..This Ministry is dedicated to the fight against Human Trafficking. The following is a broad list of resources available for Human Trafficking victims and information regarding various elements of the industry. While this is not a complete list of ALL organizations involved in the fight, it’s somewhat exhaustive.
All information gathered about each organization is provided by their own website. While I currently do not have enough time to fully profile each and every organization, someday I might. Keeping that in mind, this is a brief open-source overview of organizations and not an investigative report, so keep in mind some may or may not be credible.
As always, I recommend doing your own research before getting involved with anything or anyone. Items marked with * are the ones I am directly involved with and personally vetted. In future days, I hope those * will increase, God willing…
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Nonprofits & Non-governmental Organizations (NPOs & NGOs) & Charities:
“Declaration of Hope
We, the broken and the brave, declare:
That no man, woman, or child shall be abandoned to the streets.
That every shattered soul can rise again.
That hope will buy back every broken block.
That courage will outlast fear, and love will rebuild what hate destroyed.
We fight monsters — because monsters exist.
We build armies of hope — because freedom must be defended” – OwenArmy.com
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2) *We Fight Monsters:
“We Fight Monsters is a beacon of hope in the darkest corners of our communities. Our mission is to confront and conquer the twin evils of human and narcotics trafficking, bringing light to places long shadowed by despair. We are a coalition of the brave – former special operators, law enforcement professionals, ex-cons, former gang members, and addiction recovery champions. United by a common goal, we venture into the most hostile areas to shut down sources of human suffering, rescue the exploited, and rehabilitate lives. By reclaiming neighborhoods, supporting victims, and empowering the vulnerable, we strive to lift communities from the depths of hopelessness to new heights of hope and dignity. Together, we fight not just monsters, but for the chance of a brighter tomorrow for all.” -WeFightMonsters.org
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3) *Rescue America:
“Rescue America exists to rescue, revive and empower the sexually exploited through a 24/7 Rescue hotline and emergency response.
At Rescue America, we believe specialization and unity across the anti-trafficking landscape is essential to helping survivors successfully exit the life. Within that landscape, we are called to focus on direct outreach, rescue, and emergency response.
We also know we can’t do it alone. Facilitating safe exits for survivors and setting them safely on a path of healing and restoration is only possible because of the more than 1,000 volunteers and the financial support of local community members just like you.” -Rescue America
24/7 Rescue Hotline +1833-599-3733
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“Veterans For Child Rescue (V4CR) is a 5O1C3 nonprofit organization that was founded in April of 2017. Our team is comprised of military professionals, former and current law enforcement, senior intelligence community veterans, child abuse and trafficking survivors, and people who are willing to do whatever it takes to end child trafficking in the USA” -Vets4childrescue.org
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5) International Association of Human Trafficking Investigators (IAHTI):
“Our mission is to combat human trafficking through comprehensive education, heightened awareness, and the identification of red flags within at-risk communities and systems. We are dedicated to empowering individuals and organizations with the knowledge and tools to recognize, report and prevent trafficking. By providing data-driven analytical support, we aim to drive informed action, disrupt trafficking networks, and advocate for victims worldwide.” -IAHTI
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6) Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative :
“The Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative, a Dark Watch company, aims to disrupt the market of human trafficking, child exploitation, and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) through the advancement of prevention, detection, investigation, and reporting mechanisms.
We combat modern slavery by leveraging corporate social responsibility directly through anti-human trafficking program training, facilitating awareness, targeted data collection, technology integration, and sourcing actionable intelligence.”-Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative
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7) Polaris Project:
“Named after the North Star, an historical symbol of freedom, Polaris is leading a survivor-centered, justice- and equity-driven movement to end human trafficking. Since 2007, Polaris has operated the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline, connecting victims and survivors to support and services, and helping communities hold traffickers accountable. Through that work, Polaris has built the largest known dataset on human trafficking in North America. The data and expertise gained from two decades of working on trafficking situations in real time informs strategies that hold traffickers accountable, support survivors on their healing journeys and address the vulnerabilities that enable the business of stealing freedom for profit.” -Polaris
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8) Deliver Fund:
“DeliverFund’s Human Trafficking Safeguard is an easy-to-use app that puts the power of human trafficking prevention into your hands.
By gaining access to DeliverFund’s immense digital database of potential human trafficking activity, you have the ability to take proactive measures to ensure your safety and the safety of those around you.
We can work collectively to build safer, stronger communities.
DeliverFund disrupts global human trafficking markets by combining uniquely qualified personnel with the best technologies and then leveraging them in new ways to reach and rescue victims of human trafficking.
Our team leverages its counterterrorism experience to transform the human trafficking fight. We deploy the same tactics used to track terrorists to take down human traffickers.” -Deliver Fund
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9) Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST):
“Cast is the United States’ largest provider of comprehensive, direct services to survivors of human trafficking, and an advocate for groundbreaking policies and legislation.
Who We ServeCast serves survivors of all forms of human trafficking (labor and sex) in Los Angeles County. Our policy, research, training and survivor leadership programs have national impact.To date, we’ve served survivors from 91 countries.Hotline & Emergency Response
Survivors in crisis – or anyone who is concerned – can call Cast’s 24-hour hotline at 888-KEY-2-FREE (888-539-2373). The hotline provides 24/7 response to victims of human trafficking and serves as a resource to the community for referrals and technical assistance. We use online interpreters so that we can communicate with all survivors. The emergency response team provides immediate, short-term services to ensure the safety and well-being of victims when they first escape their trafficking situation.
Housing
Cast is the only provider of housing dedicated to human trafficking survivors in Los Angeles, offering housing services based on survivors’ needs and choices. Survivors staying at Cast’s emergency shelter, Hummingbird Haven (15 beds), are usually escaping their trafficking situation or are in a crisis; the shelter offers a safe place to sleep, eat, and get counseling. If survivors need more support, Cast’s transitional shelter, Mariposa Haven (12 beds), provides transitional housing and a host of other supports. Both shelters are available to single adults who identify as female or nonbinary. Our Rapid Rehousing Program supports survivors who are ready to move into a permanent home with rental assistance and dedicated case management.
