Lara Witt at the Phildelphia Daily News offers a piece on the growing crime of human trafficking.
"Slavery is not an obsolete relic of the past, it is a global industry that generates $32 billion in profits through forced labor and the bodies of tens of millions of human beings each year."
This is what Ivan Cole, who sits on the board of the Life After Trauma Organization, told an audience yesterday during a conference hosted by the nonprofit at Temple University to raise awareness of the pervasiveness of human trafficking. LATO helps women recover from the trauma of human trafficking.
"The main reason why traffickers engage in this crime is because it is extremely lucrative," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Morgan, during a panel discussion that included six experts on the issue.
According to data from the U.S. State Department, it is estimated that 800,000 people are traded across international borders per year.
You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150329_Assistant_U_S__Attorney___quot_Human_trafficking_is_the_fastest_growing_crime_in_the_country.html
This is what Ivan Cole, who sits on the board of the Life After Trauma Organization, told an audience yesterday during a conference hosted by the nonprofit at Temple University to raise awareness of the pervasiveness of human trafficking. LATO helps women recover from the trauma of human trafficking.
"The main reason why traffickers engage in this crime is because it is extremely lucrative," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Morgan, during a panel discussion that included six experts on the issue.
According to data from the U.S. State Department, it is estimated that 800,000 people are traded across international borders per year.
You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150329_Assistant_U_S__Attorney___quot_Human_trafficking_is_the_fastest_growing_crime_in_the_country.html
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