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 | Oct 12, 2021 | Breaking News, Our Stories, Stories from the Field
On October 8, 2021, a Ugandan school administrator was found guilty on all charges of child trafficking and given a life sentence. This is the first case in Uganda in which a convicted defendant of child trafficking has been given a life sentence. The defendant had...
by Kelli Ross | Nov 20, 2020 | Belize, In the News, Our Stories, Stories from the Field
The U.S. Embassy in Belize announced the Institute as one of four recipients of the 2020 Central America Regional Security Initiative, Economic Support Fund (CARSI ESF) grant on October 27, 2020. Theses grants support good governance, using civil society engagement to...
by Megan Abrameit | Apr 11, 2018 | #InContext
By: MEGAN ABRAMEIT Henrik Ibsen was a revolutionary without ever picking up a sword. He was born March 20, 1828, in Skien, Norway. Gripped by poverty, at age 15, Ibsen moved to a coastal town where he worked as an apothecary’s apprentice and studied to get into...
by Jonathan Roberts | Mar 30, 2018 | Our Stories, Stories from the Field
By: JONATHAN ROBERTS There is reason for continued optimism in the fight against human trafficking in Uganda. The Honorable The Chief Justice of Uganda Bart M. Katureebe called together more than 140 high-level judicial officers, prosecutors, law enforcement, and...
