State Department's Annual Trafficking in Persons Report Released

On Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released the 10th Annual Trafficking in Persons Report.  For the first time, there was reporting on forced labor and prostitution in the United States.

In her remarks, Secretary Clinton said:

The United States takes its first-ever ranking not as a reprieve but as a responsibility to strengthen global efforts against modern slavery, including those within America. This human rights abuse is universal, and no one should claim immunity from its reach or from the responsibility to confront it.