Human Trafficking

HUMAN-TRAFFICKING RESOURCES

A compilation of resources by Vicki Hinze

See how the U.S. State Department ranks your country on Human Trafficking.  Look at the map.  Note that the green countries are almost exclusively ones founded in Christian/Judeo-Christian principles. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/jun/27/human-trafficking-state-department-country-ranks-map

Learn more about human trafficking and its impact on people at these sites:

Video:  WARNING GRAPHIC  Under 18, please avoid due to graphic violence. (Drop Houses, human smuggling, torture occurring inside the United States.)

U.S.Department of State Releases 10th Annual Trafficking in Persons Report
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Announces Release of 10th Annual Trafficking in Persons Report.

US Ranked on Human Trafficking Report for First Time
The United States was ranked for the first time in the 10th annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report documenting human trafficking and modern slavery, released on Monday by the Department of State.

New Task Force Aims to Fight Human Trafficking in Texas
Human trafficking in Texas is nothing new, but the state's previous efforts to end this practice have fallen short.

HumanTrafficking.org: A Web Resource for Combating Human ...Provides information to combat human trafficking through prevention, prosecution , and victim protection.

Human trafficking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Human trafficking is the illegal trade in human beings for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor: a modern-day form of slavery.

Polaris Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery

Human trafficking is the modern day practice of slavery. Also known as trafficking in persons, human trafficking comprises the fastest growing criminal ...

The Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking -- Look Beneath the Surface -- Human Trafficking is Modern-Day Slavery ... Request for Assistance for Child Victims of Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking, Modern-day Slavery, Forced Labor & Debt Bondage

Human Trafficking in the first ten years of the 21st Century, including reports of human trafficking for forced labor, forced prostitution, debt bondage

Human Trafficking - Official Show Site | myLifetime.com

Nov 4, 2009 ... Every day, women and children are enslaved - kidnapped or sold into sex- trafficking rings.

Human Trafficking:  Each year about 17,500 individuals are brought into the United States and held against their will as victims of human trafficking.

Some estimate the number is as high as 60,000 annually. These numbers do not include those who are here from previous years, migrants already in the US, runaways, displaced persons, and those from oppressed/marginalized groups and the poor. Combating human trafficking is a daunting task and emergency healthcare providers have a critical role to play.

Human Trafficking - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement www.ice.gov/pi/investigations/.../humantrafficking.htm