By Samantha Tata, NBC Los Angeles
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Often thought of as a foreign problem, human trafficking is prevelant in Southern California
More than a hundred people protested human trafficking during an awareness event in Pomona Sunday.
About 15,000 to 17,000 men, women and children are trafficked into the U.S. every year and nearly 300,000 U.S. children are at risk of being swept into commercial sexual exploitation, according to estimates by the CIA and... [more]
Washington, DC - U.S. Representative Karen Bass made the following statement in response to President Barack Obama recognizing January 2012 as National Trafficking Month:
“As January comes to an end, we must continue to maintain an open dialogue about the growing epidemic of human trafficking among men women and children in our country and abroad. Although this an extremely sensitive issue to address, we must not shy away when so many victims are enduring unimaginable circumstances... [more]
By Robert Dellinger, The Tidings Online
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“Your activism is tipping the point of bringing slavery and human trafficking out of the darkness and lifting the veil for countless who cry every day because they are oppressed, who stand in corners of buildings because they have nowhere to sleep. This is a terrible, terrible situation, and your involvement will — and has — made a difference….
“Today there are over 12.3... [more]
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By Rani Hong, Huffington Post
Every day, in every nation on the planet, children are sold and bonded into slavery. Thousands of children. I know, I was one of them.
When I was seven years old, a woman approached my family promising to give me a good education and a better life. My mother agreed because, she was told, she could visit me on a regular basis close to our home.... [more]
