With four hurricanes hitting the United States recently (and other parts of the world), many people are in vulnerable positions due to loss of communication, infrastructure, water, homes, and jobs. Seth Daire talks about the negative rhetoric in the US relating to Puerto Rico. JJ Janflone then goes deeper into how disasters make people vulnerable to human trafficking.

Sources:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/opinions/child-trafficking-natural-disasters/index.html

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17482798.2011.587142?src=recsys&journalCode=rchm20

http://www.iar-gwu.org/content/human-trafficking-and-natural-disasters-exploiting-misery

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-10-05/human-trafficking-hidden-aftermath-natural-disasters

https://humantraffickinghotline.org/state/puerto-rico

http://latinalista.com/life/health/puerto_rico_human_trafficking_not_recogn