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According to the U.S. Department of Justice, there were 1,229 human trafficking incidents in the United States from January 2007- September 2008. Of these , 83 percent were sex trafficking cases.
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According to the U.S. Department of Justice, there were 1,229 human trafficking incidents in the United States from January 2007- September 2008. Of these, 83 percentwere sex trafficking cases.
Accordingto United States State Department data, an "estimated 600,000 to 820,000 men, women, and children [are] traffickedacross international borderseachyear, approximately 70 percent
Traffickers, alsoknown as pimpsor madams, exploitvulnerabilities and lack of opportunities, whileofferingpromises of marriage, employment, education, and/or an overall betterlife. However, in the end, traffickers force the victims to becomeprostitutesorwork in the sex industry