By: FAITH LAKEN Thanks to the popular TV show 90 Day Fiancé, millions of viewers have followed the high-drama journeys of U.S. citizens bringing...
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Hurricanes & Human Trafficking: Natural Disasters Highlight the Vulnerability of America’s Farm Workers
By: RACHEL GEISSLER In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed the Louisiana coast with Category 3 winds and a record-breaking storm surge.1 Images...
Illicit Massage Businesses: The Pervasive, Insidious Form of Trafficking Happening Across the United States
By: Elizabeth Ranade-Janis In every state in the United States1, more than 9,0002 suspected Illicit Massage Businesses (IMBs) purportedly exploit...
ECPAT-USA Releases Benchmarking Report Measuring the Travel Industry’s Fight Against Trafficking
By: MICHELLE GUELBART The private sector plays a major role in ensuring profits do not come at the expense of children. Particularly in the travel...
What If Your Purchases Could Empower The Vulnerable This Holiday Season?
By: REBECCA JUN During this holiday season, every purchase will have a rippling effect. While bringing happiness to the gift receiver, purchases...
On This Day in History: The United Nations Adopted the Declaration of Human Rights
By: TAYLOR KING Who is responsible for atrocities like genocide? Who has jurisdiction to push back when human...
Leaders in the Anti-Trafficking Community to be Appointed to Key Advisory Councils in the Executive Branch
By: TAYLOR KING The White House recently announced President Donald J. Trump’s intent to appoint 10 new members to two key anti-trafficking...
Disrupting the Pathway from Youth Homelessness to Human Trafficking
By: JO ANN PAANIO Jasmine was barely 15 when she entered a drop-in center for the first time. She heard about the center from friends who shared it...
On This Day in History: Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labor Ratified
By: TAYLOR KING Nineteen years ago today – November 19, 2000 – The International Labour Organization (ILO) Ratified the Worst Forms of Child Labor...
Truckers Against Trafficking and the Responsible Business Alliance Honored with Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat TIP
By: REBECCA JUN On October 29, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo presented the 2019 Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat...
On This Day In History: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act Passed in Congress
By: REBECCA JUN What is the TVPA? Today, Americans are increasingly more conscious of human trafficking both inside and outside the United States....
Analysis – Almost 20 Years Later: Trafficking Survivors Need More Than a Patchwork of Benefits
By ANNAMARIE BENA AnnaMarie Bena, who wrote the first policy letter on certifications for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2001,...