Jewish Women Fall Victim to Human Trafficking

Date: 2006-10-16

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A Russian Jewish woman with a child was recently freed from domestic slavery in San Francisco, reports the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California. Several Jewish agencies have joined to form the Jewish Coalition to End Human Trafficking. The number of women enslaved in the United States may be as high as 20,000, according to the report. Recent California legislation to expedite the provision of food, rent money and medical care for victims aims to prevent women from returning to their abusers out of desperation.

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