Community Case Management
Our case management program offers a client-centered, trauma-informed approach to helping survivors reach freedom and independence. The program begins with a comprehensive assessment to determine goals and necessary next steps in 13 areas of clients’ lives. Services include basic necessities, safety planning, counseling, medical, education, life skills training, employment, transportation, and applying for benefits. As well as connecting to services, our focus is on creating rapport and providing emotional support to survivors for as long as they need it. We refer clients to our network of hundreds of service providers who have been trained on human trafficking.
Legal Services
Cast staff attorneys empower survivors to assert their legal rights and choose appropriate remedies to rebuild their lives. The legal services program works collaboratively with survivors, community-based organizations, public-interest attorneys and government agencies to ensure survivors of human trafficking are provided with culturally-sensitive, victim-centered legal representation. Services include immigration assistance, victim rights advocacy, criminal defense support, post-conviction relief, civil litigation, and family law.
Youth Program
Survivors who are minors and transition age youth (up to 24 years) have specialized needs. For the first 90 days, youth have 24/7 communication access to their Cast case manager. Other services include monthly group activities and workshops to increase confidence and life skills.” -CAST
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10) International Justice Mission:
“In 1994 Rwanda was reeling from the genocide of as many as 1 million people over 100 days, the apex of decades of civil conflict in the East African nation.
Gary Haugen, then a young human rights attorney working for the U.S. Department of Justice, landed in Kigali to head a United Nations unit investigating the genocide and gathering evidence needed to prosecute the perpetrators for war crimes.
“There was basically no functioning government, Haugen recalls. “So much chaos is unleashed when there isn’t a civil authority exercising control. A lot of people tried to help, sending food and medicine and providing housing and education, but when it came to the problem of violence, very few people stepped up to that challenge.
Haugen established the International Justice Mission (IJM) in 1997 to address violence in developing countries. The organization has 17 field offices and works with local investigators to rescue victims of violence, support survivors, strengthen law enforcement, and bring violent criminals to justice. In his 2014 book, The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence, Haugen argues that the progress made in the global fight against poverty means little when citizens’ basic safety is threatened.
At the 2016 Rotary International Convention in Korea, Haugen talked to Rotarians about one of the most harmful forms of what he calls the “everyday violence affecting the world’s poorest people – forced labor, or slavery. “Slavery is not a relic of history,” he said, noting that an estimated 35 million enslaved people are hidden in plain sight, all over the world, generating $150 billion in profits for traffickers who seldom face prosecution. “It’s vaster and more brutal than ever. And it’s more stoppable than ever.
Haugen sat down with contributor Sallyann Price in Seoul to talk about the importance of addressing violence and safety in development work. ” -International Justice Mission
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11) Free the Slaves:
“Movement Building
We champion unified anti-slavery efforts. Our Freedom from Slavery Forum bolsters collaboration, while our survivor networks amplify the voices of people with lived experiences, ensuring impactful strategies and optimized resources. Together, we strengthen the fight against modern slavery.
Influencing Policymakers and Advocating for Change
We aim to reshape policies that enable slavery by urging governments and power structures to enact systemic changes and robust enforcement. Through our pivotal role in Alliance 8.7 and strategic collaborations with partners, we drive legal reforms from the international stage to local communities. Our efforts make it increasingly difficult for traffickers to operate.
Engaging Local Communities
We mobilize and empower at-risk communities through targeted training and connections to resources, fostering grassroots resistance against slavery. Our community-centric approach amplifies human and labor rights, thereby creating resilience against exploitation.
Continuous Learning
In response to the evolving challenges of modern slavery, Free the Slaves conducts in-depth research to guide the movement. Our analysis integrates both survivor experiences and academic methodologies, allowing us to continually refine and update our anti-slavery initiatives.” – Free the Slaves
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12) Shared Hope International:
“What We Do
Shared Hope International is dedicated to bringing an end to sex trafficking through our three-prong approach.
Our story began in 1998 when U.S. Congresswoman Linda Smith traveled into the heart of the brothel district in Mumbai, India. The brutal sexual slavery and exploitation of women and children she witnessed there inspired her to establish Shared Hope International to help bring healing to devastated lives. Our dynamic story of prevention, restoration and justice initiatives has continued unbroken, as you will see as you scroll through the timeline that follows this brief video. (Alternatively begin at the bottom to watch our history unfold.)” -Shared Hope International
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13) Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW):
“The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) is a network of non-governmental organisations from all regions of the world, who share a deep concern for the women, children and men whose human rights have been violated by the criminal practice of human trafficking.
GAATW is committed to work for changes in the political, economic, social and legal systems and structures which contribute to the persistence of trafficking in persons and other human rights violations in the context of migratory movements for diverse purposes, including security of labour and livelihood. In particular, GAATW addresses the diverse issues arising from the trafficking in persons as currently defined in the Palermo Protocol. Within this framework, it addresses the core aspects of trafficking in persons: forced labour and services in all sectors of the formal and informal economy as well as the public and private organisation of work. Furthermore, GAATW promotes and defends the rights and safety of all migrants and their families against the threats of an increasingly globalised and informal labour market.
Principles
GAATW applies a Human Rights Based Approach to address trafficking issues, which means:
Centring the human rights of trafficked persons and those in vulnerable situations, in all anti-trafficking activities
Acknowledging the equality of all persons to exercise, defend and promote their inherent, universal and indivisible human rights
Non-discrimination on any grounds, including – singly or in combination – race, ethnicity, descent, sexual orientation or gender identity, religion, gender, age, migrant status, national or social origin, birth or other status, or occupation (including work in the informal sectors such as domestic work, sex work, etc.)
