January 11, 2023. Updated from the original post in July 2020
Human trafficking isn’t anything new. It has been around for decades. Lately, it has been in the news a bit more because of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Their involvement was in sex trafficking. Most human trafficking involves sex trafficking. And these slaves’ average age is 12- to 14-years old in the United States. Sex trafficking doesn’t start at age 12. There are victims out there who haven’t yet celebrated their first birthday. Think about that for a moment.
The remainder of victims are trafficked for labor. Examples include some domestic workers in homes, some factory workers, homeless people begging for money on street corners, employees in some massage parlors, and some farm laborers. All victims of human trafficking are slaves. They are not doing this by choice. There are more slaves in the world today, than at any time in history.
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