the scourge of human trafficking is one of the biggest crises of our time. 25 million around the world are being pushed into firelessed labor or sex trade against their will. generating $150 billion every year. a lot of that activity taking place right here at home in the u.s. we see human trafficking across all 50 states and really it can happen in any of the 50 states. last year in 2021 the national trafficking hotline had over 50,000 calls into the hotline and more than 16,000 of those were likely survivors of human trafficking. bill: eric shawn is on this story more on how it can happen and what is being done to put an end to it. good morning. good morning. one of the heartbreaking tolls of the migrant crisis is human trafficking. the product moved by those cartels are people. trafficking for labor or commercial sex work is a booming business in the southern border. the feds say trafficking has been lucrative for the mexican base trans national criminal organization
will raise money in all the stuff going on in philadelphia. try to square that. difficult to do. those are challenging the current mayor will say they ll clean it up. dana: let s go to portland, oregon. one of the worst homeless problems in the country. the county purchased tens of thousands of tents and tarps to shelter those in need. news to taxpayers footing the bill and little to no public oversight as to who got the tents or where they would even be used. dan springer is live in seattle with the details. hi, dan. hi, it took a lawsuit to uncover the fact that portland s visible homeless problem is at least partly self-inflicted with taxpayers buying tens of thousands of tents and tarps which for years have littered the city. a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of portland residents disabled seeks to enforce the americans with disabilities act and require the city of portland to remove all homeless encampments the block sub lick