Today on Your Call: How should we combat human trafficking and sexual exploitation in California?

Ali Budner — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:00:00 +0000

On today's Your Call, we’ll continue our election coverage with a debate on Proposition 35. If it passes, it would increase criminal penalties for human traffickers. Supporters say it would protect vulnerable populations from exploitation. Opponents say the language is too broad, penalties are too severe, and the wrong people would suffer. Join us at 10am PST or post a comment here.

Investigation exposes human trafficking in the Bay Area

Holly Kernan — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:22:43 +0000

Slavery doesn’t often make the headlines, but the practice is alive and well in the 21st century. According to an investigation in the San Francisco Public Press, there are more people enslaved today than at any other time in history. The U.S. State Department says that estimates of those enslaved through human trafficking ranges from 4 million to 27 million people.