Where do Victims of Human Trafficking in the US Come From?
by Peter Graham on May 21, 2014 | Views: 124 | Score: 1
US Citizen/National | 66 |
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Undocumented alien | 19 |
Unknown | 9.4 |
Qualified alien | 3.6 |
Permanent US resident | 1 |
Qualified alien | 1 |
Sources:
bjs.gov
According to the Department of Justice, in cases confirmed as human trafficking by "high data quality task forces," a majority of victims were US citizens and US nationals (346 out of 527). Nearly 90% of the cases involved sex trafficking; the remainder consisted of labor trafficking offenses.