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Corruption within law enforcement and lack of funds continue to fuel human trafficking in Kenya, a recently released report by the United States Department of Justice has said. The Trafficking in Persons Report says despite some marginal gains made in recent years, the country is still a major transit and conduit for victims and traffickers. “Corruption in sectors of the government perpetuated traffickers’ ability to obtain fraudulent identity documents from complicit officials, the report says.

I-94 Project spotlights human trafficking By JULIA FAIR jfair@kenoshanews.com

When Nancy Yarbrough was 17, she worked at a truck stop in Rockford, Ill., selling sex in order to meet her pimp’s daily quota.

“They see the vulnerabilities in you,” said Yarbrough, now 48, looking back at that time in her life.