Winning the human trafficking fight
It’s not hopeless, and Victor Boutros is showing the way
From left, The Dallas Morning News Vice President and Editor of Editorials Brandan Miniter, Attorney General Ken Paxton, U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox, and Human Trafficking Institute CEO Victor Boutros discuss changes in the way government is addressing sex trafficking on Feb. 26, 2020 at The Dallas Morning News Auditorium in Dallas. (Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News)(Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer)
By Thomas S. Hibbs
Human trafficking is an insidious industry. It is also an enormously lucrative one. Global profits run to roughly $150 billion a year with an estimated 25 million victims trapped in modern slavery, according to Human Rights First.