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.

Ukraine Crisis: Hope for Justice joins more than 25 human rights groups with urgent message to mobile networks
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Ukraine Crisis: Hope for Justice joins more than 25 human rights groups with urgent message to mobile networks

ByEyes on Trafficking News

More than 25 human rights groups, including Hope for Justice, have written to the…

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Rapid Assessment of Identified Risks of Modern Slavery for those Fleeing the Ukraine Crisis
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Rapid Assessment of Identified Risks of Modern Slavery for those Fleeing the Ukraine Crisis

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Download our Report: Ukraine – Rapid Assesment of Identified Risks and Mitigation. Hope for…

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Health Care Providers Are Missing Signs of Human Trafficking / Modern Slavery
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Health Care Providers Are Missing Signs of Human Trafficking / Modern Slavery

ByBilly Joe Cain

“88% of nearly a hundred trafficking victims had contact with a health care provider at some point while being trafficked” Thousands of sex trafficking victims filter through the U.S. health care system each year. Words and Photos by Isabella Gomes This article appeared in print as “What Doctors Are Missing” in the Spring 2020 issue of Hopkins Bloomberg…

ATEST Testifies to House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security on Ways to Plug Gaps in U.S. Anti-trafficking Programs
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ATEST Testifies to House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security on Ways to Plug Gaps in U.S. Anti-trafficking Programs

ByEyes on Trafficking News

April 27, 2022 • 8:37 am • Terry FitzPatrick ATEST is was well represented at Wednesday’s herring of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security. Speakers at the session included: ATEST Director Terry FitzPatrick (see written testimony here) ATEST member organization Human Trafficking Legal Center Founder and President Martina Vandenberg (see written…

How the RNA process created yet another “hostile environment”
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How the RNA process created yet another “hostile environment”

ByEyes on Trafficking News

25 April 2022 Kimberley – policy and monitoring assistant at Anti-Slavery International and co-author of our most recent report “One day at a time” – talks about the hostile environment created for survivors of modern slavery. Today, the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group and Anti-Slavery International launch the first report looking at the experience of the Recovery…

Okay Google, what’s the RNA (Recovery Needs Assessment)?
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Okay Google, what’s the RNA (Recovery Needs Assessment)?

ByEyes on Trafficking News

26 April 2022 Today, the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group, hosted by Anti-Slavery International, launches “One day at a time”, a report looking at the Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA). Co-author of the report, Olly, sheds light on the report and on the RNA process itself. Image via unsplash. As someone who has lived experience of the Recovery…

One day at a time: shedding light on the Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA)
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One day at a time: shedding light on the Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA)

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Today, the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group and chair Anti-Slavery International launch the first report looking at the experience of the Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA) process. The new report entitled “One day at a time” charters the first-hand experiences of, not only those on the receiving end of support, but also the experiences of Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract…

Rwanda: asylum seekers need protection from traffickers, not camps
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Rwanda: asylum seekers need protection from traffickers, not camps

ByEyes on Trafficking News

21 April 2022 Jamie Fookes, Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group Coordinator, discusses the risks of human trafficking given the UK Government’s recent announcement that it would be sending asylum seekers to Rwanda. Image via Shutterstock. At the end of last week, the Home Office announced its reckless and cruel plan to send asylum seekers to have their…

Ukrainian Refugees at Heightened Vulnerability to Traffickers: Love Justice Responds
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Ukrainian Refugees at Heightened Vulnerability to Traffickers: Love Justice Responds

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Ukrainian Refugees at Heightened Vulnerability to Traffickers: Love Justice Responds

Over 10 million refugees have fled their homes in Ukraine since the war started in February. With men required to stay and fight, women and children seek safety on their own, escaping to neighboring countries or safer regions within Ukraine. UNICEF reported over 500 unaccompanied children crossing the border from Ukraine into Romania in the first three weeks of war.