Posts by: Human Trafficking Search

Organ Trafficking Around the World
October 4, 2013

Organ Trafficking Around the World

The average wait time in the United States for a kidney transplant is three to five years and in Germany, …

Camel Jockeys in the UAE
September 16, 2013

Camel Jockeys in the UAE

Impoverished families from Pakistan, Sudan, Mauritania, India and Bangladesh sell their sons to work as jockeys in the lucrative camel …

September 5, 2013

Third Country Nationals Trafficked by Military Contractors

Third country nationals or TCNs as they are commonly known in the military community, have been continually trafficked into Iraq …

Life After Human Trafficking
August 22, 2013

Life After Human Trafficking

Barbara Amaya’s website lists her as a “survivor, author, advocate and speaker” of human trafficking. As a guest speaker at …

Child Labor Blog Part III: Manufacturing in Asia
August 13, 2013

Child Labor Blog Part III: Manufacturing in Asia

The third and final installment of the Child Labor blog series will focus on the manufacturing industry in Asia. Pakistan, …

Child Forced Labor Part II: Agriculture in the Americas
July 27, 2013

Child Forced Labor Part II: Agriculture in the Americas

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations states that approximately 70 percent of child labor takes place in …

Child Forced Labor Part I: The Mining Industry
July 18, 2013

Child Forced Labor Part I: The Mining Industry

This blog is the first in a three part series discussing the overlooked topic of child forced labor in large …

A Slippery Slope for Russia, China and Uzbekistan
July 1, 2013

A Slippery Slope for Russia, China and Uzbekistan

The annual US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report was released earlier this week and its ranking of countries …

Stop the Demand, Stop the Supply
June 20, 2013

Stop the Demand, Stop the Supply

For the past six months I have been writing blogs on the topic of sex trafficking, forced labor, human trafficking …

The Dirty Economics of Human Trafficking
June 11, 2013

The Dirty Economics of Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is generating an estimated $32 billion dollars annually. This same number comes up repeatedly in human trafficking statistics, …