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🗓️ 15 January 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
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0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Audible. |
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0:09.6 | This is a public service announcement. |
0:11.5 | January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. |
0:15.3 | To help sport the cause, we're kicking off every show this month alongside |
0:18.6 | Mick McEwan, a former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Senior Official. |
0:22.8 | Mick, tell us what is human trafficking and how big of a problem is this. |
0:27.9 | Human trafficking is modern day slavery and involves the use of force, |
0:31.7 | fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. |
0:36.2 | It's a huge problem, Hala. |
0:37.9 | It is the second fastest growing criminal industry in the world, |
0:41.2 | even though it's illegal in every country on the planet. |
0:44.6 | It's hard to get exact numbers, but we think 79% of human trafficking is in the form of sexual exploitation. |
0:51.1 | And the International Labor Organization estimates that there are 4.8 million people |
0:56.1 | trapped in forced sexual exploitation globally. |
0:59.3 | Other organizations, quite a droople that number. |
1:02.0 | The victims are mostly women and girls. |
1:03.9 | In fact, almost 20% of all trafficking victims worldwide are children. |
1:08.8 | That's absolutely terrible, but there's got to be something we can do about it. |
1:12.8 | What are some of the indicators of human trafficking that can help us |
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