“Human Trafficking: A Global Scourge” This is Something to Think About 06.26.24

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“Human Trafficking: A Global Scourge”

 Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About Commentary”

Air Date Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Modern-day slavery is still a global scourge.

We may think only of the sex trade when we hear the words human trafficking. Still, enslaved people around the globe are forced to work long hours in open fields under the hot, blazing sun, in unsafe factories, in the back of restaurants, and as private house servants.

Recent statistics estimate that 27 million are exploited worldwide.  

In 1860, just before the Civil War, there were 4 million enslaved people in America. By some estimates, 1 million people are human trafficked in the U.S. today.

The top 10 cities for human trafficking, as rated by calls to the national hotline in order, are Houston, New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Columbus, Dallas, and San Diego.

Modern slave masters prey on marginalized and vulnerable people

All people deserve to be free.

Bill Bunkley is an 18-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs weekdays across central Florida from 3 to 6 pm. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, which serves as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 28 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is today a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. His wife is Toni, son is Zac, and they attend Idlewild Baptist Church. 

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