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Posts by: Human Trafficking Search
After Decades of Voluntary Corporate Efforts, Child Labor is Still Being Used to Make Chocolate
For two decades, child labor in cocoa growing areas in West Africa has been well known, and despite voluntary corporate …
COVID-19 and Human Trafficking
The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has resulted in widespread stay at home orders, shuttering businesses and creating mass layoffs. …
State-level Guidance Relating to COVID-19 and Foster Care
Human Trafficking Search conducted research on the intersection of foster care and human trafficking. There are many reasons a child …
Coronavirus and Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Child Abuse
The Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has swept the nation. People are being advised to stay at home and to …
Tackling Modern Slavery with Blockchain
For more than a decade, the international anti-modern slavery community has not come close to meeting its full potential. A …
Human Trafficking and Prison Labor, Part 2: Understanding the Types of Prison Labor
Most people assume that in 1865 with the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment slavery in the United States was abolished. However, forced labor still exists in the United States today through the exception built into the Thirteenth Amendment for those who have been “duly convicted of a crime”. This exception made it legal and permissible to continue slavery within prisons in the United States. This is commonly known now as prison labor.
Human Trafficking and Prison Labor, Part 1: An Overview
This is the first in a three-part blog series authored by Polaris to introduce the issue. Read part two here, …
How Can Mobile Technology Help Detect and Mitigate Migrants’ Labor Abuse in Global Supply Chains?
You have a friend who has a friend who was able to send enough money back home to his family …
Sex Trafficking and the Super Bowl
On February 2, the Kansas City Chiefs will face off against the San Francisco 49ers during Super Bowl LIV in …
The Current Administration Claims to Want to Fight Human Trafficking. But Its Policies Undermine Trafficking Victims.
The current administration has claimed that one of its highest priorities is fighting human trafficking. But significant changes to immigration …