According to the U.S. Department of State's 2007 Trafficking in Person's Report, there are approximately 27 million people in modern-day slavery worldwide. Even worse, approximately one MILLION children are exploited by the global commercial sex trade (Dept of State, The Facts about Child Sex Tourism 2005).
I saw a documentary on human trafficking, and I had never looked at it that way. I didn't realize how widespread it was, and that it affected the United States so widely. Even more so, 20% of the human trafficking in the United States is in Texas. Houston is considered one of the biggest hubs of human trafficking, and I'm looking to get involved with Houston Rescue and Restore.
September 18th-26th is the fourth annual Human Trafficking Awareness Week. Keep in mind places where victims of human trafficking are massage parlors, strip clubs, bars, and are usually in seedy locations.
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