Shocking display highlights horrors of human trafficking
Human trafficking awareness display in Chicago (image courtesy Yet She Rise)
CHICAGO (Fox 32 News) - A display highlighting the harrowing nature of human trafficking stopped traffic in Chicago on Saturday.
The organization "Yet She Rise" hired actors and actress who were young in appearance to sit inside a box with their hands tied and their mouths covered with duct tape.
The group said that 21 million people around the world are victims of forced labor, which includes men, women and children trafficked for sex and labor.
Children make up almost a third of the victims; 71 percent are women and girls.