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Portugal is the first country to begin trafficking humans as slaves. They exploit Africans and sell them.
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Britain begans selling and exporting human beings 160 years after Portugal.
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England passes the International Agreement for the Suppresion of White Slavery. This protected white women from being sold into prostitution.
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Human trafficking is now considered violence towards women, so more laws are allowed to be passed to prevent it.
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Right now, 1.2 million children are trafficked each year. That is approximately 50% of the entire amount of people trafficked. It is hard to get an exact number because of the secret underground work involved.
