by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jun 30, 2020 | News
Government legislation to address human trafficking has been enacted, while public and faith community engagement in anti-trafficking initiatives has increased, over the past 20 years. Yet, an estimated 25 million persons remain enslaved worldwide, according to the...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 1, 2019 | News
“Transnational human trafficking” is often the focus in efforts to end modern-day slavery, while trafficking within nations is overlooked, according to the U.S. State Department’s 2019 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report published June 20. An estimated 24.9 million...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 1, 2018 | News
Human trafficking offenses in the U.S. increased slightly in 2017, according to the FBI’s annual “Crime in the U.S.” report released on Sept. 24. There were 1,220 trafficking offenses reported by U.S. law enforcement in 2017, up from 1,196 in 2016. The majority (994)...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Sep 25, 2017 | News
There are currently 40.3 million people enslaved globally and 151.6 million children subjected to child labor. These were key figures from two new reports – one on modern slavery and one on child labor – published Sept. 19 by the International Labour...
by Nell Green | Aug 30, 2017 | Opinion
A truck parks in a Wal-Mart parking lot in San Antonio in July’s blistering heat. A man desperate for water makes it inside the store asking for a drink. It’s discovered that the truck is full of people. Eight are already dead, two more die later, and...
