Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Originally published December 29, 2009.
In yesterday's newscast, we looked at the issue of transnational human trafficking in Houston, Texas. Human trafficking is a term that encompasses both modern-day slavery and sexual exploitation by force, fraud or coercion. Media coverage often focuses on the effects of human trafficking on immigrants, while the issue of domestic trafficking remains largely ignored or misunderstood. Shannon Young brings us the second part of a special FSRN series on human trafficking by focusing on the domestic side of the world's second most profitable illicit business.
Click here for part one of FSRN's special series on human trafficking.
No one knows just how many victims of human trafficking exist in the United States, but government estimates show the overwhelming majority are US citizens. Stereotypes, stigma, and misunderstanding often cause their victim status to be mis-categorized as criminal behavior. Most trafficked US citizens are found in the sex industry and they are often under the age of 18.
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