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 | Feb 15, 2022 | Our Stories, U.S. Updates
HTI’s Director of Government and Corporate Relations Annick Febrey was nominated by the members of the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) to serve as the next co-chair of the coalition. ATEST is a U.S.-based coalition of 15 anti-trafficking organizations...
by Emma Bykerk | Feb 11, 2022 | Case Law, Legal Blog
Introduction In 1998, President Bill Clinton stated that his administration was “committed to combatting trafficking in women and girls.”[i] Two years later, he signed into law the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA).[ii] Although the TVPA was a huge milestone...
by Christy Salzman | Feb 9, 2022 | Podcast
In the first episode of the second season of the Trafficking Matters Podcast, Douglass Fellows Natalie Assaad and Christy Salzman interview Annick Febrey, the Director of Government and Corporate Relations at the Human Trafficking Institute. They talk about the...
by Rebecca Jun | Oct 28, 2019 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: REBECCA JUN What is the TVPA? Today, Americans are increasingly more conscious of human trafficking both inside and outside the United States. Hotline numbers appear on bathroom stalls and calls for awareness echo over airport intercoms. However, there was a time...
