Anti-Trafficking

There are many organizations and efforts working to end human trafficking (anti-trafficking). Some of these efforts include:

  • Increasing awareness and education about human trafficking, so that people can recognize the signs and take action to prevent it.
  • Enacting and enforcing strong laws against human trafficking, to hold traffickers accountable for their crimes and to provide protections for victims.
  • Providing support and services for victims of human trafficking, including medical care, counseling, legal assistance, and safe housing.
  • Working with law enforcement agencies and governments to investigate and prosecute traffickers and to rescue and protect victims.
  • Partnering with businesses and organizations to create ethical supply chains and to prevent trafficking in their operations.
  • Engaging with communities and grassroots organizations to address the root causes of trafficking and to empower people to take action to prevent it.

Overall, the efforts to end human trafficking involve a combination of legal, social, and economic approaches, and require the participation and cooperation of governments, civil society, and the private sector.

Addressing Racism in the Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking of Black Girls: The Role of Public Health Critical Race Praxis

Addressing Racism in the Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking of Black Girls: The Role of Public Health Critical Race Praxis

1  DMST Among Black Girls Several initiatives aimed at increasing awareness of and compelling action to prevent human trafficking generally, and DMST specifically, have been enacted, including the Polaris Project2 (established in 2002) and the Office on Trafficking in Persons within the Administration for Children and Families division of the US Department of Health and Human…

1,623 victims of child trafficking rescued from 16 states in June: BBA – Tribune India
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1,623 victims of child trafficking rescued from 16 states in June: BBA – Tribune India

PTI New Delhi, July 1 Sunil worked at a Chennai bakery for 12 hours a day for an income so meagre that it did not meet even his own expenses and innocent indulgences. He is just 14. Sixteen-year-old Renu worked as a domestic help in a posh locality in Delhi, sacrificing her childhood. Separated by…

Students Challenge Academia: “The Sex Trade is Anything But ‘Work’”
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Students Challenge Academia: “The Sex Trade is Anything But ‘Work’”

Editor’s note: In your Knowledge Vault, PBJ Learning presents multiple viewpoints re: sex work, as it is is a hotly contested dividing line between anti-trafficking groups. We support education about human trafficking and the free exchange of ideas. Photo by Ryan McVay from Photo Images Throughout history and still today, academic institutions play a critical…

Breaking: Woman Recruited for Drug Trafficking in Brazil, Intercepted. Suspect Arrested!
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Breaking: Woman Recruited for Drug Trafficking in Brazil, Intercepted. Suspect Arrested!

We are celebrating over 30,000 interceptions this month! That’s over 30,000 people prevented from being sold into human trafficking. Here are just a few of those stories of freedom. Namibia: Woman Recruited for Drug Trafficking in Brazil, Intercepted. Suspect Arrested! A Namibian female was en route to Brazil when she was stopped by our team…

Expanded law to boost gov't fight vs. human trafficking | Philippine News Agency
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Expanded law to boost gov't fight vs. human trafficking | Philippine News Agency

MANILA – Senators on Wednesday said Republic Act 11862 or the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act signed recently by President Rodrigo Duterte will boost the government campaign against human trafficking. Senator Imee Marcos, principal author of the measure in the Senate, thanked President Duterte for signing the new law, vowing to pass more economic measures…

Ukrainian Refugees Drive Increased Human Trafficking in Poland – Providence Magazine
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Ukrainian Refugees Drive Increased Human Trafficking in Poland – Providence Magazine

With the return of armed conflict in continental Europe, the Russian Federation is committing brutalities that have characterized the most violent of warfare since ancient times.   Cold-blooded executions, brutal mass rapes, the bombings of a maternity ward and shelter for children, along with the forced displacement of roughly 500,000 Ukrainians into Russia, are just some…

“Human trafficking, slavery & sexual exploitation,” from Afghanistan War Victims’ Voices
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“Human trafficking, slavery & sexual exploitation,” from Afghanistan War Victims’ Voices

Afghanistan War Victims’ Voices – PRESS RELEASE CONGRESS from The Hague Remarks at The Hague, Netherlands, on June 23rd, 2022 Regarding Crimes Against Humanity in Afghanistan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w21uGV88IU?t=2924 Some people are blocked from the audio, so be sure to turn on closed captions. Good afternoon, my name is Adam Zarnowski and I will be speaking about…

House must act on stalled human trafficking bill – The Hill
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House must act on stalled human trafficking bill – The Hill

Last week as we wrapped up the historic celebration of Juneteenth, the day Union soldiers announced the ending of chattel slavery, in Galveston, Texas, the exploitation of human beings is still in existence, and resources to help remedy the situation continue to stall.  The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022…

Alarming data shows trafficking victims reported by police
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Alarming data shows trafficking victims reported by police

After calling law enforcement for help, trafficking victims in the U.K. are amongst the thousands of people reported to immigration by police. New data obtained through a freedom of information request by the Joint Council on the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), a U.K. organization advocating for migrants’ rights, shows that between May 2020 and May…

Senate Republicans: Newsom must veto legislation that enables perpetrators of human trafficking – Orange County Breeze
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Senate Republicans: Newsom must veto legislation that enables perpetrators of human trafficking – Orange County Breeze

Senate Republican Leader Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) delivered a letter to the governor urging him to veto Senate 357, a soft-on-crime measure advocated by California Democrats that would hurt California’s ability to combat human trafficking. Click here to download the letter, signed by members of the California Senate Republican Caucus. Senate Bill 357 (Wiener) would…