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In 2013, approximately 27 million people were affected by Human Trafficking. U.S. Departments of the state have been trying to find ways to end Human trafficking through different ways. One way that this speech talks about ending the fight against Human Trafficking is by technology. Benton states "Those who work to combat trafficking have begun to harness technology as a tool to raise public awareness, stop traffickers, and help victims." Some of the top priorities for stopping human trafficking is the connection between technology and human trafficking. Cdebaca (an Ambassador) states "Editorials and stories suddenly are showing up in newspapers because this communications technology of the telegraph suddenly brings it into your home, and for the first time, people in the United States started confronting the reality of slavery. It wasn't something that just happened over there down in the South."

27 million - yikes! That is an astounding figure. How are they using technology to combat human trafficking?