Introduction. Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of genetic diseases involving progressive weakness and degeneration of the muscles that control movement. In some forms of MD, the heart muscles and other involuntary muscles, as well as other organs, are affected.
According to the Attorney General's 2001 report, an estimated 14,000 people are trafficked into the United States each year, although, again because trafficking is illegal, accurate statistics are difficult to compile.
Are you aware that UNICEF has written that at any time there are 2 million children being trafficked in the global sex trade? That's right -- and if you want to know how many people that is, that's about half the population of Dallas, Texas (as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2010).