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It's easy to dismiss labor trafficking as something that only happens in "other countries". However, on farms, in factories, in restaurants and hotels, on construction sites, and in the health care industry, labor exploitation and trafficking occur every day right here in Wisconsin. While research conducted by the University of Pennsylvania reports that at least a half-million people in the U.S are currently living in the conditions of forced labor, the issue of labor trafficking is frequently left out of advocacy and awareness campaigns. The Human Trafficking Institute’s 2022 Federal Human Trafficking Report shows U.S. federal prosecutors concentrated 94 percent of trafficking prosecutions on sex trafficking and 6 percent on forced labor cases.6 Conversely, experts have estimated that 70 percent of persons trafficked are in fact for forced labor. We must continue to advocate for the inclusion of labor trafficking in our bipartisan efforts to protect our most vulnerable populations from victimization. #worlddayagainsttraffickinginpersons2024 #labortrafficking #laborrights #nonprofit

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