The commercial sex industry, according to the International Labor Organization, absorbs slightly less than half of all trafficked labor worldwide.
Whether it is called human trafficking, bonded labor, forced labor, or sex trafficking, it is present worldwide, including within the United States and, increasingly, in your local community.
The opposite is true for workers in the US, who would compete with imports from 6 TPP countries where human trafficking, forced labor and child labor fail to meet international standards - Brunei, Vietnam, Peru, Singapore and Mexico are in the "bad" category for labor standards, while Malaysia is in the "worst" category, according to US State Department evaluations.
The Senate version of Fast Track appropriately excludes countries with the worst records for human trafficking, forced labor and child labor.
Governments have taken note of these horrific and widespread abuses, and have become more involved in the fight against human trafficking, forced labor, and child labor.
Malaysia has a long record of failure dealing with human trafficking, child labor, and forced labor, according to annual evaluations by the US State Department.
"You can say it's trafficking for labor exploitation.
Since then, hundreds of the Indian workers have brought a civil rights lawsuit against the company, claiming they were victims of human trafficking and labor abuse.
Haugen includes examples of people of faith who, in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, combatted human trafficking, child labor, and lynchings.
The documentary comes in the fourth month of the CNN Freedom Project, an effort to investigate and bring an end to human trafficking, bonded labor and other forms of what advocacy groups say amounts to slavery.
