Posts by: Human Trafficking Search
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
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
Human trafficking is generating an estimated $32 billion dollars annually. This same number comes up repeatedly in human trafficking statistics, …
Human Smuggling Becomes Human Trafficking in Canada
Human trafficking and human smuggling are terms often used interchangeably but there is a very big distinction. Interpol explains the …
Commercial Sex Exploitation of Native American Children
Native American reservations have been plagued for years with high rates of crime, violence and alcohol abuse. In the past …
States with the Weakest Human Trafficking Laws
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) is arguably the most important anti-trafficking law ever passed. Updated and reauthorized …
Top 3 States for Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is a global epidemic, but it doesn’t only take place in foreign countries. The Department of State Trafficking …
Human Trafficking on the Rise in the EU
In 2012 the European Union commissioned a report by Eurostat Working Group on Crime Statistics to discover the depth of …
Cutting Edge Technology, Corporate Interest and Human Trafficking
It’s not often that large corporations share their newest and best technology. It is even less often that these multinational …
US Foster Care System a Breeding Ground for Human Trafficking
Half of all human trafficking victims are minors, and slaverynomore.org statesthat 70 percent of these minors are children in the …