Primacy of the principles of accountability, participation and inclusivity/non-discrimination in working methodologies, and organisational structures and procedures. In this respect, self-representation and organisation of those directly affected by trafficking are strongly encouraged and supported.
GAATW supports the sharing of knowledge, working experiences and working methodologies amongst its members, in order to enhance the effectiveness of collective anti-trafficking activities.
GAATW welcomes co-operation with all organisations, agencies or persons who share its principles.
GAATW is organisationally independent and will refrain from any party political, governmental, commercial or religious affiliations. However, members are autonomous and free to enter into affiliations of their choice, as long as these are not contradictory to GAATW’s Basic Principles.” -GAATW
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“Our unwavering belief in the power of people united has brought about real change, stretching across every corner of the world. Thanks to years of support from committed supporters like you, the death penalty is abolished in most countries, dangerous spyware used to target activists has been uncovered and seemingly untouchable tyrants have been made to answer for their crimes.
Who is Amnesty International?
Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people who are committed to creating a future where human rights are enjoyed by everyone. United by our shared humanity, we know that the power to create positive change is within all of us.
We are funded by members and people like you. We are independent of any political ideology, economic interest or religion. We stand with victims of human rights violations whoever they are, wherever they are.
No government is beyond scrutiny. We uncover the truth. We hold human rights violators to account.” -Ammesty International
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15) Anti-Slavery International:
“At Anti-Slavery International, we work to end slavery so that everyone can live free from exploitation.
Who we are
Founded in 1839, we are the oldest international human rights organisation in the world. Today, we draw on our experience to work to eliminate all forms of slavery and slavery like practices throughout the world. We are not interested in easy solutions. Instead, we deal with the root causes of slavery and its consequences to achieve sustainable change.
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anti-slavery international strategy
Background
Global human rights instruments and institutions are under significant pressure, the climate is in crisis, and these challenges disproportionately affect poorer communities. Safe migration routes are under threat, creating opportunities for traffickers. Many countries, where slavery is most persistent, are growing economically, and are no longer eligible for development aid.
Across the modern anti-slavery sector there is consensus that responses to date have tended to be piecemeal and the sector uncoordinated, limiting sustainable long-term change to the drivers of modern slavery. Further work is needed to effectively and ethically include survivor voices as the norm. A critical related problem is that funding for the movement is often short term, insufficient and inflexible.
Our emerging strategy responds to these challenges.
Our values
We aim to demonstrate the following values through our work, both internally and externally:
Dynamic
We commit to continuous improvement and do not assume yesterday’s ideas will work today. We are flexible, open-minded, take calculated risks and respond to opportunities.
Inclusive
We believe that everyone has a role in ending slavery, we make sure every voice is respected and nurture diverse perspectives and partnerships to create better solutions. We make sure that those with direct experience of slavery and survivors inform our work.
Transformative
We are determined, taking considered and courageous action that has lasting, systemic impact with humans at its heart.” -Anti-slavery International
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16) Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW):
“Creating a world where no woman or girl is ever bought or sold.
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) is one of the oldest international organizations working to end the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls. Through an approach rooted in women’s rights and human rights principles, we advocate for strong laws and policies, raise public awareness and support survivor leadership.
Legacy of Impact
For three decades, CATW has worked around the world to fight sex trafficking and sexual exploitation, ensure justice is served, and safeguard the rights of all women and girls. -CATW
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17) Human Rights Watch:
“Who We Are
Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world. We are roughly 550 plus people of 70-plus nationalities who are country experts, lawyers, journalists, and others who work to protect the most at risk, from vulnerable minorities and civilians in wartime, to refugees and children in need. We direct our advocacy towards governments, armed groups and businesses, pushing them to change or enforce their laws, policies and practices. To ensure our independence, we refuse government funding and carefully review all donations to ensure that they are consistent with our policies, mission, and values. We partner with organizations large and small across the globe to protect embattled activists and to help hold abusers to account and bring justice to victims.
What We Do
Investigate: Our researchers work in the field in 100 some countries, uncovering facts that create an undeniable record of human rights abuses.
Expose: We tell the stories of what we found, sharing them with millions of social media and online followers each day. News media often report on our investigations, furthering our reach.
Change: We meet with governments, the United Nations, rebel groups, corporations, and others to see that policy is changed, laws are enforced, and justice is served.” -Human Rights Watch
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18) Demand Abolition:
“Who We Are
Demand Abolition is committed to eradicating the illegal commercial sex industry in the US—and, by extension, the world—by combating the demand for purchased sex.
Swanee Hunt (pictured above) is the Founder and Chair of Demand Abolition.
The Issue
The Problem: Commercial Sexual Exploitation
It’s happening here. It’s happening now.
Sex trafficking is a glaring problem in the United States, traumatizing thousands of women and children trapped in prostitution. In 2017, the National Human Trafficking Hotline received over 3,000 reports of sex trafficking from all over the country.
Prostitution is not a victimless crime.
Prostitution, or commercial sexual exploitation, capitalizes on vulnerable women and children. Research shows that most prostituted people want to stop selling sex, but find it difficult to leave due to entrapment, trauma, social stigma, or the sense that there’s no other option.
The men who buy prostituted people, also known as “johns,” play a key role in perpetuating this notorious cycle. In addition to the harm often inflicted on the prostituted person, engaging in paid sex also harms the purchaser, his family, and the community. In our recent national survey, 64% of sex buyers in the United States said they want to stop.
The Solution: End Sex Buying
Men who buy sex create the “demand” that fuels the illegal sex trade. Without buyers, prostitution (and by extension sex trafficking) would cease to exist.
