WATCH: Blinken releases 2024 State Department report on human trafficking

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will deliver remarks on Monday at the launch of the 2024 State Department report on human trafficking.

Watch in the player above.

The report is an annual event produced by the State Department to assess human trafficking across the globe and highlight efforts to combat it. At last year’s launch, Blinken said 27 million people were affected by human trafficking and “dozens of countries” were marking success in stopping it.

However, forced labor and the use of online scams for labor trafficking was on the rise.

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