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End Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. It is a heinous crime of exploitation committed against a person or people by a person or people. There are a number of guesses (and they are all guesses) as to how many people in the world are enslaved, ranging from 4 million to 27 million. Eight out of ten trafficking victims are women or girls; half of all trafficking victims are children. Human beings are the second most profitable commodity to trade in the world, slightly behind drugs. Human traffick...
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Interview: Bob Marley on Human Trafficking

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Each week, I will be bringing you a new interview with a formerly-active activist or abolitionist, that is, someone now deceased. I'll be talking to the men and women who paved the way for the abolitionists of today and getting their thoughts on the...

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