for some it may come as a surprise that slavery is not only alive today, but hiding in plain sight. Women, teens and even men are regularly enslaved by those who possess power, using threats and coercion to force people into commercial sex and […]

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Human Trafficking

People are not property

According to the latest “Global Report on Trafficking in Persons” by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), compiled in 2014, human trafficking is pervasive worldwide, including the United States. Seventy percent of victims are female and one third of all trafficked persons are children. Human trafficking’s most common form is sexual exploitation, […]

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