US: Millions Exploited by Vast Fortunes of Human Trafficking

The U.S. State Department says widespread human trafficking is helping fuel vast fortunes on the world economy, leaving millions of people exploited by unscrupulous labor overseers and sex traders "in virtually every country of the world." In its annual human rights report, the State Department called the exploitation "modern slavery," brutalizing girls and women into prostitution and forcing men, women and children into low-wage jobs across the globe, if they are even...

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