1. California
Number of victims: 978
Number of victims per 100,000 people: 2.55
Insider Monkey Score: 13.5
Topping the list of 11 worst states for human trafficking in America, research has shown that there might be nearly 500,000 cases of undocumented victims from Mexico who have been victims of labor trafficking. To respond to this, California has enacted several laws which have deemed human trafficking to be a severe offense with matching punishment. However, according to the aforementioned statistics, these laws seem to have had little to no effect.
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