Monday, May 16, 2011

Human Trafficking Report

Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2008-2010 is a 12-page report from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Data is derived from the Human Trafficking Reporting System, which includes cases reported by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

About 8 in 10 of the suspected incidents of human trafficking were classified as sex trafficking and about 1 in 10 incidents were classified as labor trafficking.

The confirmed human trafficking incidents open for at least a year led to 144 known arrests.

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