Law enforcement officials increasingly are being trained to identify crime situations in which human trafficking victims may be involved. Last week the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a day-long training seminar for local law enforcement in suburban Dayton, Ohio. Attendees were told that although human trafficking is difficult to detect, it appears to be spreading into cities and towns across America — including local neighborhoods in Midwestern cities like Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton.

Read more about this disturbing trend here .

Many, perhaps most Americans probably think that human trafficking is more of an issue in other countries, but not the U.S. However, there’s growing evidence that trafficking in humans is becoming a serious domestic phenomenon.

The latest evidence comes from, of all places, Spokane Washington, which is located in rural eastern Washington state, far removed from any major urban centers. According to a recent report, using data from 25 social service agencies in the Spokane area, human trafficking — including mail order brides to teenage prostitution — is causing "considerable concern" in Spokane.

The report is detailed in an article in the Spokane Spokesman Review . Click here to read the entire story.