January 11 is National Human Trafficking day and Virginia has become commonplace for this global crime. The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 recently passed by Congress was signed on January 8 by President Trump. This action allocates $430 million through 2022 to prevent and respond to human trafficking in […]
Recently several human rights groups have documented that the U.S. State Department has upgraded the status of some countries, notably Malaysia and Cuba, regarding human trafficking in order to improve diplomatic relations with those countries. Human trafficking, which is modern-day slavery, is the illegal buying and selling of people, typically for forced labor or forced […]
The Thai army has found six bodies in a mass grave over the weekend in a suspected human trafficking site, according to military officials. The bodies were found to be Rohingya migrants from Myanmar. The United Nations has continuously called for the end of human trafficking in Southeast Asia. The discovery of the human trafficking site […]
