TOLEDO, Ohio — For years, Americans have watched international reports of human trafficking thinking it couldn’t happen here. But now, researchers are finding more and more domestic cases and not just in the big cities or the border states. They’re in the heartland.
Shared Hope International, a Christian anti-trafficking organization, reports that up to 300,000 children in the U.S. are at risk for trafficking each year. Twelve years old is the average age of entry.
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