Hello, im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, modernday slavery. A new state Department Reports says 20 Million People are being trafficked worldwide, mainly for sex. Last year 44,000 were identified as survivors. The journey from victim to survivor is the theme of this years report. It restates the u. S. Commitment to stopping this depraved practice and assesses efforts by governments around the world to fight modernday slavery. Trafficking survivor and advocate Elisabeth Corey says the report is helpful, but could go further. What i think that it doesnt do for us is focus so much on the domestic aspect of traffickings, which is something that i have spent a lot of time talking about that it isnt just happening in other countries. The report is a very good start we are looking to hold countrys accountable for traffcking. One of the thing we need to start doing i think is start to put some of those monetar