Opinion
COVID-19: Yet more pain for human trafficking victims
Photo illustration of a child victim of human trafficking. (Photo: 271 EAK MOTO)As many Californians struggle with the effects of COVID-19, what this pandemic means for human trafficking victims is their abusers have yet another way to coerce and exploit. Before COVID-19, victims already faced extreme barriers to safety, health services, and employment; now, they are vulnerable to even greater unrelenting abuse.