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The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons was established in October 2001 as a result of the passing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.This enabling legislation required the President to create a bureau within the State Department to specifically address human trafficking and exploitation on all levels and to take legal action against perpetrators.
The A21 Campaign (commonly referred to as "A21") is a global 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-governmental organization that works to fight human trafficking, including sexual exploitation and trafficking, forced slave labor, bonded labor, involuntary domestic servitude, and child soldiery.
The ambassador-at-large advises the United States Secretary of State and the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights directly and formulates U.S. policy on human trafficking. As the head of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, this Ambassador also has the rank of Assistant Secretary. [1] [2]
Polaris is a nonprofit non-governmental organization that works to combat and prevent sex and labor trafficking in North America. The organization's 10-year strategy is built around the understanding that human trafficking does not happen in vacuum but rather is the predictable end result of a range of other persistent injustices and inequities in our society and our economy.
The goal is to establish a baseline of information on the nature and scope of the demand in human trafficking. The study covers the full range of human trafficking-related issues, including labor trafficking, sex trafficking, child sex tourism, commercial sexual exploitation of children, and other related issues. [4]
Florida Chamber Safety Council urges all companies to provide training for employees to spot and report human trafficking, a modern form of slavery.
Prevention has been a component of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, however, 3Strands Global Foundation has 3 anti-trafficking initiatives: Education, Employment, and Engagement. 3SGF believes prevention changes everything and has seven prevention programs that deliver on the mission. 3SGF hosts yearly events to raise awareness and funds for human trafficking prevention initiatives and ...
In its 2024 Trafficking In Persons report for Suriname, the U.S. State Department said that “traffickers target the increasing influx of asylum-seekers and migrants, many of whom lack legal ...