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New Documentary “The Slave in Your Backyard” Chronicles Pervasiveness of “Everyday Trafficking”
By exposing the sex trafficking that goes on everywhere, these filmmakers are advocates for the kind of change that can only start with awareness.
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Six Convicted for Trafficking Migrants Into Forced Labor on UK Cannabis Farms
“Debt bondage” victims found themselves kidnapped and enslaved on illegal cannabis farms, servicing a pot industry that is booming in the UK.
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“This Is Not a Threat But a Promise”—Hundreds Arrested in California Anti-Trafficking Sting
More than 100 law enforcement agencies across the state helped rescue nearly 180 individuals believed to be victims of human trafficking.
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Slavery Up 25 Percent in Three Years, as the Exploitation Epidemic Grows
For sexual exploitation or forced labor, slavery continues—not only unabated, but growing to as many as 65 million victims worldwide.
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Global Nonprofit A21 Launches New Campaign to Prevent Human Trafficking
The “Can You See Me?” campaign raises awareness and encourages reporting of human trafficking to rescue victims.
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We Needed a Vote to Abolish Slavery. On the Resolution’s 75th Anniversary, It’s Skyrocketed Instead.
The United Nations passed an anti-slavery resolution on December 2 in 1949. Since then, humans owned by others have skyrocketed to 50 million worldwide. What will it take to stop this scourge?
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Largest-Ever Operation Against Human Trafficking Demonstrates International Cooperation
Operation Liberterra II rescued 3,222 potential human trafficking victims and netted 2,517 arrests as a result of monitoring nearly 24,000 flights.
