Posts by: Human Trafficking Search

Top Countries for Modern-Day Slavery: Part II
January 2, 2018

Top Countries for Modern-Day Slavery: Part II

January 2, 2018 Our December 18th blog detailed the five countries where modern-day slavery is most prevalent. In Part II …

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Human Trafficking Around the World
December 26, 2017

Human Trafficking Around the World

December 26, 2017 This week’s blog highlights news on human trafficking and modern-day slavery from around the world. Hotels are …

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Top Countries for Modern-Day Slavery
December 18, 2017

Top Countries for Modern-Day Slavery

December 18, 2017 Modern-day slavery is pervasive. Though estimates differ – the Global Slavery Index approximates 45.8 million people, while …

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Rating State Efforts to Combat Child Sex Trafficking – A Review of the 2017 Protected Innocence Challenge 
December 11, 2017

Rating State Efforts to Combat Child Sex Trafficking – A Review of the 2017 Protected Innocence Challenge 

How effectively does your state address child sex trafficking? Shared Hope International’s Protected Innocence Challenge grades each state and the District of Columbia on their efforts to combat child sex trafficking; the HTS Blog reviews these grades and national progress to end child sex trafficking. Encourage your state to #raisethegrade

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Libyan Slave Markets: A Symptom of a Global Crisis
December 4, 2017

Libyan Slave Markets: A Symptom of a Global Crisis

Video showing men auctioned in Libyan slave markets, released by CNN in November 2017, has shocked the world and exposed …

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Action Required: Recommendations for Stakeholders Against Labor Exploitation in Private Prisons
November 20, 2017

Action Required: Recommendations for Stakeholders Against Labor Exploitation in Private Prisons

Human Trafficking Search recently published a study which examines the use of labor in private prisons, finding that private prisons are not required to pay inmates a fair wage for the work they do, despite being able to make a profit. This is the third in a blog series to summarize the research.

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Comparing Compensation: What Inmates in Private Prisons Would Otherwise Get Paid
November 13, 2017

Comparing Compensation: What Inmates in Private Prisons Would Otherwise Get Paid

Human Trafficking Search recently published a study which examines the use of labor in private prisons, finding that private prisons are not required to pay inmates a fair wage for the work they do, despite being able to make a profit. This is the second in a blog series to summarize the research.

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Labor Exploitation in Private Prisons: A Blog Series
November 6, 2017

Labor Exploitation in Private Prisons: A Blog Series

Human Trafficking Search recently published a study which examines the use of labor in private prisons, finding that private prisons are not required to pay inmates a fair wage for the work they do, despite being able to make a profit. This is the first in a blog series to summarize the research.

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What’s in Your Chocolate this Halloween?
October 30, 2017

What’s in Your Chocolate this Halloween?

The majority of candy to be handed out this year is chocolate. But did you know that despite generating over $110 billion a year, the chocolate industry has a century-long history of forced and child labor?

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Take Action Now: What You Can Do to Protect Foster Youth from Trafficking
October 23, 2017

Take Action Now: What You Can Do to Protect Foster Youth from Trafficking

Given that most states failed the report card, it is imperative that state and national policy makers do more to protect foster youth from the threat of being trafficked. However, they will likely do nothing without you telling them that this issue is important to you.

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