Slavery may seem a distant problem, but a 2018 U.S. Department of State report ranks the United States alongside Mexico and the Philippines as the three worst countries in the world for human trafficking, one form of slavery.
"If you are trafficked in the United States, 85 percent of victims that are trafficked here are from here," said Brook Bello, founder of anti-trafficking organization More Too Life in Florida.
In Phoenix, Arizona, one of the top jurisdictions for trafficking in the United States, an estimated 40% of sex trafficking victims in 2015 were Native American.
"Defunding is likely to have the impact of further reducing the availability of personnel to address human trafficking and similar activities." More provocatively, Jaco Booyens, a vocal activist in the fight against child sex trafficking and fellow at Liberty University, recently argued at Newsweek that "Defunding the police would directly benefit pedophiles and sex traffickers who prey upon innocent Americans."
Black people who are convicted of sex trafficking minors are on average sentenced for 39 months longer than white people, according to a database created by Bouche.
Only eighteen states have adopted a human trafficking affirmative defense statute, which requires a court to determine if a survivor's criminal act is a direct result of his or her trafficking.
Let's talk about contemporary slavery vis-a-vis human trafficking in the United States.
"If you are trafficked in the United States, 85 percent of victims that are trafficked here are from here," said Brook Bello, founder of anti-trafficking organization More Too Life in Florida.
In Phoenix, Arizona, one of the top jurisdictions for trafficking in the United States, an estimated 40% of sex trafficking victims in 2015 were Native American.
"Defunding is likely to have the impact of further reducing the availability of personnel to address human trafficking and similar activities." More provocatively, Jaco Booyens, a vocal activist in the fight against child sex trafficking and fellow at Liberty University, recently argued at Newsweek that "Defunding the police would directly benefit pedophiles and sex traffickers who prey upon innocent Americans."
Black people who are convicted of sex trafficking minors are on average sentenced for 39 months longer than white people, according to a database created by Bouche.
Only eighteen states have adopted a human trafficking affirmative defense statute, which requires a court to determine if a survivor's criminal act is a direct result of his or her trafficking.
Let's talk about contemporary slavery vis-a-vis human trafficking in the United States.
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