U.S. Wants Global Trafficking Report To Hit Home
The U.S. State Department releases its report on human trafficking every year, naming the countries it feels aren't doing enough to combat modern-day slavery.
The department released a new report Wednesday, and NPR's Michele Kelemen is reporting on the story for All Things Considered. One thing that jumped out at us is that the State Department wants the report to hit home this year.
Luis CdeBaca, the official in charge of the office that monitors and combats trafficking, put it this way:
"This year's report looks at things like the fishing industry – and actually raises a question that I think all of us should be asking: Which is how much of my life is impacting modern day slavery? Do I know where the shrimp is being caught or processed that is on my plate? Do I know where the cotton is coming from that's on my clothes? ... And instead of it being somebody else's problem how can I make it my problem? How can I actually do something about it?"