US Attorney Debunks Misconceptions About Human Trafficking

Human trafficking affects millions of people around the world, including in Milwaukee. And federal law views human trafficking as a contemporary form of slavery, says U.S. Attorney Matthew Krueger, of the Eastern District of Wisconsin. “It’s a horrific crime particularly because it involves the exploitation of another human being’s liberty and inflicts lasting damage to its victims,” he explains. Human trafficking has two forms: sex trafficking and labor trafficking. The crime is defined as the