A new report by the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), “Beyond SB 657: How Businesses Can Meet and Exceed California’s Requirements to Prevent Forced Labor in Supply Chains,” provides guiding principles for companies required to comply with California’s pioneering...

By Margaret Howard Published on January 21, 2013 in the St. Louis Beacon As the nation marks, this month, the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, my hope is that our elected leaders and all Americans will take action to end...

By Mary C. Ellison, Director of Policy for Polaris Project Published on January 18, 2013 in the Huffington Post Blog Women and girls trapped in brothels. Men forced to work long hours under harsh conditions for minimal or no pay, unable to leave due to huge debts and threats to...

By Holly Burkhalter, International Justice Mission Published on January 17, 2013 in The Hill Congress Blog The original act is one of the great human rights measures in our era, and made trafficking eradication a domestic and foreign policy priority. As it should be. The U.S....

By Greg Asbed, Co-founder of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers Published on January 17, 2013 in the Huffington Post Blog Twenty years ago, Laura Germino and I left the dusty streets of Immokalee, Florida, and headed north, bound for the Justice Department in Washington, DC. We...

By Ima Matul, a survivor organizer with the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) Published on January 17, 2013 in CNN Freedom Project You might not know that January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. You might not even know why we need...

By Jesse Eaves, Senior Policy Adviser for Child Protection, World Vision Published on January 15, 2013 in CNN Freedom Project Simean knew something was wrong when her 15-year-old younger sister Savoeun failed to show up at the factory where they both worked. With both...

By David Batstone, Co-founder and President, Not for Sale Published on January 15, 2013 in The Hill Congress Blog That’s what I thought, until the day six years ago when I discovered my favorite restaurant had been the center of an international human trafficking ring. The...

By Jessica Prois Published on January 11, 2013 in HuffPost Impact Many are captives who are trafficked for sex, sold by their poverty-stricken parents. Others toil in sweatshops, make rubber for our tires and harvest cocoa beans for our chocolate. Globally, there are more slaves...

For Release: January 10, 2013 This month, as America celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, we cannot ignore the harsh reality that 27 million people are trafficked each year – there are more slaves today than in any other time in...