Department of State

The Department of State is a federal executive department of the United States government responsible for international relations, diplomacy, and foreign policy. It is headed by the Secretary of State, who is nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate.

The Department of State has a wide range of responsibilities, including:

  • Conducting negotiations and representing the United States in international organizations and negotiations
  • Advising the President and other government officials on foreign policy matters
  • Issuing visas and passports to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals
  • Providing assistance to American citizens abroad
  • Promoting international trade and investment
  • Protecting and promoting the interests of American businesses overseas
  • Providing emergency assistance and disaster relief to countries in need
  • Supporting democratic movements and promoting human rights around the world

The Department of State has a large network of embassies and consulates around the globe, and employs a diverse team of diplomats, support staff, and specialists to carry out its mission.

 

 

Sex trafficking problem entrenched in Montana, officials say
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Sex trafficking problem entrenched in Montana, officials say

ByEyes on Trafficking News

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A woman made a call from a Billings motel room sometime in 2016. She called her family, telling them that over the past several days a man had forced her to be raped for money by other men in Billings, Missoula and Salt Lake City. The man controlling her was Terrance Tyrell…

REVIEW: Texas Human Trafficking Resource Center – HEART Training from Texas Health and Human Services (for Healthcare Professionals)
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REVIEW: Texas Human Trafficking Resource Center – HEART Training from Texas Health and Human Services (for Healthcare Professionals)

ByBilly Joe Cain

Good course with great materials and an assessment-based certificate. Huge lost opportunity to provide easily accessible, downloadable materials to students.

GFEMS Announces New Award to Fight Forced Labor in Brazil
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GFEMS Announces New Award to Fight Forced Labor in Brazil

ByBilly Joe Cain

The Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (GFEMS) is launching a new partnership with the Program to End Modern Slavery at the United States Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons targeting labor trafficking in the coffee supply chain in Brazil.

Harbouring Explained
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Harbouring Explained

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Vienna (Austria) 04 October 2021 – Victims of human trafficking are accommodated or forced to stay in locations prior to and during their exploitation or between periods of abuse. These settings can be in brothels, private homes, factories, farms, or fishing vessels. They are often dangerous, inhumane and unsanitary, and can be controlled by criminals…

The Impact of the Pandemic on Human Trafficking
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The Impact of the Pandemic on Human Trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Vienna (Austria) 8 July 2021  A new study released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) illustrates the devastating impact of COVID-19 on victims and survivors of human trafficking and highlights the increased targeting and exploitation of children.

The wicked problem of drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere
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The wicked problem of drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere

ByEyes on Trafficking News

How to address the ongoing threat of illegal drug use in the United States remains a persistent challenge. The activities of increasingly sophisticated transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) exacerbate that challenge for the whole of the Western Hemisphere. The incoming Biden administration should be especially wary of the likely inevitable growth of fentanyl shipment through maritime…

First Person: Fighting human trafficking in Malawi
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First Person: Fighting human trafficking in Malawi

ByEyes on Trafficking News

I was a young, recent law graduate when I first experienced the horrors of human trafficking. It was in 1998. I was working for a human rights NGO and attending a workshop in South Africa. A taxi driver told me about two girls from my home country who worked in a bar in Johannesburg. He was very concerned about them.  

Bystanders Vital in Combatting Human Trafficking
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Bystanders Vital in Combatting Human Trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Despite the fact that human trafficking’s domestic victims are commonly exploited in the sex trade, there are several other commercial realms in which workers are exploited. These are often workers who are considered to be hidden in plain sight because consumers assume they are not being exploited because they are faces of legal businesses, such…

Global Centurion: June Newsletter
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Global Centurion: June Newsletter

ByEyes on Trafficking News

  Do You Know the Next Norma Hotaling Award Recipient? Norma Hotaling (1951-2008), founder of SAGE, transcended homelessness, addiction and prostitution to transform her suffering into opportunity and hope for others. Trafficked into prostitution as a child, she remained trapped in the sex industry for eighteen years. By sheer personal will, she overcame the vicious […]