US States Boost Anti-Trafficking Laws But Slow to Help Sex, Labor Slaves Stella Dawson - Thomson Reuters Foundation
go to original September 17, 2014

Trafficking in Persons Report 2014

A rising number of U.S. states have strengthened laws to combat human trafficking in the past year but programs to help victims of forced prostitution and labor are lagging behind, according to a report by an anti-slavery group on Wednesday.

Thirty-nine of the 50 U.S. states scored well in the 2014 ranking by the non-government organization Polaris Project that measures sex and labor trafficking measures across the United States. This was an increase of seven states from 2013.

...No one knows how many people are enslaved in the United States, but the Global Slavery Index published by Australian anti-slavery group, the Walk Free Foundation, estimated there were between 57,000 to 63,000 in 2013.

These people work throughout the economy, on farms, in brothels, on construction sites, in elderly care and domestic services. Most victims come from the United States, Mexico, the Philippines, Thailand, India or central America, according to the U.S. State Department's annual trafficking report.

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