by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 1, 2019 | News
“Transnational human trafficking” is often the focus in efforts to end modern-day slavery, while trafficking within nations is overlooked, according to the U.S. State Department’s 2019 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report published June 20. An estimated 24.9 million...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 23, 2018 | News
International support of local efforts by individuals and community-based organizations is vital to ending human trafficking, the U.S. State Department stated in its 2018 Trafficking in Persons report released on June 28. “The grinding reality of fighting modern...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jun 28, 2017 | News
Comprehensive anti-trafficking laws with severe consequences for violation, coupled with effective prosecution, is necessary to combat human trafficking worldwide, according to the U.S. State Department’s 2017 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The Palermo...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 5, 2016 | News
Religious minorities experience a “heightened vulnerability” to human trafficking – modern-day slavery – according to the 2016 U.S. State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. “Modern-day slavery doesn’t happen...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 31, 2015 | News
Progress has been made to address human trafficking in the 15 years since adopting the Palermo Protocol – a U.N. agreement focused on preventing, suppressing and punishing trafficking in persons – yet trafficking is currently a $150 billion annual...
