Human trafficking hard to prove, hard to stop - San Antonio Express-News: "CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Authorities know that thousands of men, women and children are trafficked into Texas. Proving it in a court of law is another matter.
Cases involving human trafficking are hard to tease from prostitution and illegal immigration cases and are harder to prosecute unless a victim informs on the case. Investigators say victims are compelled into involuntary servitude, captivity or prostitution, according to an article in the Sunday edition of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
'They may be victims of trafficking that do not even know it,' Sean McElroy of Homeland Security Investigations told the newspaper."
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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