Our nationally-representative survey suggests that 6% of US men have bought sex in the past year. While the majority of men will never purchase a human being for sex, high-frequency buyers (who buy at least once a month) are responsible for three of every four transactions in the illegal sex trade. Learn more about sex buyers
Arresting prostituted persons, whom are often forced or coerced, has not and will never solve the problem; law enforcement and policies must target the buyers who drive this illegal and exploitative market. We must work with law enforcement to avoid penalizing and traumatizing those being exploited, deter men from buying, reduce rates of re-offending, and reserve significant penalties for dangerous and repeat offenders.” -Demand Abolition
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19) Freedom Network USA:
“What We Do
Freedom Network USA is the largest coalition working on human trafficking in the United States. Our network includes survivors, legal and social service providers, researchers, and expert consultants.
We mobilize this collective strength to build a transformative approach to human trafficking that is grounded in anti-racism and anti-oppression. This approach informs our advocacy, training and technical assistance, and capacity-building efforts with members and allies.
Freedom Network USA mobilizes its collective strength to build a transformative approach to human trafficking that is grounded in anti-racism and anti-oppression. Together with our members on the ground, we envision an anti-trafficking movement where survivors have what they need to thrive, including access to holistic services that are available to all, and all advocates are committed to dismantling harmful systems that create vulnerability.
Our Values
We are a value-based network, meaning we come together under shared values and a shared approach to this work.” -Freedom Network USA
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20) Love Justice International:
“What We Do
Stop human trafficking
Over 50 million people live in modern-day slavery because of human trafficking*. We train and place monitors at strategic transit points to identify and stop trafficking as it is occurring, BEFORE people are exploited. To date, we’ve intercepted over 85,000 individuals to prevent them from being trafficked.
*International Labour Organization
Help put traffickers in jail
Since we intercept hundreds of people monthly, intervening as the crime of trafficking occurs, we’re able to collect immensely valuable data on traffickers and their networks. Through our data analysis and investigations, we’ve helped authorities arrest over 1,800 suspects in connection with our anti-trafficking work. Read more here.
Care for the most vulnerable
Love Justice was established with the opening of family homes in some of the poorest parts of the world, caring for orphaned and abandoned children. We also operate a school in South Asia, empowering students to become difference makers in the world through excellent education.” -Love Justice International
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21) The Exodus Road:
“We have a vision for a world where no human is bought, sold, or exploited
We partner with law enforcement to find and free trafficked people, train and educate officers and everyday citizens to protect their communities, and empower survivors with restorative care on their journey into freedom.
On the front lines of the fight to end human trafficking.
We disrupt the darkness of modern-day slavery by partnering with law enforcement to fight human trafficking crime, equipping communities to protect the vulnerable, and empowering survivors as they walk into freedom.
Training & Education
Harnessing collective expertise in the global fight against trafficking, our TraffickWatch Academy program educates law enforcement, NGO practitioners, students, and communities with engaging, quality content from diverse leaders in the counter-trafficking community.
Intervention
For the last decade, The Exodus Road has become an expert in helping police find and free survivors and arrest traffickers for legal prosecution. We train local investigators, identify victims, build effective cases, and support law enforcement in operations.
Aftercare
In addition to providing crisis care workers and social workers on our Intervention teams, our Aftercare program serves survivors and the exploited in the countries where we work.
Using a trauma-informed approach and working in collaboration with other NGO partners, we uniquely tailor aftercare services to fit those in greatest need in the areas where we operate.” -The Exodus Road
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22) Rapha International:
“Rapha International is dedicated to providing care for survivors of trafficking and abuse and working to prevent exploitation in vulnerable communities.
In 2003, Rapha’s first Survivor Care campus was established in Battambang, Cambodia. Since then, three more residential Survivor Care campuses, three Prevention Centers, and four community-based service centers have been established in Cambodia, Thailand, Haiti, and the United States. Over the last 20 years, thousands have been impacted by Rapha’s mission- to end the trafficking and sexual abuse of children- one child, one family, and one community at a time.
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RAPHA’S HISTORY
A VISION FROM CAMBODIAN LEADERS
Rapha International is dedicated to providing care for survivors of trafficking and abuse and working to prevent exploitation in vulnerable communities.
In 2003, Rapha’s first Survivor Care campus was established in Battambang, Cambodia. Since then, three more residential Survivor Care campuses, three Prevention Centers, and four community-based service centers have been established in Cambodia, Thailand, Haiti, and the United States. Over the last 20 years, thousands have been impacted by Rapha’s mission- to end the trafficking and sexual abuse of children- one child, one family, and one community at a time.
Rapha International’s model has a proven impact in the fight against human trafficking. Founded in 2003, Rapha began working with child victims of human trafficking in Battambang, Cambodia in that year. In 2009, Rapha began serving trafficking victims in Chiang Mai, Thailand and opened its first Prevention Program – in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In 2012, another Prevention Program was established in Battambang, Cambodia. Rapha began its work with trafficking survivors in Haiti in 2014, and opened Survivor Care Campuses in Siem Reap, Cambodia and a Prevention Program in Mae Sot, Thailand in 2016. In 2020, Rapha opened up the Rapha Hope & Healing Center in Joplin, Missouri.
OUR VALUES
Rapha International is a public benefit 501c3 nonprofit committed to ending the trafficking and sexual abuse of children. Founded in 2003, Rapha continues to provide care for survivors of trafficking and abuse and working to prevent exploitation in vulnerable communities. Rapha’s vision is to see all children living in sustainable freedom within safe communities.
Rapha is a faith-based organization that takes seriously the scripture that reads: “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with action and in truth” (1 John 3:18). It is with compassion energized and sustained by love that we act on behalf of victimized and vulnerable children. Though we are faith-based, we offer aid without requiring those that we help to embrace our faith. When Jesus fed the 5,000 he did not withhold from those who refused to believe. He gave freely, and so do we.” -Rapha International
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23) Free the Girls:
“Our Work
We are an international counter-trafficking organization working with survivors of sex trafficking to help them answer the question of “What next?” Our mission lies beyond exiting interventions or acute aftercare; we are dedicated to addressing key causes of vulnerability – isolation and poverty – that often led to exploitation in the first place. Our foundation lies in providing tools and opportunities for survivors as they rise above poverty, paving their path to financial freedom while building a strong social support network, granting them the capacity to earn a sustainable livable wage while they focus on all others areas of healing. With over 13 years of experience in this field, we’ve learned to be adaptable and responsive to the unique needs of different communities and that each woman is unique in how she defines success. This allows us to co-create programs with the women and find innovative solutions that work within their lived context, ensuring they can regain control of their life but also that the next generation are able to break cycles of poverty and isolation in creative, sustainable, and generative ways.
