Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report
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http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/06/124872.htm
Remarks at Release of the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report
Alongside Leaders in Congress - Hillary Rodham Clinton - Secretary of
State June 16, 2009
Around the world, millions of people are living in bondage. They labor
in fields and factories under brutal employers who threaten them with
violence if they try to escape. They work in homes for families that
keep them virtually imprisoned. They are forced to work as prostitutes
or to beg in the streets, fearful of the consequences if they fail to
earn their daily quota. They are women, men, and children of all ages,
and they are often held far from home with no money, no connections,
and no way to ask for help.
This is modern slavery, a crime that spans the globe, providing
ruthless employers with an endless supply of people to abuse for
financial gain. Human trafficking is a crime with many victims: not
only those who are trafficked, but also the families they leave
behind, some of whom never see their loved ones again.
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/06/124872.htm
U.S. Department of State - Trafficking in Persons Report 2009
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2009/