While the executive order on “Enforcing Federal Law with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking” rightfully recognizes human trafficking as a serious crime, it falls short of the comprehensive approach needed to end modern forms of...
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A Presidential Agenda for Abolishing Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Trafficking in Persons (TIP) represents a grave affront to the U.S.’ security, economy, and national values, degrading and reducing human beings to commodities that can be exploited for commercial sex acts or labor. The Administration of Donald J. Trump is taking office at a pivotal...
U.S. Cracks Down on Products Made by Slave Labor, but Hurdles Remain
Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking Director Melysa Sperber is featured on the latest PBS Newshour Shortwave podcast. She speaks closing of a loophole in the Tariff Act of 1930 that allowed goods made by forced or child labor to enter the United States. By P.J. Tobia Published...
Letter to the White House on 2016 Administration Priorities
March 8, 2016 President Barack Obama The White House Washington, DC 20502 Dear Mr. President: At the most recent meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (“PITF”) in early January, we were pleased to see the progress...
A First Step Toward Stopping the Import of Goods Made With Forced and Child Labor
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 demand. This ‘consumptive...
One Step Closer to Stopping the Import of Goods made with Forced Labour
By David Abramowitz, Humanity United Published on February 28, 2016 in the Thomson Reuters Foundation News Blog The International Labor Organization estimates that nearly 21 million people around the world are subject to forced labour. That astounding number begs the question:...
U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
The Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act (P.L. 114-22, sec. 115) established the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. The Council consists of 8-14 survivors of human trafficking from diverse backgrounds and experiences, in order to provide recommendations to the U.S....
Anti-Trafficking Organizations Join ATEST to Call for SB 657 Enforcement
Today, the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking and 11 other organizations submitted a letter calling on the California Attorney General to enforce the California Supply Chain Transparency Act (SB 657). In September 2010, California legislators passed this law, requiring retail...
ATEST Comments on Proposed Regulations to Implement Executive Order 13627
On December 20, 2013, ATEST submitted written comments on proposed regulations that are designed to implement Executive Order 13627. The Executive Order and implementing regulations strengthen protections against human trafficking that is taking place within government procurement...