INTERVIEW | Ambassador John Richmond Explains Root Cause of Human Trafficking, Offers Solution

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🗓️ 8 December 2022

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Today, there are believed to be more people trapped in slavery than at any other time in history. These are individuals who are victims of sex trafficking and forced labor. They are women, men, and children. There are “27.6 million people [who] are estimated to be victims of trafficking,” John Richmond, the former U.S. ambassador to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons during the Trump administration, says. Tragically, governments around the world are “identifying less than half of 1% of all those victims every year," Richmond says. “We are failing to actually identify, protect, and care for the victims of trafficking, and the traffickers are moving around with impunity.” At the end of the day, human trafficking will only be stopped when the traffickers are stopped, he says. “The root cause of the problem are the individuals who decide to exploit inherently valuable people just because they're vulnerable.” Richmond, who also an attorney and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss the core issues driving human trafficking today, and what is being done to rescue victims. To learn more about how to be a part of the solution to solving human trafficking, visit the International Justice Mission or Love Does websites. https://www.ijm.org/ https://lovedoes.org/ Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.4	We have to make sure that people can trust that law enforcement will do its job, do it fairly,
0:06.1	do it well, and that they can count on accountability for traffickers if we're going to stop the crime.
0:17.7	This is the Daily Legal Podcast for Thursday, December 8th. I'm Fredin Allen,
0:22.2	and that was Ambassador John Richmond. Today, there believed to be more people
0:27.6	trapped in slavery than any other time in history. These are individuals who are victims of human
0:33.2	trafficking and forced labor. These are women, men, and children. Ambassador John Richmond
0:39.6	served as the ambassador to monitor and combat trafficking in persons during the Trump administration,
0:45.6	and he joins us on the show today to explain how so many people have come to be victims of human
0:51.6	trafficking and what the government and what private NGOs are doing and can do to rescue these
0:57.9	victims. Stay tuned for our conversation after this.
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1:56.9	We are joined today by attorney human rights advocate senior fellow at the Atlantic Council
2:02.9	and former Trump administration ambassador to monitor and combat trafficking in persons
2:08.9	John Richmond. Ambassador Richmond, thank you so much for being on the show today.
2:13.6	It's great to be with you. So you served under former president Trump to combat human trafficking.
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