MYTH: The only way to stop human trafficking is through criminal prosecution. FACT: Attorneys are helping the victims of human trafficking by holding the perpetrators accountable for their crimes through civil litigation.
Human trafficking is a crime involving the exploitation of someone for the purposes of compelled labor or a commercial sex act through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. Human trafficking affects individuals across the world, including here in the United States, and is commonly regarded as one of the most pressing human rights issues of our time. Human trafficking affects every community in the United States across age, gender, ethnicity, and socio-economic backgrounds
