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  Inalienable Rights : "Human Trafficking"
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This is pretty sickening. What kind of people would do this?
"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Modern-day slavery is alive and well in Florida, the head of a human rights center said Tuesday as it released a report on people forced to work as prostitutes, farmworkers and maids across the state.

Human traffickers bring thousands of people into the United States each year and Florida is believed to be one of the top three destinations, along with New York and Texas, according to the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights at Florida State University.

Although there have been several prosecutions of human trafficking in Florida, no one knows how many people in Florida are under the control of traffickers, said Terry Coonan, the center's executive director.

In south Florida, federal prosecutions have indicated hundreds of farmworkers were victims of human trafficking, and a forced prostitution ring identified as many as 40 young women and girls brought from Mexico. The center also cited a case of "domestic servitude" in southwest Florida.
The center's entire report is here. With all the hoopla about terrorism, you'd think this would be a big deal too, wouldn't you? According to the report, slaves in the pre-civil war era cost as much as $40,000. Today, they can be purchased for as little as $90 dollars. It also says that an estimated 50,000 women and children were trafficked only into the United States in 1999 alone. That seems alot worse to me than 3,000 people being killed, terrible as that is.
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