What is human trafficking anyway?
Well, in short human trafficking is slavery. Yes, modern day slavery. More specifically human trafficking is the buying and selling of human beings across national and international borders for the use of labor and sexual servitude. You may be thinking, "how can this be?" Well, it is estimated that there are over 30 million slaves in this world - more than in any other point in human history.
There are numerous organizations, campaigns, films and advocates such as The Polaris Project, Soroptimist, Not for Sale II, NightLight, GEMS, and The Project to End Human Trafficking. As well as resources such as 10 human trafficking videos in 2008 and 2009 and 10 essential human trafficking reads and action to take right now!
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