Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIAMI, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 06: Posters urging people to report sex trafficking are seen at a metromover rail stop on November 06, ...

Human trafficking can be hard to track because it is a crime that hides in plain sight. Mireya Acierto/Photodisc via Getty Images Shelly M. Wagers, University of South Florida and Joan A. Reid, ...

Efforts to combat human trafficking in the United States often fall short due to fragmented data systems, inconsistent communication, and isolated operations. While many organizations and agencies ...

Mexico has one of the world's highest rates of human trafficking Human trafficking in Latin America has evolved into a complex and diversified criminal activity, adapting to the region’s social and ...

Most Americans imagine human trafficking as a violent kidnapping or a “stranger danger” crime — someone abducted from a parking lot or trapped in a shipping container brought in from another country.

Shelly M. Wagers receives funding from National Institute of Justice and Mel Greene Foundation. Joan A. Reid receives funding from National Institute of Justice and Mel Greene Foundation. Most ...