Which of the following statements is true?

The United States estimates that up to 800, 000 people—mostly women and children—are the victims of human traffickers worldwide every year. Condoleezza Rice said the US was leading a new abolitionist movement to eradicate this modern-day slavery. She called it the great moral calling of our time. The State Department report highlights the victims—often women and children—sold in the sex trade. But it also lists individual country’s efforts to tackle the problem. For the first time, Iran has been included alongside the worst offenders. The US said that it had received reports that the Iranian authorities were punishing victims of trafficking with beatings, imprisonment and execution.