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Fighting Impunity and the Need for Collective Action
There is a link between torture and human trafficking that we see at the Center for Victims of Torture. Survivors …
Eight New Bills to Combat Human Trafficking
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded House passage of eight …
Bolivia Legalizes Child Labor
While many countries in the developing world are banishing domestic child labor practices, the government of Bolivia went in the …
Sex Trafficking at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil
Human trafficking thrives at large sporting events such as the Olympic Games, Super Bowl and the FIFA World Cup for …
Slavery in the Thai Seafood Industry
It is not a new revelation that slavery plagues the global food system. Men, women and children are enslaved in …
Trafficking in Persons Report 2014 Released
TIP2014cover_200_1 “We each have a responsibility to make this horrific and all-too-common crime a lot less common. And our work …
Truckers Are Critical in the Fight Against Trafficking
Ongoing sting operations by the FBI and other law enforcement personnel reveal that criminals and crime syndicates target a number …
Building Safety Nets for Survivors of Child Sex Trafficking
At the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC), child sex trafficking is a high-priority issue because children who …
Beyond Boko Haram: Human Trafficking in Nigeria
The radical Islamic group Boko Haram, whose name loosely translates to Western Education is Forbidden, is most well known for …
Human Trafficking and the Taliban
Burqa_Afghanistan_01 From 1996 to 2001 the Taliban, a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist group controlled and oppressed the Afghanistan population. During its …