57% of US human trafficking victims were minors in 2021: report
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Of the nearly 450 human trafficking victims involved in new U.S. trafficking cases in 2021, 57% were minors, according to the latest Federal Human Trafficking Report.
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"The extensive data collected in the 2021 Federal Human Trafficking Report makes it a fantastic tool for both practitioners and the public to evaluate our response to combating human trafficking through the Federal justice system," Lindsey Lane, HTI senior legal counsel, said in a Friday statement.
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