About Us:
Free The Girls is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization offering sustainable economic opportunities among other integral reintegrative services to survivors of sex trafficking.
Free The Girls is firmly focused on reintegration, specifically by providing a sustainable path out of poverty for women who have been exploited through sex trafficking. We do that through micro-entrepreneurship. While it may not intuitively seem to be the first step for women to begin their healing from the trauma of exploitation, economic empowerment is vital for that healing process. If a woman is unable to meet her basic needs of food and shelter it is very likely she will go back into a life of survival sex work.” -Free The Girls
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24) Meninadanca:
“The BR-116 is Brazil’s longest and busiest highway and the fourth-longest road in the world. But it is also known as the worst road in the world for the sexual exploitation of children.
According to a Government study, along its 2,700 miles there are at least 262 places where it is known children are sold for sex – or, on average, one every ten miles
The worst rate of child sexual exploitation on the BR-116 is along a 300km stretch in the north of Minas Gerais state and south of Bahia state known as the child prostitution corridor.
It is where our five Pink Houses reach out to hundreds of vulnerable girls every day.
Leilah
Eleven-year-old Leilah was the first girl we met, standing on the side of the BR-116 at 2 o’clock in the morning.
Every night she would sell her body to truck drivers so her family could buy food.
“When a trucker is finished he throws me out,” she told us. “Sometimes they just kick me out of the cabin onto the tarmac. It’s a long way down.”
Meeting Leilah alerted us to the hidden tragedy of child sexual exploitation along the BR-116, and was the start of our work with vulnerable girls along the motorway.
Child Sexual Exploitation In Brazil:
Brazil is considered the country with the second highest rates of child sexual exploitation in the world.
Every 24 hours 320 children are sexual exploited in the country, according to Brazil’s Human Rights Secretariat. The real numbers are much higher however – another study found that only 7 in ever 100 cases are reported.
Most of the victims of child sexual exploitation are aged between 7 and 14, 75% are girls, and most are black.
Sex Trafficking
On the BR-116
The US Department of State describes Brazil is a source, transit and destination country for human trafficking.
No-where is the practise more intense than on the BR-116, Brazil’s main transport artery which cuts through some of the country’s poorest regions.
Along the 300km stretch of the highway where Meninadança works, known as the ‘child prostitution corridor’, 90.4% of communities have a human development index of low or very low. Many are known as supply towns for child sexual exploitation and are targeted by trafficking gangs.
It is not uncommon in these communities for young girls to go missing and never be seen again.
The Culture Of Exploitation
Brazil has been criticised for its failure to counter a cultural acceptance of child sexual exploitation, demonstrated by recent court decisions in which men had been found not guilty of rape with girls as young as 12 because they were regarded as prostitutes.
This is accentuated along the BR-116, where for many decades prostitution became seen as a legitimate way for women and girls to make a living.
In communities where Meninadança works many families still look to their young daughters to supplement the family income, and it is common for girls to suffer abuse at home as an initiation into sexual exploitation.
“My childhood was stolen on the BR-116. But Meninadanca gave me back my happiness, my hopes, and my dreams” -Bia, 16
The Baptist Centre, Twyford Rd, Bishop’s Stortford Herts CM23 3LJ
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© 2025 Meninadança / Registered UK charity No 1095638 / Data Protection Policy” -Meninandanc
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25) Human Trafficking Foundation:
“The Human Trafficking Foundation grew out of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery with three objectives:
To shape policy and legislation by equipping parliamentarians and policy makers, lead government departments, local authorities, police and statutory agencies to better understand the extent and nature of human trafficking, and the need to adjust rapidly to changing trends;
To provide a sustained and collective voice amongst NGOs, civil society, and voluntary organisations fighting modern day slavery so that short-comings in current policy can be identified and addressed, and how that can best be tackled; and
Identifying opportunities for new and different types of intervention within the rapidly evolving landscape of human trafficking.
The Human Trafficking Foundation is committed to leading change through unity. We partner with all individuals and organisations working to tackle human trafficking and share facts to enable partners to draw their own conclusions. We are proactive in our approach, seeking out trends and issues and bringing together multi-agency partners to create practical solutions.
We facilitate both inclusive and collaborative working, welcoming all perspectives to find common ground in order to tackle human trafficking.
We learn from all partners and equip anyone involved in anti-trafficking with knowledge to bridge gaps and create change.
We elevate all voices equally and identify opportunities to evolve the response to human trafficking.” -The Human Trafficking Foundation
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“Who is La Strada International?
La Strada International is a European NGO Platform against human trafficking, that works from a human rights perspective in support of trafficked persons. The platform aims to prevent human trafficking and to protect and realise trafficked persons’ rights. This is done by providing access to adequate assistance and support to victims, and via information and knowledge exchange, capacity building of NGOs and other stakeholders and cross-sectoral cooperation. Focus is on monitoring and advocacy for change to ensure accountability for the effective implementation of European Anti-Trafficking policies and regulations.” La Strada International
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27) Stop the Traffik:
“2005: Inception
STOP THE TRAFFIK was founded in 2005 as a coalition campaigning to bring an end to human trafficking worldwide.
2008: 1.5 million signatures
Support snowballed, and after overwhelming grassroots backing, we presented 1.5 million signatures to the UN in February 2008, taking a transformational approach that began to shift the public debate and said, ‘We have to supplement rescue with prevention.’
