As U.S. cities prepare to host the FIFA World Cup, familiar warnings about human trafficking “spikes” at major sporting events have reemerged. Media outlets point to elevated risks, advocacy groups ...

EAGLE PASS, Texas – Karla Jacinto estimates she has been raped more than 40,000 times. A victim of human trafficking, she was forced to have sex between 30 and 40 times per day from the ages of 12 to ...

Was Santa Barbara their home, and if so, were they in need of immediate shelter? Were they perhaps stranded here, seeking emergency funds to get back home? The female panhandler, whose accent ...

In a new legal strategy that is reshaping the fight against human trafficking, survivors are using civil lawsuits to hold ...

Human smuggling and human trafficking are often confused. Here's what investigators say separates the two crimes and how ...

William Battle | United Nations Information Center, Washington D.C. Human trafficking is one of the most serious human rights violations of our time. It affects every country in the world—as a place ...

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 ...

As I commemorated Martin Luther King, Jr. this week and thought about racial justice, I realize that one area we don’t talk enough about is the racialized reality of human trafficking. According to ...

India, March 29 -- In line with July 30th as 'World Day Against Trafficking in Persons', India has observed January 11th to highlight the same cause as 'Anti - Human Trafficking Awareness Day'. The ...

Content Warning: Discussion of human trafficking and sexual exploitation throughout. (This is the second of two articles on Virginia’s efforts against trafficking) To combat human sex trafficking, a ...