Human Trafficking: Modern Enslavement of Immigrant Women in the United States | American Civil Liberties Union
What is human trafficking? Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery. It is an extreme form of labor exploitation where women, men and children are recruited or obtained and then forced to labor against their will through force, fraud or coercion. Trafficking victims are often lured by false...
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The U.S. Department of State estimates that 14,500 to 17,500 people are trafficked into the United States each year.
The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that at least 12.3 million people are victims of forced labor at any given time, 2.4 million of whom toil in forced labor as a result of trafficking.7 The U.S. Department of State estimates that 14,500 to 17,500 people are trafficked into the United States each year.8 However, these numbers do not include the many individuals trafficked within U.S. borders.
