Human Trafficking a Big Issue Facing the Mid-State

Jul 17, 2017 at 03:56 pm by bryan


In Tennessee, 94 teens a month are sold into human trafficking. Dr. James Chaney, assistant professor of Global Studies at MTSU says it just so happens that geographically, we are situated between the two largest trafficking areas in Tennessee...

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Chaney says rural Coffee County with a high profile event like Bonnarro and Nashville being a global tourist destination make them top destinations for human trafficking, along with our close proximity to Atlanta.

Global Studies at MTSU is working to educate the general public on human trafficking, particularly sex trafficking.

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