In 2020, as governments focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, human traffickers found new ways to perpetrate their crimes, a new State Department report says. Traffickers targeted vulnerable families with fraudulent offers that led to exploitation. And more time online left some more vulnerable to trafficking. Meanwhile, lockdowns and social distancing requirements limited victims’ access to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 7 July, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: China, Cuba, human trafficking, labor rights, social activism
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE BEN FRANKLIN ROOM WASHINGTON, D.C. MS JOHNSTONE: Good afternoon, and welcome. My name is Kari Johnstone. I am the acting director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Thank you all for joining us virtually to mark the release of the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report, or ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 1 July, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: Human Rights, human trafficking, The Secretary of State
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE Today marks National Freedom Day, a day that commemorates President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the joint resolution that established the Constitution’s 13th Amendment abolishing slavery in the United States. It is a day when, thanks to the decades-long push of Richard R. Wright and his fellow civil rights advocates, we commemorate our dedication to the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 1 February, 2021 | Topics: Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: Human Rights, human trafficking
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Lenore T. Adkins In 1839, the Amistad cargo schooner sailed from Havana to Puerto Principe, Cuba, with 53 Africans bound for a life of slavery on the island. But while aboard the schooner, the Africans fought for their freedom. Their battle gained them a reprieve. And soon, American abolitionists would take up their fight in U.S. courts. The Africans ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 12 January, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Documents, News | Tags: civic equality, human trafficking, U.S. history, U.S. judicial system
The world recognizes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25, a day to heighten awareness about the physical, psychological and emotional harm women face worldwide. The U.S. Department of State sees tackling violence against women as a human rights imperative. Violence threatens women’s and girls’ safety, and it sets ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 24 November, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: civic equality, female leaders, Gender-Based Violence, human trafficking, women's empowerment
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is cracking down on human smuggling by focusing its efforts on rescuing migrants from stash houses. Stash houses are where human smugglers put migrants until they can relocate them either within countries or across borders. “The criminal activity associated with stash houses creates a danger and a health ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 16 November, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, News | Tags: human trafficking
The U.S. government is committed to ending human trafficking and is launching a new center dedicated to combating this horrific crime. “Human trafficking is modern-day slavery,” said Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf on October 20 at the launch of the Center for Countering Human Trafficking. “There is no other way to say it.” ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 27 October, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, News | Tags: human trafficking, international security, policing
Today, the Missions to the United Nations of the United States, Peru, and Sierra Leone co-sponsored an event commemorating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the 20th anniversary of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. The Protocol – a legally binding international instrument ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 9 October, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: human trafficking, Office of the Spokesperson, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, United Nations
STEPHEN BIEGUN, DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE Thank you, Ambassador Richmond, for the introduction. Good morning or evening to everyone participating from around the world, especially our distinguished speakers. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the landmark Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons in Palermo, Italy. The Protocol stands ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 9 October, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Documents, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: human trafficking, United Nations
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Noelani Kirschner – Jul 27, 2020 The
Orinoco mining arc in Venezuela is rife with human rights abuses, including sexual exploitation and trafficking, and killings, according to a United Nations report. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet
released a report on July 15 that collected victim and witness accounts. They detail abuses committed against miners and indigenous people in the arc. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 27 July, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, News from Washington | Tags: corruption, human trafficking, labor rights, venezuela
Human trafficking is a global (June 24) There are currently 25 million people around the world who are the victims of human traffickers.
Human trafficking is a global epidemic. Learn more about its different forms and how to be aware of it in your community.
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 24 June, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, News | Tags: human trafficking, IIP Videos, labor rights
