Pimp-controlled sex workers, exploited migrants, domestic servants, and sex trafficking of runaway and homeless youth are just a few of the many forms of sex trafficking and labor trafficking going on all around the world-including in the United States. This book exposes both well-known and more obscure forms of human trafficking, documenting how these heinous crimes are encountered in our daily lives.What types of human trafficking crimes are being committed here in the United States? Who are the victims of traffickers? How do we all unknowingly consume the services and products of slavery? And why are human traffickers able to maintain their illicit operations with relative impunity-indeed, with less than .01 percent of human traffickers ever being held accountable for their crimes? Hidden in Plain Sight: America's Slaves of the New Millennium documents how human trafficking and its byproducts touch every community in America, from impoverished inner-city neighborhoods to middle-class suburbs and alcoves of wealthy estates. It presents information derived from narrative accounts of real-life trafficking cases, interviews with convicted human traffickers, empirical research, and criminal case files to expose the grim realities of human trafficking in America, perpetrated by Americans. Readers will grasp the origins, evolution, and extent of the problem; understand how trafficking plays an unrecognized role in our day-to-day lives; and see why advancements in awareness and anti-trafficking resources have not changed the status quo. The victims of trafficking continue to be criminalized by law enforcement, and the offenders continue to exploit and profit from new recruits. This book equips readers with the knowledge needed to identify human trafficking cases and advocate for policy changes to end this scourge in America.

ProloguePrefacePart One Sex TraffickingChapter 1 Runaways, from the Frying Pan into the FireChapter 2 Happy Beginnings, Sad EndingsChapter 3 Disposable WivesChapter 4 Child Sex TourismChapter 5 Adult Sex TourismChapter 6 Human Trafficker DeploymentChapter 7 Trafficked to La MaraChapter 8 Now Recruiting for an Exciting Summer AbroadChapter 9 Mentality of a MongerPart Two Labor TraffickingChapter 10 Legal and Still ExploitedChapter 11 Domestic Servants, Diplomatic SlavesChapter 12 Knocking at Your DoorChapter 13 Dark Side of Chocolate from the Côte d'IvoireChapter 14 Slaved in India, Retailed in AmericaChapter 15 Cheap LuxuryChapter 16 Stealing Our Jobs?Part Three Overcoming Barriers to the Abolition of Modern SlaveryChapter 17 Hidden in Plain SightChapter 18 Disposable KidsChapter 19 Whac-a-Mole Crusade OnlineChapter 20 Blaming the HotelChapter 21 Crimmigration and Labor TraffickingChapter 22 Out of the ShadowsAcknowledgmentsAppendix A: Sex Work and Sex Trafficking ArgotAppendix B: Sample Human Trafficking Expert Witness Testimony OutlineAppendix C: Gathering Data from Human Trafficking SurvivorsAppendix D: Sample Sex Tourist Timeline-DirkAppendix E: Additional Quotes from MongersAppendix F: Sample Tool to Identify Youth at High Risk of Being TraffickedIndex