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...
Trafficking Matters
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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...
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,...
Critical Partnerships Signal Significant Progress for Supply Chain Transparency
By: MARGARET ROGGENSACK Forced labor is endemic in today’s global supply chain. The International Labor Organization estimates that as of 2016,...
Analysis – Human Trafficking at Home: Labor Trafficking of Domestic Workers
By: LILLIAN AGBEYEGBE More than two million people go to work each day to make sure the homes of others function across the United States.1 They...
Fighting Human Trafficking from Multiple Angles
By: CHERISSE FRANCIS Throughout the world, the crime of trafficking in persons (TIP) is considered ‘the fastest growing type of organized crime’...
World Refugee Day 2019: Why Caring About Human Trafficking Means Caring About Migrants
By: ALYSSA CURRIER In the United States, there is a growing, bipartisan movement to combat human trafficking. As advocates work together to address...
Analysis: State Report Cards: Grading Criminal Record Relief Laws for Survivors of Human Trafficking
By: ERIN MARSH While many states have taken positive steps toward ensuring survivors of human trafficking can clear criminal convictions from their...
International Women’s Day 2019: How the #MeToo Movement Can Use Human Trafficking Laws to Achieve Gender Balance
By: Cassondara (Cj) Murphy The International Women’s Day 2019 campaign drives home the message of #BalanceforBetter, meaning that gender balance...
Proposed Changes Under U.S. Immigration Policy Affects Trafficking Survivors
By: SUZANNE TOMATORE, ESQ. In October 2018, the U.S. federal government published a proposed rule change1 on “public charge” that would affect...
Innovation in Illinois: General Assembly Passes Laws to Provide Creative Relief for Human Trafficking Victims
By: CASSONDRA (Cj) MURPHY In January 2019, new laws1 took effect in Illinois that provide creative relief to human trafficking victims. These laws...