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Exploiting the poor – Sex Slavery in Europe
July 24, 2021

Exploiting the poor – Sex Slavery in Europe

All they want to do is escape poverty, but they end up in the hands of sex traffickers. Women from …

How the U.S. is Influencing the Global Fight Against Trafficking: with Amb. (ret.) John Richmond
July 23, 2021

How the U.S. is Influencing the Global Fight Against Trafficking: with Amb. (ret.) John Richmond

In this episode, Sam and Alicen speak with one of the co-founders of the Human Trafficking Institute, Ambassador (ret.) John …

Webinar: Advocating For Trafficking Survivors Facing Tax Controversies
July 23, 2021

Webinar: Advocating For Trafficking Survivors Facing Tax Controversies

Trafficking survivors often face poverty, debt, and tax issues. These challenges persist, sometimes years after they escape from their trafficking …

Design for Freedom
July 22, 2021

Design for Freedom

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report, Design for Freedom, is meant to raise awareness about slave labor in the built environment and …

Sexual Exploitation During the Pandemic
July 22, 2021

Sexual Exploitation During the Pandemic

Background Over the last year, Polaris examined data from the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline to determine the potential impact …

Sex trafficking, prostitution, and increased HIV risk among women during and after the 2015 Nepal earthquake
July 15, 2021

Sex trafficking, prostitution, and increased HIV risk among women during and after the 2015 Nepal earthquake

Abstract Women might be at increased risk of HIV infection after a disaster situation due to several interlinked environmental and …

July 14, 2021

Supreme Court decision could mean increase in labor trafficking of farmworkers

In June of 2018, two Monterey County site inspectors visited a Salinas cannabis farm, where they encountered a small group …

Demi Bride Trafficking: A Unique Trend of Human Trafficking from South-East Asia To China
July 14, 2021

Demi Bride Trafficking: A Unique Trend of Human Trafficking from South-East Asia To China

Abstract Every year, hundreds of thousands of women and girls from Southeast Asia are forced or tricked into marrying Chinese …

July 14, 2021

Taking a ‘Gender Perspective’ on Human Trafficking Means Investing in Women’s Leadership

Human trafficking and other forms of modern slavery have long been recognised as particularly and disproportionately affecting women and girls. …

July 14, 2021

U.S. Funding: Anti-Trafficking Efforts Severely Underfunded

Human trafficking is estimated to be a $150 billion global industry and one of the top three most lucrative crimes. …