Social Impact: Combatting Human Trafficking in the US- Kellee Marlow & Megan Cutter

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SUMMARY

The National Human Trafficking Hotline in the US saw a 20 percent increase last year in the victims and survivors who contacted for help. Each year, it is estimated that around 18,000 foreign nationals are trafficked into the United States.The number of U.S. citizens trafficked within the country each year is even higher, with an estimated 200,000 American children at risk for trafficking into the sex industry. What is happening and what can we do about it?

GUEST NOTES

Kellee talks with Megan Cutter, Director of National Human Trafficking Hotline, at Polaris about the state of human and sex trafficking in the United States. She will share what is happening in the US, based on the data that Polaris is collecting and what we can do about it.

Polaris is an award-winning, non-profit organization that is leading a data-driven social justice movement to fight sex and labor trafficking. For more than a decade, Polaris has assisted thousands of victims and survivors through the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline, helped ensure countless traffickers were held accountable and built the largest known U.S. data set on actual trafficking experiences. It has been a recipient of social impact awards and featured in media outlets including CNN, Reuters, NBC, NY Times, and LA Times.

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