A 2019 federal report indicates 95% of American prosecutions of human trafficking involve sex trafficking. Labor trafficking is also a problem, if underprosecuted. Annie Smith, associate professor of law and director of the public service and pro bono program at the University of Arkansas School of Law, has studied and written about labor trafficking. Her article The Underprosecutionof Labor Trafficking appeared in a recent issue ofSouth Carolina Law Review.
Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.
