By David Batstone, Co-founder and President, Not for Sale Published on January 15, 2013 in The Hill Congress Blog That’s what I thought, until the day six years ago when I discovered my favorite restaurant had been the center of an international human trafficking ring. The...
Month: January 2013
Human Trafficking Awareness Day: Nonprofits Call On Obama To Do More To Fight Modern-Day Slavery
By Jessica Prois Published on January 11, 2013 in HuffPost Impact Many are captives who are trafficked for sex, sold by their poverty-stricken parents. Others toil in sweatshops, make rubber for our tires and harvest cocoa beans for our chocolate. Globally, there are more slaves...
ATEST Calls on President Obama and Congress to Honor Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary and Renew Cornerstone Anti-Trafficking Law
For Release: January 10, 2013 This month, as America celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, we cannot ignore the harsh reality that 27 million people are trafficked each year – there are more slaves today than in any other time in...
It’s Time for Anti-Slavery Action, Mr. President
By David Abramowitz Published on January 10, 2013 in CNN Freedom Project Editor's note: David Abramowitz is Vice President, Policy & Government Relations for Humanity United and Director of the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), a coalition of U.S.-based human...