Human Trafficking is an international problem but even in USA it has become a serious problem where each year 17,500 people are smuggled from foreign countries.
Just few months ago 9 people were found dead in a truck when they were being transferred from one US state to another in hot weather without any water or breathing space in the container. 20 people were hospitalized and saved, the victims involved young people including school aged children.
Majority of the people are forced into prostitutions, CNN reported a story about Sacharay who was 14 when she become a victim of Human traffickers. She was then moved from her city to Atlanta where she was forced for prostitution. She narrates that she was forced to have relations with 40 men a day, on refusal she was threatened with death.
Urban Institute claims Atlanta has become a gold mine for human traffickers because it earns them a more than $290 million a year.