Figures unveil serious problems of human trafficking, forced labor in U.S.

STORY: Figures unveil serious problems of human trafficking, forced labor in U.S. DATELINE: June 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various pics of national border between the U.S. and Mexico 2. various of U.S. farm and child working 3. various of women in the U.S. 4. various of prisons in the U.S. STORYLINE: The U.S. is known historically for its original sin of engaging in the slave trade and still has serious problems of human trafficking and forced labor today, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson recently. "There is a large number of child farmworkers in the US and many of them started working as young as 8. Roughly 240,000 to 325,000 women and children in the U.S. are victims of sexual slavery. More than 100,000 people in the U.S. were detained in private prisons at some point and they are forced to take up intense and low-paid labor for long periods of time," added the spokesperson. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)