City Joins Effort to Curb Human Trafficking
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
City Councilman Tony Cardenas unveiled a plan Wednesday to train more than 30,000 city employees to identify victims of human trafficking.
The program is part of a collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to promote anti-trafficking efforts.
The federal government estimates that 14,500 to 17,500 people are victims of trafficking in the United States each year.
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