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Posts by: Human Trafficking Search
Eliminating Forced Labor Starts with Tackling Recruitment Fees
I’ve spent time in South India, trying to help families forced to work in rice mills and brick kilns. They were offered what seemed to be decent job–if …
Pending Human Trafficking Legislation
Within the last few weeks the United States Congress has considered a number of bills related to human trafficking. The …
Do successful prosecutions constitute success in the fight against modern-day slavery?
For almost a quarter century now, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) has participated in the successful prosecution of forced labor …
Prosecuting Human Trafficking in the United States: State and Federal Jurisdictions
Since 2000, efforts to fight human trafficking have been actively pursued through legal means in the United States, especially through …
The Business Case for Survivors of Trafficking
Four years ago when I pitched my Indian anti-sex trafficking social enterprise at an investor’s circle in the Bay Area, …
Fifteen Years Fighting for Freedom: Fifteen Lessons Learned
Free the Slaves fifteenth anniversary is a good moment to distill lessons learned from years working with slaves, survivors, activists …
The Economics of Human Trafficking: An Intersection of Vulnerability and Exploitation
Kay Chernush The role of every article about human trafficking is to provide information with the goal of preventing and …
Two Years of the HTS Blog
Two years ago this last week the first HTS blog post was published. In the post, we explained that the …
Ending Everyday Forms of Exploitation in Our Fields Prevents Trafficking
Exploitation in our nation’s fields is rampant. Employers steal wages and impose extra fees (for transportation to and from the …
Fighting for Farmworker Justice
When people think of trafficking, they often think about sex trafficking. But labor trafficking is also an insidious problem globally …