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.
To many around the world, the term slave is a word of the past, as the idea of selling and buying humans is rightfully a practice left behind in the malicious annals of time. The reality of the situation is that human trafficking is still one of the most lucrative criminal industries today, raking in an estimated 32 million dollars per year. It is not only confined to developing countries - even within the United States, there are around 15,000 people trafficked each year.