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e. Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation. [1] Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally. It is distinct from people smuggling, which is characterized by the consent of the person being smuggled.
The Trafficking in Persons Report, or the TIP Report, is an annual report issued since 2001 by the U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. It ranks governments based on their perceived efforts to acknowledge and combat human trafficking. [ 1 ][ 2 ]
World map of the 2024 Global Slavery Index, showing estimated prevalence of slavery by country. The Global Slavery Index is a global study of modern slavery published by the Minderoo Foundation's Walk Free initiative. Four editions have been published: in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018.
The data set released as a product of the accelerator includes records of 17,000 victims as well as more than 37,000 perpetrators of human trafficking who were active in criminal activity across ...
The Blue Heart Campaign is an international anti-trafficking program started by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). [1] Established in 1997, the UNODC supported countries in implementing three UN drug protocols. In 2000, after the UN General Assembly adopted the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons ...
In the United States, human trafficking tends to occur around international travel hubs with large immigrant populations, notably in California, Texas, and Georgia. Those trafficked include young children, teenagers, men, and women; victims can be domestic citizens or foreign nationals. Under federal law (18 USC § 1589), it is a crime to make ...
Awareness Against Human Trafficking (HAART), a non-governmental organization fighting against human trafficking in Kenya; A Better World, based in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada [3] British Red Cross, the United Kingdom body of the worldwide neutral and impartial humanitarian network [4]
The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, an agency of the United States Department of State, says that " 'modern slavery', 'trafficking in persons', and 'human trafficking' have been used as umbrella terms for the act of recruiting, harbouring, transporting, providing or obtaining a person for compelled labour or commercial sex ...