Melysa Sperber, Director of the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), issued the following statement in response to the reported arrest of Kah Walla, President of the Cameroon People's Party (CPP). Ms. Walla was apparently arrested in Younde, Cameroon earlier today after...

For Release: February 16, 2016 The Senate voted last week to close a loophole in the Tariff Act of 1930, a law that prohibits goods made by forced, child or prison labor from entering the United States unless the United States doesn’t produce enough of those goods to meet consumer...

For advocates and survivor-advocates of human trafficking, this week marks an important milestone: the first meeting of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking in Washington, D.C. Last month, the Obama Administration announced the formation of this group, composed of...

Oct. 8, 2015 FOIA request highlights lingering concerns over possible political interference in important government publication WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the support of human rights, labor, faith, trade and democracy reform organizations, Friends of the Earth filed a Freedom of...

For Release: October 9, 2015 The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds yesterday’s confirmation of Susan Coppedge as Ambassador-at-Large to combat human trafficking and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (J/TIP) at the U.S. Department of...

On September 24, 2015, over 100 investors that collectively represent over $1 trillion in assets under management sent a statement to Congress urging strong bi-partisan support for The Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015 (H.R....

For Release: August 7, 2015 Washington, DC – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds the introduction of the Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015 (S. 1968), companion to H.R. 3226, championed by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)...

For Release: July 30, 2015 Washington, DC – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds the introduction of the Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015 (H.R. 3226). Introduced on a bipartisan basis by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)...

For release: July 27, 2015 Contact: Tania Stewart tstewart@mrss.com, 202-478-6174 Malaysia Upgrade Discredits Integrity of Report, says ATEST Washington, D.C. - The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) criticized Secretary of State John F. Kerry’s decision to...

For Release: July 16, 2015 The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds President Obama’s nomination of an Ambassador-at-Large to combat human trafficking, who also serves as Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (J/TIP) at the U.S. Department of...