4/2/2012 - CNN Hero & Anti-Human-Trafficking Activist Coming to SUU | University Relations | SUU

4/2/2012 - CNN Hero & Anti-Human-Trafficking Activist Coming to SUU | University Relations | SUU:

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Human trafficking is considered one of the fastest growing criminal industries worldwide, and it is estimated that in the United States alone, hundreds of thousands of people are victims of trafficking every year. About 100,000 of those are children who are trafficked in the sex trade. 

Even in Utah, the problem is prevalent. In 2009, the state organized the Utah Human Trafficking Task Force to try to combat the increasing numbers of victims being trafficked in and out of the state for sex or labor. The Salt Lake City police department alone receives on average one human trafficking case per week.