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HUMAN TRAFFICKING: MODERN SLAVE TRADE ALIVE IN ORANGE COUNTY
Congress Declares January 11th “National Human Trafficking Awareness Day”
“Trafficking thrives in the shadows, and it can be easy to dismiss it as something that happens to someone else, somewhere else. But that’s not the case. Trafficking is a crime that involves every nation on earth, and that includes our own.”
~ Hilary Clinton at the release of the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report, June 2009
ORANGE COUNTY – January 7, 2010 Human trafficking is defined as the sale, transport and profit from human beings who are forced to work for others – and it is the modern equivalent of slavery. In 2009, human trafficking overtook arms trafficking to become the second largest organized crime globally, and it is now the fastest growing criminal industry in the world. Approximately 200,000 American children are considered “at risk” for trafficking in the sex industry each year. In order help bring the public’s attention to this heinous, hidden global crisis that counts an estimated 27 million people worldwide as victims, the U.S. Senate approved a resolution to create National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, observed on January 11th of every year.
Orange County will participate in National Human Trafficking Awareness Day this year on Monday, January 11th from 4 – 6 p.m. with moving accounts from human trafficking survivors and educational presentations targeting at-risk local youth at The Salvation Army, 1710 W. Edinger Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92704. The Salvation Army is also partnering with members of the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force to host a youth awareness concert. A candlelight vigil will follow at 7 p.m. at Vanguard University, 55 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Law enforcement officials and other members of the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force will be available for on-camera interviews.
