Two more key Trump cabinet nominees are appearing on Capitol Hill for Senate confirmation hearings. ATEST has provided committee members with important questions for the nominees about their plans to combat forced labor and human trafficking. U.S. Trade Rperesentative Nominee Jamieson...

The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) today submitted comments to the U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (JTIP) for consideration in developing tier rankings and country narratives for the 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report. ATEST...

Two more key Trump cabinet nominees will appear on Capitol Hill this week for Senate confirmation hearings. ATEST has provided committee members with important questions for the nominees about their plans to combat forced labor and human trafficking. FBI Director Nominee Kash...

Several key Trump cabinet nominees will appear on Capitol Hill this week for Senate confirmation hearings. ATEST has provided committee members with important questions for the nominees about their plans to combat forced labor and human trafficking. Secretary of State Nominee Marco...

The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds members of the U.S. Senate for yesterday’s passage of S. 920, the International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2024. The bill was approved by voice vote. The landmark U.S. anti-trafficking act, first...

The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) today provided key recommendations for how the incoming administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump can combat forced labor, human trafficking and modern slavery during his second term in office. Read the recommendations: ...

Ending forced labor around the world will boost global GDP by $611 billion per year, according to new research by the United Nations International Labor Organization (ILO). Researchers calculated the economic impact of liberating nearly 28 million from sex and labor trafficking...

ATEST has formally submitted 21 funding requests across seven federal agencies to congressional appropriations subcommittees. The letters ask Congress to increase funding in several programs for FY2025, while holding the line on others. Four congressional subcommittees control the...

In a resounding bipartisan vote Tuesday evening, the House of Representatives passed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Act (H.R. 5856). The vote was 414 to 11. The U.S. has the world’s most comprehensive governmental effort to fight human...

February 1, 2024 The Honorable Cindy Dyer Ambassador-at-Large U.S. State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) RE: Request for Information for the 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report, United States Government (Public Notice: 12260 | 88 FR...