Detroit Escorts: US included in "Trafficking in Persons Report"

June 15, 2010 at 1:13 pm | In Detroit escorts | No Comments

Human trafficking-Sex slavery. File Photo. Google images. 
Human trafficking is, as per experts, a form of modern slavery, a growing industry, and it can happen to anyone. An annual worldwide estimate of 12.3 million adults and children are forced into labor, bonded labor and prostitution, and 56 percent of those are women and girls.
For the first time in 10 years, the United States has been included in the Trafficking in Persons Report, an annual review performed by the Department of State, about the global efforts to eliminate the trade in human beings and sexual slavery, according to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s (TVPA) minimum standards.
“We believe it is important to keep the spotlight on ourselves,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in presenting the report on Monday. “Human trafficking is not someone else’s problem. Involuntary servitude is not something we can ignore or hope doesn’t exist in our own communities.”

See the full article from “Examiner.com”

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