By Mark Yarm Published on December 17, 2013 in Wired From burner phones to Bitcoin, human traffickers stay at the front of the tech curve. But outside the US, many anti-trafficking agencies are still using 20th-century methods: spreadsheets and paper. That makes sharing and...

By Keeli Sorsensen Published on December 13, 2013 in the Huffington Post Awareness about human trafficking has seemingly exploded over the last several years. This is evident in both the 259 percent increase in phone calls to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center...

By Holly Young Published on December 10, 2013 in The Guardian Are ethical audits actually useful? How do you incentivise due diligence? Ourpanel unpicks the politics and practicalities of supply chain transparency Genevieve LeBaron, vice-chancellor's fellow in politics,...

By Maya Rhodan Published on December 9, 2013 in Time Though Shamere McKenzie, 30, was a victim of sex trafficking for two years, she says her experiences as a young woman forced into prostitution in New York do not define her. “I am not my story,” said McKenzie, who now...

By Mohana Ravindranath Published on December 8, 2013 in The Washington Post A few months ago, a worker monitoring a hotline for the Polaris Project, a nonprofit group dedicated to combating human trafficking, received a text message from an 18-year-old woman in distress. The...

By Oliver Balch Published on December 4, 2013 in The Guardian Spotting abuses in supply chains doesn't absolve corporations from the obligation of helping victims. It's their duty, not NGOs' After decades of silence and denial on modern-day slavery, big business is at last...

By Mike O'Sullivan Published on December 4, 2013 in Voice of America News The International Labor Organization says more than 20 million people are subject to forced labor, working on farms, in factories, or as domestic helpers.  Those who are fighting human trafficking say it...

By Trymaine Lee Published on November 21, 2013 on MSNBC When Kery Rodriguez was arrested earlier this year during a drug sting in Florida, law enforcement agents discovered that heroine wasn’t the only thing that Rodriguez and his crew were trafficking. According to...

By Maisie Ganzler Published on November 20, 2013 on the Huffington Post Blog It’s Thanksgiving time once again, and our tables will be filled with delectable dishes, many of them made with ingredients grown on American farms. As someone whose job it is to know as much as...