Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking

Modern slavery and human trafficking are global problems that affect millions of people around the world, and they are serious violations of fundamental human rights. It is important to understand the root causes of these crimes and to work together to end them.

Definition of human trafficking from the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA)

The AMP Model Requirements

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act has three requirements for any act to be considered human trafficking: an ACTION, a MEANS, and a PURPOSE.

  • ACTION. The act: Recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons.
  • MEANS. The means: Threat or use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or vulnerability, or giving payments or benefits to a person in control of the victim. (Not necessary in the case of minors in America.)
  • PURPOSE. The purpose: For the purpose of commercial exploitation, which includes exploiting the prostitution of others, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery or similar practices and the removal of organs.

Read more about the TVPA here.

Webinars help Norwegian businesses comply with new law
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Webinars help Norwegian businesses comply with new law

Hope for Justice is a charity working to bring an end to modern slavery and human trafficking, and to protect the human rights of victims and survivors. They are active in the United Kingdom, United States, Cambodia, Norway, Australia, Ethiopia and Uganda. Their multi-disciplinary model is based on four pillars: preventing exploitation; rescuing victims; restoring lives;…

Hope for Justice urges Senators to reauthorize US Trafficking Victims Protection Act
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Hope for Justice urges Senators to reauthorize US Trafficking Victims Protection Act

Hope for Justice is a charity working to bring an end to modern slavery and human trafficking, and to protect the human rights of victims and survivors. They are active in the United Kingdom, United States, Cambodia, Norway, Australia, Ethiopia and Uganda. Their multi-disciplinary model is based on four pillars: preventing exploitation; rescuing victims; restoring lives;…

Data protection pilot for human trafficking survivors
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Data protection pilot for human trafficking survivors

This article is reprinted from its original location at Hope for Justice‘s website. It was pulled from their RSS feed for your education. Visit Hope for Justice’s news page by clicking here. Hope for Justice, is working on an ambitious technology pilot that could allow anonymised data about the survivors we help to be shared…

Human trafficking crime gang disrupted by PSNI as 27 brothels raided across Northern Ireland
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Human trafficking crime gang disrupted by PSNI as 27 brothels raided across Northern Ireland

The PSNI has approached victims from 27 brothels across Northern Ireland as part of a huge effort involving over 150 officers, against an organised crime group. Belfast Live joined police from the Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Unit on Monday, as they visited two premises in Newry, with the door kicked in at one. Two…

Ditching the Human Rights Act will harm survivors 
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Ditching the Human Rights Act will harm survivors 

Hope for Justice is a charity working to bring an end to modern slavery and human trafficking, and to protect the human rights of victims and survivors. They are active in the United Kingdom, United States, Cambodia, Norway, Australia, Ethiopia and Uganda. Their multi-disciplinary model is based on four pillars: preventing exploitation; rescuing victims; restoring lives;…

Should aid agencies set their sights on modern slavery?
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Should aid agencies set their sights on modern slavery?

Given that this is the nub of it, it is wholly bizarre that the global estimates barely mentions the Forced Labour Protocol, an international law agreed in 2014. Because this protocol answers that very question. The Forced Labour Protocol is about several things. But at its heart, it requires those governments that ratify it to…

Human Trafficking Prevention at American Airlines
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Human Trafficking Prevention at American Airlines

Northampton, MA –News Direct– American Airlines American has become an industry leader in combating human trafficking and child exploitation. We have mandatory human trafficking awareness training for our frontline, customer-facing team members — including flight attendants, pilots and airport customer service representatives — as well as for team members with international purchasing responsibilities. This training…

Teenage girl trains as salon worker after escaping forced marriage
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Teenage girl trains as salon worker after escaping forced marriage

Hope for Justice is a charity working to bring an end to modern slavery and human trafficking, and to protect the human rights of victims and survivors. They are active in the United Kingdom, United States, Cambodia, Norway, Australia, Ethiopia and Uganda. Their multi-disciplinary model is based on four pillars: preventing exploitation; rescuing victims; restoring lives;…

Couple awarded £20k over police failure to investigate trafficking
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Couple awarded £20k over police failure to investigate trafficking

Hope for Justice is a charity working to bring an end to modern slavery and human trafficking, and to protect the human rights of victims and survivors. They are active in the United Kingdom, United States, Cambodia, Norway, Australia, Ethiopia and Uganda. Their multi-disciplinary model is based on four pillars: preventing exploitation; rescuing victims; restoring lives;…