Government

Backpage Caught in Congressional Battle
April 15, 2016

Backpage Caught in Congressional Battle

Backpage.com, an online classified service, is currently enmeshed in a federal legal battle and congressional scrutiny for its role in facilitating an online market for commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking and its unwillingness to cooperate with federal lawmakers to make changes to prevent such exploitation.

Presidential Elections and Human Trafficking: Positions and Actions
March 21, 2016

Presidential Elections and Human Trafficking: Positions and Actions

With the presidential elections heating up and the primaries taking center stage in the media, it is important to know where contenders stand on the issue of human trafficking. 

June 29, 2015

The Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons Report- What is it and Why Is it Important?

Soon, the United States Department of State will issue the 2015 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The TIP Report is the …

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May 18, 2015

Thai NGOs & Government Balance Anti-Trafficking Efforts

As many of you know, human trafficking in Thailand has been in the news almosteveryday in the past few weeks. …

Blacklisted: An Overview of Brazil’s “Dirty List”
May 11, 2015

Blacklisted: An Overview of Brazil’s “Dirty List”

In September 1989, 17-year old José Pereira Ferreira and a coworker tried to escape from a rural farm. At the …

Obama Calls Human Trafficking ‘Slavery,’ Announces New Measures
October 22, 2012

Obama Calls Human Trafficking ‘Slavery,’ Announces New Measures

UNITED NATIONS — After his speech to the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama used an appearance …