There are an estimated 200,000 slaves in the United States
today. "It's estimated that less than 20,000 of those 200,000
are international victims coming into the United States as a
destination country," said Tomi Lee Grover, Ph.D. "Who are the
rest of them? Our kids. Our people, right here in the United
States." Grover spoke about the ongoing problem of human
trafficking in this country and abroad in a presentation
sponsored by the University of South Dakota Criminal Justice
Club Wednesday, Nov. 16. Working with TraffickStop, an anti-
trafficking initiative, Grover educates individuals and groups
about what they can do to curb human trafficking through
prevention, intervention, education and restoration. Grover the
demand for goods and services by the U.S. contributes to human
trafficking because of its place in the global economy –
something its citizens might not realize. "We get goods and
services literally from around the world, so we all have a hand
in what happens to the global economy with this," she s