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Criminalization is the process of making something illegal under the criminal law. In the context of human trafficking, criminalization refers to the passage of laws that make human trafficking a criminal offense. These laws typically define what constitutes human trafficking and provide for penalties, such as imprisonment and fines, for those who engage in trafficking activities. Criminalization of human trafficking is an important step in efforts to prevent and combat this crime, as it sends a strong message that trafficking is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Many countries have passed laws criminalizing human trafficking, and international organizations, such as the United Nations, have also developed treaties and standards on trafficking that call for its criminalization.
Republican lawmakers in Idaho want to expand the definition of “human trafficking” to include helping a minor get an abortion. The bill, which was introduced Tuesday, would prohibit “recruiting, …
I am a survivor of human trafficking. I am also a Black woman. Telling the real story of human trafficking – the story that acknowledges that human trafficking is the predictable end result of systems built in an unequal world – requires listening to survivors to understand their experiences. However, as a Black survivor of…
A dangerous new law to criminalize sex work is currently being debated in the Spanish parliament. The proposed legislation seeks to criminalize the buyers of sexual services, commonly known as the Nordic Model. But evidence from countries where this framework is already in place suggest that this leaves sex workers more vulnerable to exploitation, violence…
Former Syrian swimmer Sara Mardini had charges dropped by a Greek court on Friday for largely procedural reasons in a case denounced by human rights organizations as an attempt to criminalize migrant rescue work. Mardini was accused of espionage and human trafficking after working for a non-governmental, search-and-rescue organization on the island of Lesbos supporting…
Kentucky resisted the end of slavery, refusing to certify the 13th Amendment at the time and only freeing people six months after June 19, 1865, the day celebrated as the Juneteenth holiday. Legislators finally ratified the amendment in 1976. And to this day, the state Constitution endorses slavery for one group of citizens: inmates. Reads…
© Provided by The Hill On Sept. 12, a disturbing new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Walk Free and International Organization for Migration (IOM) revealed that the number of people in modern slavery has risen by approximately 10 million since 2016. Fifty million women, children and men are exploited through forms of slavery like forced labor and…
New data has exposed how police raids on the sex industry in the U.K., carried out under the guise of clamping down on modern slavery, in fact do not refer trafficking victims for support the majority of the time. Trafficking victims not referred for support According to the study, police regularly carry out raids on…
Reading Time: 8 minutes A type of law first created after the end of slavery to prohibit Black men from voting prevented more than 4.6 million Americans from participating in the 2022 midterm elections. Forty-eight states strip voting rights from people convicted of felonies, no small decision in the country with the highest incarceration rate…
Maggie is a researcher with the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration & Integration program at Toronto Metropolitan University and this new podcast is Borders & Belonging. Maggie will talk to leading experts from around the world and people with on-the-ground experience to explore the individual experiences of migrants: the difficult decisions and many…
On Sept. 12, a disturbing new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Walk Free and International Organization for Migration (IOM) revealed that the number of people in modern slavery has risen by approximately 10 million since 2016. Fifty million women, children and men are exploited through forms of slavery like forced labor and sex trafficking on any given…
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