With four hurricanes hitting the United States recently (and other parts of the world), many people are in vulnerable positions due to loss of communication, infrastructure, water, homes, and jobs. Seth Daire talks about the negative rhetoric in the US relating to Puerto Rico. JJ Janflone then goes deeper into how disasters make people vulnerable to human trafficking.
Sources:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/opinions/child-trafficking-natural-disasters/index.html
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17482798.2011.587142?src=recsys&journalCode=rchm20
http://www.iar-gwu.org/content/human-trafficking-and-natural-disasters-exploiting-misery
https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-10-05/human-trafficking-hidden-aftermath-natural-disasters
https://humantraffickinghotline.org/state/puerto-rico
http://latinalista.com/life/health/puerto_rico_human_trafficking_not_recogn
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