Effort aims to put focus on immigrant servitude
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A task force in Los Angeles County has launched a billboard and public education campaign to draw attention to the battle against modern-day slavery that often involves women and children smuggled into the country and forced to work without compensation to pay their trafficking costs.
In addition to putting up 32 billboards, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Task Force on Human Trafficking also is launching a training program to help police, prosecutors and social workers recognize indentured servitude.
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