by Hailey York | Aug 11, 2022 | Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
Introduction It is no secret border security has grown stricter at the United States-Mexico border recently. The U.S. has roughly 700 miles of fencing along the border, record levels of immigration and customs staff, and exponential growth in immigration spend.1...
by Emma Ecker | Jul 28, 2022 | Our Stories, Stories from the Field, Uganda
This month, we welcomed a new embedded expert to our team in Uganda. Gabrielle Massey joined HTI as Special Counsel to the Director of Public Prosecutions in Uganda. Gabrielle’s presence in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will allow her to make a...
by Brianna Gehring | Jul 19, 2022 | Belize, Our Stories, Stories from the Field, Uganda
There are an estimated 24.9 million people in human trafficking today. While trafficking can and does happen everywhere, studies show that the majority of victims are concentrated in places where government policies and systems are less effective at enforcing...
by Emma Ecker | Jun 16, 2022 | Federal Human Trafficking Reports, Our Stories, U.S. Updates
The 2021 Federal Human Trafficking Report was released today on our website. The Report, a project of HTI, is a continuation of HTI’s efforts to provide comprehensive data about every criminal human trafficking case filed in the federal courts each year. This...
by Emma Ecker | May 18, 2022 | Belize, Our Stories, Stories from the Field, Uganda
Our 2021 Annual Report is now available! 2021 was a year of continued exponential growth in our impact despite challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic in our Partner Countries. Across our global programs, we saw a 159% increase in victims removed from...
