The Opioid Epidemic, Foster Care, and Human Trafficking
As detailed in our interview with Dr. Hanni Stoklosa, the opiate/opioid crisis interacts with human trafficking in a number of ways, creating a complex – and perpetually...
Human Trafficking & the Opioid Crisis: An Interview with Dr. Hanni Stoklosa
Last week, Human Trafficking Search spoke with Dr. Hanni Stoklosa, Director of HEAL Trafficking on the linkages between human trafficking and America’s opioid epidemic. The following is a transcript of our interview.
Hi, I’m...
Kafala System – A Gateway to Slavery
Kafala, sponsorship, is an employment framework in the Gulf States – as well as Lebanon and Jordan – that requires sponsorship from a national for migrant workers to be employed and reside in the country....
Human Trafficking and the Rohingya Refugee Crisis
Since August 2017 over 650,000 Rohingya have fled their homes in Myanmar to seek safety in neighboring Bangladesh. Driven from their communities by Myanmar’s armed forces – who have burned villages, raped, and killed infants...
Forced Marriage: A Form of Modern-day Slavery
The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 40.3 million people are enslaved around the world. Of those, 15.4 million are in situations of forced marriage.
Forced marriage occurs when an individual, regardless...
Modern-day Slavery & Environmental Destruction: A Discussion with Kevin Bales
If slavery were a country, it would be the third largest producer of CO2 in the world after China and the United States – Kevin Bales, Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide, and...