Category: Human Trafficking

It is only within the last decade that human trafficking has gained enough attention that healthcare professionals are learning more about it and can now do something to help. Human…

Human trafficking, or more politically incorrect, “modern human slavery”, is a major human rights violation and social problem in the United States and around the world. Slavery has always existed…

Individuals who are trafficked suffer greatly, not only physically, but mentally, behaviorally and emotional as well. They will develop what psychiatrists call “Co-Occurring” disorders, meaning the occurrence of two or…

Physical and medical health problems of trafficked persons can range from minor to severe. Unfortunately, they can also lead to death. Many injuries, illnesses and infections including hepatitis, HIV and…

Human beings are recruited, harbored, moved or obtained by traffickers around the world and right here in the United States. They are then trafficked into the commercial sex industry, agriculture…

Many commodities are trafficked around the world and throughout the United States. Drugs and weapons are heavily trafficked and have been for centuries. Another “product” being sold throughout time are…