A Summary of ATEST’s 2020 Activities and a Forecast of 2021 Election and Transition The 2020 campaign and election provided...
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ATEST Calls for Catalytic Investment to Fight Human Trafficking in...
WASHINGTON – ATEST stressed the need for a whole-of-government approach to combat human trafficking inside the U.S. and around the world in comprehensive...
ATEST Joins “Freedom Needs Truth” Open Letter about QAnon
An open letter to Candidates, the Media, Political Parties, and Policymakers: As survivors, service providers, human and labor rights advocates, law enforcement...
ATEST Recommends Federal Funding Increases for FY22
ATEST is recommending increases in many federal programs for Fiscal Year 2022 in light of the increases in vulnerability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our requests to...
U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline Cases Soar by 25 Percent...
From ATEST member Polaris Project WASHINGTON, D.C.(July 30, 2019) – On the United Nations’ World Day Against Trafficking in persons, Polaris is announcing that...
2019 TIP Report Raises Challenging Questions about Sanctions and Future...
While presenting this year’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report last week, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a pointed message: “If you don’t stand up...
Human Trafficking Report Tracks U.S. Criminal and Civil Court Cases
The Human Trafficking Institute, an ATEST member organization, reports that 771 anti-trafficking cases were in progress in federal courts nationwide last...
From Legislation to Implementation
Now that Congress has reauthorized the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) and a package of related bills, the advocacy landscape on Capitol Hill is...
Transforming How Anti-Slavery Program Impact is Measured
This dispatch from the field by Lindsay Marsh originally appeared on the University of British Columbia's Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs...
David Abramowitz on Passage of Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention...
Yesterday was a great day for anti-trafficking advocates, as the House of Representatives unanimously passed the Frederick Douglass Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2200). We...