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Human trafficking is a sickening crime at odds with our very humanity. An estimated 25 <br /> million people are currently victims of human trafficking for both sex and labor. Human <br /> traffickers prey on their victims by promising a life of hope and greater opportunity, <br /> while delivering only enslavement. Instead of delivering people to better lives, <br /> traffickers unjustifiably profit from the labor and toil of their victims,who they force <br /> through violence and intimidation to work in brothels and factories, on farms and <br /> fishing vessels,in private homes,and in countless industries. <br /> My Administration continues to work to drive out the darkness human traffickers cast <br /> upon our world. In February,I signed an Executive Order to dismantle transnational <br /> criminal organizations,including those that perpetuate the crime of human trafficking. <br /> My Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons has enhanced <br /> collaboration with other nations,businesses,civil society organizations,and survivors <br /> of human trafficking. The Department of Health and Human Services has established a <br /> new national training and technical assistance center to strengthen our healthcare <br /> industry's anti-trafficking response. The Department of State has contributed $25 <br /> million to the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery,because of the critical need for cross- <br /> nation collaborative action to counter human trafficking. The Department of Labor has <br /> releas ed an innovative,bus ines s-focus ed mobile app that supports private-s ector <br /> efforts to eradicate forced labor from global supply chains. And this month,Iwill sign <br /> into law S. 1536,the Combating Human Trafficking in Commercial Vehicles Act and S. <br /> 1532,the No Human Trafficking on Our Roads Act. These bills will keep those who <br /> commit trafficking offenses from operating commercial vehicles,improve anti-human <br />