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Slavery Without Borders: Human Trafficking in the U.S. -Mexican ContextDavid Shirk and Alexandra Webber
The Center for Strategic and International Studies
Hemisphere Focus: 2004
January 23, 2004
Overview
An estimated 18,000 people are trafficked into the United States each year.
Persistent challenges to the administration of justice and the rule of law in Mexico present serious challenges for law enforcement training and cross-border collaboration to address human trafficking in the border region.
Despite stronger and better -structured responses to human trafficking in the United States, advocacy officials and activists recognize with some frustration that the numbers of successful prosecutions and victims certified remains relatively small.