STOP THE TRAFFIK subsequently became the UN special advisor on community action against trafficking and later provided expertise informing part of the UK Modern Slavery Act (2015).
2017: Traffik Analysis Hub
2017 saw the development of the Traffik Analysis Hub in partnership with IBM, translating the largest collection of survivor stories into a comprehensive and interactive database. We know that there is a power in numbers and it’s this strength that enables our database of survivor stories to stand strong against MSHT.
Our belief
We believe that MSHT thrives so long as its profits move unimpeded through financial institutions, businesses overlook exploitation in their supply chain and vulnerable communities remain unaware of how and where traffickers operate.
While trafficking remains hidden, it will continue to thrive. Continuing to enrich our database is crucial to strengthening the hand of those who advocate against these three pillars that prop up trafficking.
So, how do we do it?
We hold partnerships with leading financial institutions, supporting them to find and squash laundered MSHT profits through their systems.
We provide bespoke business consultancy that holds million-pound corporations to account, giving them the tools to spot and eradicate MSHT in their supply chains.
We launch geo-targeted social media campaigns informing at-risk groups how to spot the signs of trafficking, where to report it and offering legitimate alternative recruitment pathways to vulnerable, hard-to-reach communities. In the last two years, we have reached almost two million people in the UK that our data identified as being at risk of trafficking.
All three facets depend on the data that shines a light on these human rights abuses and helps us work, intelligently, to prevent them.” -Stop the Traffik
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28) A21:
“Our Theory of Change
But all over the world, the cycle of trafficking is breaking. And one life at a time, this is how we end slavery.
Reach, Recover, & Restore
Because the problem looks different everywhere we work, so do we. Our programs are designed to work together, but can also stand alone–filling critical gaps in the countries & communities we work in.
Reach is the difference between vulnerability and safety.
Educating and equipping everyone to understand, identify, and reduce the risk of human trafficking through programs like educational curriculum, prevention programs, and awareness campaigns.” -A21
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29) United Against Human Trafficking:
“Our Mission
To end human trafficking through preventing exploitation, educating the community, and empowering survivors.
Our Vision
We fight so that all may live free.
We believe that no human life should be for sale. Children, teens, and adults of all genders are exploited for sex and labor in our city every day. We exist to change that.
Preventing Exploitation
To fully end human trafficking, we must both support survivors and prevent people from ever being abused. By learning how to recognize the signs of trafficking, teens know how to stay safe and avoid exploitation. Informed kids are less likely to succumb to traffickers’ tactics.
Educating the Community
Education prepares the community. Through educational trainings, we prepare professionals, first responders, and community members to recognize and address human trafficking situations. Institutions become qualified to aid victims and survivors with a trauma-informed approach. Through our podcast, community members learn how to break down the systems that enable trafficking to flourish.
Empowering Survivors
Outreach prevents exploitation and empowers victims and survivors. Through case management, support groups, and direct outreach, we bridge the gap between service providers and those who need them. We interact with overlooked people to identify exploitation and empower them with appropriate resources for restoration.
Human trafficking is a violation of basic human rights and should be addressed as such. Together, we must restore that basic human right to every trafficked person—freedom.” -United Against Human Trafficking
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30) Our Rescue:
“How We Work
From prevention to intervention, Our Rescue is there when needed. We work with partners and communities around the globe to provide essential services to people who have been or could be sex trafficked and exploited. Our unique approach lies in the way we integrate support and resources for law enforcement during rescue efforts AND provide survivor care at scale—a critical differentiator that amplifies our impact.
Field Operations
The Our Rescue Field Operations team responds directly to government requests. We provide intelligence, digital forensics, specialized training, and more to support law enforcement in identifying predators and rescuing survivors.
Survivor Care
Our Survivor Care teams are dedicated to empowering survivors. We offer tailored support and collaborate with other organizations to provide personalized, trauma-informed services. Our work continues long after the rescue, ensuring survivors have the necessary resources to reclaim their lives.
Education and Prevention
We provide educational resources to raise awareness about the complexities of sex trafficking and child exploitation. As change agents, our goal is to help everyone understand, fight, and prevent these crimes online and within their homes, workplaces, and communities around the world.” -Our Rescue
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“The Truth About Human Trafficking in Canada
Education is our greatest weapon
Human trafficking is happening in cities and towns across our country. Every day, at-risk youth and adults are manipulated and forced to participate in the sex trade or labour market. What starts as a seemingly innocent conversation online or in real life can quickly turn into something sinister that affects lives forever.
It can happen anywhere at anytime.
Education is our greatest weapon
The more we know and understand about human trafficking, the more we can do to stop it.
Education is our greatest weapon in the prevention of human trafficking. When we know who is most vulnerable and the signs to watch for, we can all take steps to prevent it from happening.
Everyone plays a role in prevention. Working together, we can prevent human trafficking in communities across Canada.
Empowering Survivors: Offering Hope and Healing
We are Canada’s leading authority on human trafficking and also provide support for survivors of this horrific crime. It’s a responsibility we take seriously. Every survivor of human trafficking has a unique path to healing, and we understand the importance of providing nurturing, understanding, and steadfast support. Much like a trusted friend, we walk alongside survivors through each step of their journey, advocating for their needs and providing the kind of support that fosters empowerment and healing.
What sets The Joy Smith Foundation apart is our depth of understanding of the human trafficking experience and our commitment to addressing each survivor’s unique needs. We are more than supporters; we are partners in their journey towards healing and hope.
The Joy Smith Foundation has helped over 7000+ human trafficking survivors and their families restore their lives.
There is hope! Survivors can heal. Families can be reunited. Justice can be served.” -The Joy Smith Foundation
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32) Ally Global Foundation:
“Ally Global Foundation is a Canadian charity dedicated to preventing sex trafficking and exploitation, and providing long-term care for survivors.
Ally was founded in 2019 with the core belief that every child has the right to a safe and free childhood. Whether it’s research, prevention, aftercare or education—around the world or around the corner—we do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes to protect children from sex trafficking and exploitation.
