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Publication: The Tack, , Buena Vista University , Storm Lake, IA
These are just a few of many stories about people who have been victimized by the human trafficking industry. According to Polaris, an organization dedicated to putting a stop to this modern slavery, human trafficking is a $150 billion industry, profiting from commercial sex and forced labor. This business has steadily grown over the years, to the point at which nearly 21 million people across the globe are involved as victims. Such overwhelming statistics are hard for many people to even fathom. What is worse, many people do not even realize just how close to home it is.
Over the summer, there was a human trafficking incident involving a trucking company out of Schaller, Iowa, just 14 miles down the road from Storm Lake. One of its trailers, which was driven by an on/off employee and his own truck, was found...