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Serious gaps in anti-trafficking policy let crime happen in plain sight, and treating victims as criminals leaves them reluctant to come forward. The good news is that focused, achievable reform can improve the situation and is possible within existing legal frameworks.
A young lawyer talks about a phenomenon that targets vulnerable populations, especially poor, racialized women.
Despite increased U.S. foreign policy attention over the past decade, human trafficking remains widespread and deeply entrenched in many Asian countries. The precise number of people being trafficked is difficult to estimate, but new studies suggest nearly 36 million victims worldwide. Of those 36 million, nearly two-thirds are from Asia.[1] Total profits from worldwide forced labor and sex trafficking could be as high as $150 billion annually.[2]
Most of us perceive it as something that happens to others, but perhaps not to us, or people we know.
Despite the various and permanent campaigns against violence against women and feminicide, the problem persists and is one of the most serious in our