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Human Trafficking Still A Problem In The U.S.

NPR

Published September 26, 2012 at 1:00 PM EDT

Federal prosecutors and law enforcement are working to eliminate human trafficking. How that happens and how they help victims, from the sex trade to agricultural work, differs. Writer Noy Thrupkaew, WGBH reporter Phillip Martin and Amy Bennett Williams of The News-Press explain.

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