Media Watch: Law & Order: SVU Takes on Slavery

Modern day slavery seems to be a hot topic for television shows these days. The season premiers of both Hawaii Five-0 and NCIS: Los Angeles were about human trafficking. And tonight, Law & Order: SVU will be airing an episode called “Merchandise,” about a teenaged trafficking victim. The promo is calling the episode a “landmark […]
October 6, 2010

Modern day slavery seems to be a hot topic for television shows these days. The season premiers of both Hawaii Five-0 and NCIS: Los Angeles were about human trafficking. And tonight, Law & Order: SVU will be airing an episode called “Merchandise,” about a teenaged trafficking victim. The promo is calling the episode a “landmark case.”

Will you be watching?

Can you help end the conditions that cause modern slavery?

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