How Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Can Spot Human Trafficking

This year, we are shining a light on labor trafficking ─ a type of human trafficking in which someone is made to work through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. Many people primarily think of sex trafficking as the driving force behind the victimization of an estimated tens of thousands of people in the United States each year. But research indicates that one in 10 victims of human trafficking in 2021 were subjected to labor trafficking. The International Labor Organization estimates that <a href="https://www.ilo.org/global/standards/subjects-covered-by-international-labour-standards/forced-labour/lang--en/index.htm#:~:text=Forced%20labour%20in%20the%20private,work%2C%20agriculture%20and%20other%20economic" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">$51 billion is generated</a> in illegal profits from forced economic exploitation in domestic work, agriculture and other economic activities. <a href="https://fmcsa.medium.com/how-commercial-motor-vehicle-drivers-can-spot-human-trafficking-c9e373f74c86">Read More</a>