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Human Trafficking Report | Traffickinginstitute.org
Addressing Human Trafficking in Missouri Through Justice and Careers
Human trafficking remains one of the most pressing human rights violations in the United States, and human trafficking in Missouri is not a notional issue—it is real, documented, and deeply complex. Missouri’s central location, intersecting major interstates, makes a transit corridor that traffickers exploit. According to recent state-level law enforcement data, both labor and sex trafficking cases continue to emerge, particularly in urban centers like St. Louis and Kansas City. Statutes at the state and federal levels have begun to close loopholes, but legal pressure alone is not enough without long-term systemic collaboration and trained prosecutorial insight.
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