Human trafficking is a growing crime in Michigan, and the U.S.
At its most basic level, even identifying victims of this crime can be difficult.
In the first of our three part series we’ll look at the challenge of providing assistance to victims.
Michigan Radio’s Jennifer White spoke with Elizabeth Campbell, Staff Attorney at the University of Michigan Law School’s Human Trafficking Clinic.
Campbell says there are mostly two categories of human trafficking.
“It’s individuals who are forced to work either in the sex trade or work in a variety of other labor trades: restaurants, the service industry, farms. Basically anything where people can be employed, you can become a victim of human trafficking,” she says.