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Ed Markey: The empirical data on the extent of human trafficking is as hard to pin down as the data on the extent of illegal…

On the recordFebruary 11, 2014
The empirical data on the extent of human trafficking is as hard to pin down as the data on the extent of illegal fishing.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses the challenges in measuring human trafficking and illegal fishing.

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