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U.S. law enforcement: when “rescue” becomes exploitation

The criminalization of sex work in the U.S., barring the state of Nevada, further complicates and undermines efforts to tackle sex [...]

Former U.S. diplomat again found liable for sexually enslaving a housekeeper

Former U.S. diplomatic envoy Linda Howard, along with her husband Russell, were found guilty in federal court of raping an Ethiopian [...]

Patchwork of Programs for US Child Sex Trafficking Victims

After the last time Cecilia Roberts was sold for sex out of an Atlanta hotel room, she was taken to a residential facility to recover [...]

Progress stalls on sex workers’ rights in India

Landmark decision on sex workers’ rights in India could better protect against exploitation

India’s Supreme Court has officially defined sex work as a profession, calling for an end to police violence against sex workers, and [...]

Millions in Slavery Worldwide. Where are They?

New data released this week estimate that 40.3 million people were in modern slavery in 2016. The International Labour Office (ILO) and [...]

Saudi Royal Scandal in the DC Suburbs

At 17,000 square feet, complete with eight bathrooms, six bedroom suites, 14 living areas, the mansion on Aziza Court in Great Falls, [...]

True number of trafficked Ukrainian refugees unknown

It’ll take years before we know the true scale of Ukrainian refugees trafficked following the war in Ukraine. Russia escalated its [...]

New Film Highlights Worker Abuse in Qatar’s Preparation for World Cup

While soccer provides tremendous joy, it also “carries a considerable underbelly, a thick layer of rottenness shrouded by the [...]

South Korea Apologizes for Brothers Home Atrocities

South Korea’s top public prosecutor has apologized for a failed investigation into the enslavement and horrendous human rights [...]

How to choose your chocolate this Halloween

With Halloween just around the corner, you might be picking up some spooky treats during your next trip to the grocery store. The [...]

Survivors of Child Marriage Speak Out in West Africa

As she sits on the floor and holds her baby, she is panicked and tears fill her eyes. Her husband, nearly 20 years older, might kill [...]

Ivanka Trump Praises President Trump’s ‘Bold Action’

In an op-ed penned in the Washington Post, Ivanka Trump says President Trump’s administration is taking bold action against human [...]

Louisiana prison staff call incarcerated persons ‘slaves’

During the U.S. midterm elections of 2022, four out of five states voted to remove or change language inherited from the country’s [...]

Enslaved in Libya, Nigerians Now Face Sex Traffickers Back Home

Thousands of stranded Nigerian migrants in Libya have been sent back home in an effort to save them from Libya’s slave markets. [...]

Maryland Needs to Criminalize Labor Trafficking

Two young women from Africa recently escaped from an a large home in the affluent suburb of Potomac, Maryland. They were forced to work [...]

Norway Football Federation renews calls for migrant worker compensation

Over 200 national Football Associations are due to meet on March 16 for the first time since the World Cup final in December, putting [...]

Police are Trained to Spot Drug Trafficking. Why not Child Trafficking, too?

Deputy Patrick Paquette recalls the night that forever changed his career in law enforcement. One night he pulled over a 29-year-old [...]

Under Trump, Visas for Trafficking Victims Hit 7-Year Low

As part of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month President Trump announced that his administration would use “every [...]

Migrant children forced into hazardous work in the U.S.

Packers Sanitation Services, a leading cleaning company in the meatpacking industry, has come under scrutiny following a comprehensive [...]

US House Passes Anti-Online Sex Trafficking Bill

The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill that would allow legal action against websites that host advertisements [...]

Maryland Among Worst States for Sex Trafficking Survivors

Donna Bruce was teaching a beauty class in Baltimore when one of her students blindsided her. In front of the entire class, “The [...]

Trafficking survivors may stop calling National Hotline, advocates warn

A proposed bill in the U.S. House has ignited a fierce debate surrounding the National Human Trafficking Hotline, as the question of [...]

Texas Parents Burned Daughter for Refusing Marriage

In the middle of 2017 Maarib Al Hishmawi’s parents told her that they had found a man that she would marry. She was only 15-years-old [...]

Mars, Nestlé, and Hershey Won’t Promise Chocolate is Free from Child Labor

The world’s largest chocolate companies promised to eradicate child labor from their supply chains 20 years ago. But today, these same [...]