The widespread presence , and overall lack of American response to human trafficking and modern day slavery is a social situation I am particularly interested in. Present day there are an estimated 27 million slaves worldwide. Human trafficking is the largest growing industry in the world.
There is undoubtedly a pandemic of human trafficking and modern day slavery in the world and US, but the problem is virtually unpublicized. Enforcement of the problem is very weak nationally, and virtually non-existent abroad.
One cool website to find out how many slaves are used to make good you use on a daily basis is: http://www.slaveryfootprint.org
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