Across the world, 45.8 million children, women and men live as slaves. The United States is one of the top three destination points for victims of human trafficking, with victims being forced into industries such as commercial sex, hotels, restaurants, domestic work, nail salons, agriculture, construction and more. California, New York and Nevada are the top destination states in the United States for victims of human trafficking — but modern day slaves can be found in eve

Ten Black and Latinx teenage girls went missing in the Washington D.C. area within less than two weeks, and beyond the police department’s Twitter account and a few online news sites, few media outlets are covering the story. While two of the missing teens have since been found safely, eight of the girls are still missing. These disappearances are even more concerning considering that there has been a rapid increase in the amount of sex trafficking in the area. The lack of m

Next weekend, football fans from around the country will converge in Santa Clara, California for the largest sporting event in the country — the Super Bowl. According to researchers, another group will be arriving for the big game as well — sex workers, many of whom have been trafficked. In 2010, an estimated 10,000 prostitutes were brought by their pimps to Miami for the Super Bowl, and in 2011, Dallas police made 133 arrests for underage prostitution during the week of the