{
  "id": 3510159,
  "title": "Human rights expert explains why labor trafficking often hides in plain sight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/human-rights-expert-explains-why-labor-trafficking-often-hides-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T12:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-human-rights-expert-labor-trafficking.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "It can happen in fields, restaurants, hotels and construction sites—a type of human trafficking often hiding in plain sight and receiving far less media coverage. Labor trafficking is a human rights violation in which individuals are forced to perform labor or services through force, fraud or coercion. The National Human Trafficking Hotline identifies examples including domestic workers forced to…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}