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Human trafficking and smuggling makes about $67 billion USD per year on the black market. This large profit to black marketers has its roots in lower prices for buyers, but a larger pool of choice. The ease of transportation, as well as more communication channels, has made it easier for lives to be bought and sold. From 1525 to 1866, during the trans-Atlantic slave trade, 12.5 million Africans were shipped to the Americas. Of these people, about 10.7 million survived the trip. Today there are approximately 30 million people living as slaves in the world. In 1850 the price of...

Foster care and human trafficking have strong ties. Part of this is due to the vulnerable state many children are in prior to entering the care of child welfare. Many in foster care have been exposed to sexual assault, have changed homes often, and don’t have a reliable family or social structure to call on. At the close of 2016 there were 437,500 children in foster care. It’s estimated anywhere from 100,000 to 300,000 of the children in foster care are at risk for human trafficking. In 2013, FBI raids in 70 cities revealed 60 percent of those rescued had...

With all the news in the media on children being removed from their parents at the border it’s important to know how family separation is impacting human trafficking and vise versa. Before the current administration most families coming to the US for asylum or illegal entry were placed in detention centers with their families, but were often released while their cases were still pending. During this period of time children were also occasionally being separated from the adults they were crossing with. However, when an instance of separation occurred it was because the Border Control felt the adult may not...

This weekend we will be taking our products and stories up to Rapid City, SD for the Hills Alive music festival. We will have our very own Kairos Traders booth where we will be selling our fair trade products. Things like; bracelets, bags, totes, jewelry, and even some home decor items. We look forward to creating opportunities for folks there to be part of a larger story and to help make a difference in the issues of trafficking and exploitation. If you aren't going to the conference you can still be part of this larger story! Check out our products...

The growth of technology over the last 30 years has significantly changed human trafficking operations. While traffickers have taken advantage of the changes, people have turned it into a weapon against traffickers. The US estimates about 70 percent of people are now bought or sold online. About $45 million was generated through online human trafficking in 2013. The internet has also become a dangerous place for young people. The average entry into prostitution in the US is 14 years old. These are scary truths to face, however technology is being used to combat human trafficking. JP Morgan Chase developed an...