Collaboration is at the heart of our programs.
By partnering with frontline experts, we’re able to provide the highest level of care for every child in our safe homes and facilitate successful prevention programs driven by the unique needs of each community.
Behind every initiative at Ally is a team of dedicated individuals who believe in protecting childhood.
Our leadership team brings a wealth of experience in international development, research and the nonprofit sector—but more importantly, they share a deep commitment to creating a world where every child is safe and free.
We are committed to transparency and accountability.
Every dollar entrusted to Ally is used with care to maximize impact. Ally Global Foundation is audited by KPMG and advised by Miller Thomson.” -Ally Global Foundation
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33) Unbound Now:
“Since the beginning, it has been our aim to fight for the protection of the vulnerable, identify the exploited, and advocate for survivors on their path to restoration.
Unbound Now was born when an ordinary group of people encountered exploitation and decided they could no longer sit on the sidelines.
Unbound Now is a national nonprofit with 24/7 services across Texas and Louisiana.
We are motivated by our faith and passionate about mobilizing communities, including local law enforcement, churches, and professionals across industries to identify and respond to human trafficking in their city.” -Unbound Now
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34) National Human Trafficking Training Academy (NHTTAC):
“NHTTAC delivers training and technical assistance (T/TA) on behalf of the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) to inform and enhance the public health response to human trafficking. Operating under the Administration for Children and Families within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, OTIP’s mission is to combat human trafficking by supporting and leading systems that prevent trafficking through public awareness and to protect victims through identification and assistance, helping them rebuild their lives and become self-sufficient. NHTTAC supports OTIP in developing and delivering training and technical assistance that strengthens anti-trafficking work and aids OTIP in fulfilling its mission.
The National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC) is a service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Trafficking in Persons. NHTTAC works to strengthen the public health response to human trafficking. We provide training and technical assistance to increase knowledge, skills, and partnerships to prevent forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation.
NHTTAC is committed to building the capacity of practitioners, organizations, and communities to:
Increase identification and access to trauma-informed services for individuals who have experienced trafficking
Strengthen the short-, medium-, and long-term health and well-being of individuals and their families who have experienced trafficking or who are at risk of trafficking
Enhance the capacity of health care, behavioral health, public health, and social services to identify and respond appropriately to individuals who have experienced trafficking or who are at risk of trafficking
Reduce the individual, social, and institutional risk factors that contribute to human trafficking perpetration and victimization.” -NHTTAC
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35) Safe House Project:
“We know you want to end child sex trafficking. But it can be discouraging when you feel uncertain whether your contributions are truly making a difference. You deserve to know that your donations are changing lives and bringing hope to children impacted by this heinous crime.
Our Mission
Our mission is to raise the identification rate of survivors beyond one percent through education, provide emergency services to survivors, and ensure that every survivor has access to safe housing and holistic care.” -Safe House Project
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36) 3 Strands Global Foundation:
“3Strands Global Foundation was founded in response to an event that shook a small, tight-knit California community. A young girl was trafficked for 8 days before she was recovered by law enforcement. This would later spark the creation of PROTECT prevention education, which has gone on to educate hundreds of thousands of students on how to stay safe from human trafficking.
The 3SGF team then recognized that there needed to be more resources available to survivors and those who face barriers to sustainable economic opportunities. With this in mind, 3SGF launched the Employ + Empower program, which has helped support and economically empower hundreds of individuals.
Our Approach
Human trafficking is a heartbreaking issue. Although we’ve heard story after story of the negative impacts that it has on an individual and read about the long term effects that this kind of trauma has, there is hope.
We hold so much hope. We have hope because we know that prevention works.
Prevention is possible because of strength and resilience of folks that have experienced human trafficking carrying the courage, determination, and boldness to help us communicate what it looks like, and how a community can step in and make a difference.
Prevention is the key to ending human trafficking.
Prevention is the cornerstone in the battle against human trafficking. For over a decade, we have stood at the forefront of this mission, driven by an unwavering commitment to creating innovative, adaptable, and integrity-focused solutions. Our approach rests on three foundational pillars: education, employment, and engagement. These pillars empower communities to recognize and resist exploitation, equip educators with essential tools to identify and address risk factors, and provide those who have endured trafficking with the support they need to heal and rebuild their lives.
Through our programs, grounded in rigorous data and research, we aim to address the root causes of trafficking by tackling the underlying vulnerabilities that lead to exploitation. Our approach is holistic and trauma-informed, meaning that every individual receives comprehensive support tailored to their needs, from emotional and psychological care to educational and economic empowerment.
Our strategy is both dynamic and evidence-based: we build programs carefully designed to make a difference, then continuously measure and analyze their effectiveness. We are committed to a cycle of learning and improvement, using the insights gained from our experiences to adapt and enhance our interventions. By modifying and refining our programs, we ensure they remain relevant and effective, allowing us to respond to the evolving challenges of human trafficking. Together, through proactive prevention and targeted support, we move closer to a world free from exploitation.
How do we do this? We build, measure, learn, and then we modify.” -3 Strands Global Foundation
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37) Nomi Network:
“Our Mission
Our mission is to end human trafficking by creating pathways to safe employment, empowering women and girls to break cycles of exploitation in their families and communities.
At Nomi Network, we recognize the importance of using every dollar effectively to advance our mission of ending human trafficking.
We are committed to the highest standards of financial transparency and accountability.
Nomi Network is part of the global effort to end human trafficking in our lifetime.
In our work, we see that poverty and economic marginalization are primary drivers that make women and girls vulnerable to exploitation.
By creating pathways to safe employment and economic stability, we prevent trafficking and empower women to rewrite the narratives for future generations. ” -Nomi Network
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38) Reintegra:
“Reintegra is an anti-human trafficking organization that supports women as they rebuild their lives and reintegrate into society. We offer community structure of love and encouragement to foster and support dreams of a better future. We provide financial, emotional, and psychological resources to facilitate restoration and healing.
