…and measurements of human trafficking lack clarity and consensus. The most widely accepted definition of human trafficking comes from the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially…
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…Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking?” investigates the effect of legalized prostitution on human trafficking inflows into high-income countries. The researchers — Seo-Yeong Cho of the German Institute for Economic Research,…
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…human trafficking cases. The report for 2007 and 2008 recorded more than 1,200 suspected incidents of human trafficking. The findings of the 2011 report, “Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents,…
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…get a general sense of what is in the archive by using broader terms — “drug cartels” or “human trafficking,” for example. Users can also search for information about particular…
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…of Health and Human Services] behaves as if the migrant children who melt unseen into the country are doing just fine.” The series also reveals: More than 250,000 migrant children…
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…natural or human-caused tragedy. 5. Put people first. “We do need to be results-oriented as organizations, but we also need to be people-centered,” said Chan. “There’s a human capital crisis…
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…human trafficking. However, the number of human trafficking convictions has not risen significantly. Governments often underreport the prevalence of sex trafficking within their countries due to unreliable statistics, corruption or…
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…Jeffery Epstein, the high-profile American financier who was accused of sex trafficking, was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell. It “was a stark reminder that this agency exists,” says…
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…both criteria used to define sex trafficking. (When asked directly, however, only 5% identified with being a victim of trafficking.) Forced prostitution was associated with a three-fold increase in the…
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…a labor trafficking scheme targeting Guatemalan teenagers who were smuggled into the United States and forced to work long hours at an Ohio egg farm to pay off their smuggling…
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