Name: Human trafficking is all around you. This is how it works
Uploaded: 2015-07-13T16:08:55Z
Duration: 18 min 42 s
Description: Behind the everyday bargains we all love -- the $10 manicure, the unlimited shrimp buffet -- is a hidden world of forced labor to keep those prices at rock bottom. Noy Thrupkaew investigates human trafficking – which flourishes in the US and Europe, as well as developing countries – and shows us the human faces behind the exploited labor that feeds global consumers.

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Behind the everyday bargains we all love -- the $10 manicure, the unlimited shrimp buffet -- is a hidden world of forced labor to keep those prices at rock bottom. Noy Thrupkaew investigates human trafficking – which flourishes in the US and Europe, as well as developing countries – and shows us the human faces behind the exploited labor that feeds global consumers.

Noy Thrupkaew: Human trafficking is all around you. This is how it works

Human trafficking is all around you. This is how it works

Exploring the murky world of human trafficking, it's revealed that the issue is closer to home and more complex than many realize.

68% of human trafficking is for labor, creating goods and services we use daily, challenging our perceptions of exploitation.

Survivors of human trafficking pave the way for social justice, showing that resilience and solidarity can foster global change.