For Release: February 26, 2015 Contact: Liz Baker, [email protected], +1 202 503 3221 Washington, DC—The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking, a U.S.-based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of human trafficking worldwide, today announced...
Month: February 2015
ATEST Commends Senate Efforts to Prevent Human Trafficking
For Release: February 25, 2015 Washington, DC—The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking commends the Senate Judiciary Committee for holding yesterday’s hearing, “Human Trafficking in the United States: Protecting the Victims.” This important event highlighted the necessity...
Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking Applauds Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015
For Release: February 23, 2015 Contact: Liz Baker, [email protected], +1 202 503 3221 Washington, DC—The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) today voiced its support for S.178, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, introduced by Senator John Cornyn...
White House and Agency Initiatives
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Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Appropriations
The scope of human trafficking and slavery has come into sharp focus over the past years with an estimated 27 million slaves worldwide—more than any other time in history. Human trafficking is also the second largest criminal enterprise in the world, generating over $32 billion in...
U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking (S.121); Voices of Human Trafficking Act (H.R.500)
Almost 14 years after the passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, there is now a substantial group of identified survivors of human trafficking who are willing and capable of informing policy, shaping programmatic and funding decisions, providing...