Human Trafficking

Every year, millions of men, women, and children are tricked or forced into labor or commercial sexual exploitation in the United States and around the globe. Despite congressional funding and legislation such as the Trafficking and Victims Protection Act, human trafficking has become a multibillion-dollar criminal industry. While human trafficking is hardly a new phenomenon, it has been aided by modern technologies like the dark web and cryptocurrency. The diverse viewpoints in this resource examine the factors that allow for human trafficking to thrive as well as efforts to address, stop, and prevent it.