Magazine sales crews are promoted as an exciting way for youth to travel and make money. While a good experience for some, the largely unregulated industry can also involve labor violations and false promises, which sometimes becomes human trafficking. Hosts Seth Daire and JJ Janflone discuss what labor trafficking looks like for some youth on magazines crews and give some recommendations on what to do if you suspect youth are being exploited.

Sources:

http://www.magcrew.com/

http://www.parentwatch.org/

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/04/trapped-into-selling-magazines-door-to-door/388601/

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/us/21magcrew.html?mcubz=3

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/2/24/human-trafficking-victim-mag-crew-kid-at-door.html

http://www.houstonpress.com/news/readers-respond-to-our-magazine-sales-crew-story-6577431

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jul/16/people-trafficking-door-to-door-sales-us-abuse-exploitation-polaris-report

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/its-easy-for-traffickers-to-exploit-magazine-salespeople-but-the-industry-can-break-that-cycle_us_55a81627e4b0c5f0322ccdb5

https://polarisproject.org/sites/default/files/Knocking-on-Your-Door-Sales-Crews.pdf