Human Trafficking Trends in North Carolina (2017-2024)

By on 2.4.26 in NC in Focus

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Human and labor trafficking is an evolving crisis that operates in the shadows of the major interstates and rural farmlands in North Carolina.  The US Department of Justice defines human trafficking as a crime that involves exploitation of a person for labor, services, or commercial sex through force, fraud or coercion. Human trafficking is a problem nationwide, but the data suggest North Carolina is among the top states in…

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