A new state law going into effect Wednesday provides additional protections for victims of human trafficking. It also gives prosecutors an expanded definition […] ...

Mariska Hargitay, a 2023 Women's Media Center Award honoree, recently shared her story of sexual assault. She started Joyful Heart Foundation to support survivors. The World Health Organization ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The State of Georgia’s top sex trafficking prosecutor was in Columbus this afternoon speaking to the local bar association. Senior Assistant Attorney General Hannah Palmquist ...

Article 3, paragraph (a) of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons defines Trafficking in Persons as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of ...

Human trafficking takes place in every region of the world: Human beings are sold, bought and traded much like objects. Victims of trafficking end up in the hands of traffickers because they are being ...

Human trafficking remains an insidious, often invisible epidemic. Members of the public are increasingly aware that such activity is more widespread than meets the eye and attempt to remain alert to ...

This National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, my Administration renews our commitment to end the evil of human trafficking, restore law and order across our country, protect the most ...

"Human trafficking is considered a hidden crime and its victims are often invisible," TIP Lab director Joan Reid said. "The key objective of this report is to make the hidden and invisible visible to ...

Human trafficking might not be an eye-catching buzzword, but it remains an important global issue that hurts millions of vulnerable people across the globe each year—including in your own hometown.

Trafficking in persons is a grave violation of human rights that continues to affect millions globally. The number of trafficking victims has seen a troubling rise since the COVID-19 pandemic, with a ...