Human Trafficking: A Global Issue (Video)

Jones Day's Bethany Biesenthal, a former assistant United States Attorney, talks about the scope of the global human trafficking crisis and explains how the Firm is devoting resources to the fight against these illegal and immoral activities in jurisdictions around the world. Laura Ellsworth, Partner-in-Charge of our Global Community Service Initiative, explains some of the ways Jones Day works with global clients, to help identify, prevent, and prosecute human trafficking crimes.

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Bethany Biesenthal:

Human trafficking is an enormous problem. And it's a global one. So just looking at the numbers alone, there's conservative estimates that there are 24.9 million victims of forced labor throughout the world. That's both adults and children. Conservative estimates are 4.8 million victims of sexual exploitation. Again, across the world, both adults and children. So when we look at numbers, it doesn't appear as though the numbers are going