Grant Recipients
Reintegra has supported over 26 women since 2015. Some wish to not be mentioned, we honor their privacy
Our Team
The Reintegra Int’l team is based in both Mexico and the US, working collaboratively to provide support and encouragement to those that have been impacted by human trafficking. Our staff plays a crucial role in aiding the transition from recovery to reintegration. Together, we provide a path forward for those impacted by human trafficking to thrive.” -Rintegra
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39) The Cupcake Girls:
“RESPECT. RESOURCES. RELATIONSHIPS.
The Cupcake Girls provides confidential support to those involved in the sex industry, as well as trauma-informed outreach, advocacy, holistic resources, and referral services to provide prevention and aftercare to those affected by sex trafficking.
We provide nonjudgmental support to empower our program participants in their pursuits through respect, resources, and relationships.
MISSION
The Cupcake Girls provides confidential support to those involved in the sex industry, as well as trauma-informed outreach, advocacy, holistic resources, and referral services to provide prevention and aftercare to those affected by sex trafficking.
We provide nonjudgmental support to empower our program participants in their pursuits through respect, resources, and relationships.
The Cupcake Girls envisions a world where sex trafficking is eradicated and consensual sex workers are safe and empowered. Our team of leaders, mentors, advocates, volunteers, and resource partners provide diverse support with an emphasis on empowering our program participants in their pursuits and becoming mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually, financially, and relationally balanced and thriving.
Our team at The Cupcake Girls strives for nuance, compassion, and innovation every day by working with hundreds of volunteers and community partners to provide excellent care while maintaining holistic balance to ensure longevity and health within The Cupcake Girls.
Equity AT THE CUPCAKE GIRLS
The Cupcake Girls remain committed to personal and organizational development so that we can show up well for those around us. In 2021, we formed an official Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) committee to guide us toward becoming a more equitable organization. Since then, we’ve progressively spent more time bringing additional intention and focus to these efforts.
In 2023, our JEDI committee began outlining themes for the year, guiding our work, and providing more learning opportunities, discussion, and reflection among our staff, board members, and volunteers. Here are the topics and workshops we covered for each quarter:
Q1: Intersections of Oppression in Sex Work & Sex Trafficking
Our goal for the first quarter was to focus on the intersections of oppression folks in the adult industry face. In doing so, it was important for us to draw a clear distinction between sex work and sex trafficking. Among our team, we discussed the history of sex work and the various systems of oppression directly impacting our program participants. To close the quarter, in March, we hosted a community education panel to further explore these topics. The panel featured speakers from SWAID, Las Vegas Red Umbrella Collective, and Fifth Sun Project.
Q2: Privilege & Bias
In the second quarter, our staff, board, and volunteers continued our guided learning and shifted our focus to privilege and bias. We explored privilege, especially as it relates to different identities and life experiences. We also discussed the difference between implicit and explicit bias, how they drive our thoughts and behaviors, and how to become more conscious of harmful beliefs and behaviors so we can change them.
Q3: Cultural Humility & Accountability
Our focus for the third quarter was to move from our conversations on bias to ways we can individually show up well for folks who have different experiences and identities than our own. That looks different for everyone, so we continued to focus on an intersectional lens for our learning. We also discussed taking accountability for harm, and acknowledging how important it is to consider the impact of our actions (how they affect others) over our intent (what we mean to do).
Q4: Cultural Competence
Our last quarter of the year was about cultural competence including topics such as representation vs. tokenism, and calling in vs. calling out. We closed the year with an interactive virtual workshop on cultural competence. Although our JEDI committee led the session, our board, staff, and volunteers worked together in breakout rooms to build content to present to the larger group.
We continued this work in March 2024 with a workshop on systems of oppression and mental health, facilitated by Equitable Care Certification (ECC). ECC was created by sex workers, sex work-affirming therapists, and sex-working therapists. They offer a comprehensive 12-course certification for both licensed & unlicensed mental health professionals to provide equitable care to their clients. [link to their site]
Our team has actively chosen to prioritize growth over comfort in these efforts. We’ve had powerful discussions, asked meaningful questions, and walked away from these sessions with resources for continued education and concrete ways to put what we’ve learned into practice.
This year, we continue to provide similar monthly and quarterly learning opportunities for our team. We look forward to continuing this journey of learning and application as an organization and as community members. We’re excited for even more collaboration, education, and growth this year, and we hope you’ll join us. Keep an eye on our social media and newsletters for opportunities to participate!
(Updated: June 2024) -The Cupcake Girls
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*Spiritual Alchemy Foundation of Enlightenment Inc.:
..This is my Nonprofit. A Gnostic Evangelical Christian Ministry dedicated to Human Trafficking Awareness, Prevention, and Intervention. Religious and spiritual analysis of dominating world beliefs and their correlation with the human trafficking phenomenon. Ideological and Spiritual Warfare specialist. I am after the god of human trafficking, the god of this world, the god of man…. #QuantumMinister
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Religious & Faith-Based Organizations
40) *Tim Tebow Foundation:
“The latest global estimates reported in 2022 show that human trafficking has increased by nearly 10 million people in the last five years, according to the International Labour Organization, Walk Free, and the International Organization for Migration.
Child sexual exploitation is another horrific evil hidden in the darkness that is affecting millions of minors across the world. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received nearly 85 million pictures and videos depicting child sexual abuse worldwide in 2021.
Women, children, and men are being captured, exploited, and abused on a daily basis in every country around the world. The statistics are overwhelming, but hope is not lost. The Tim Tebow Foundation is committed to advancing this fight for the millions who have been trafficked, exploited and/or who are at risk of becoming victims.
Through direct services as well as partnerships with ministries, the Tim Tebow Foundation is currently fighting against human trafficking and child exploitation in more than a dozen countries around the world.
Prevention: We are dedicated to ending this cycle before it begins through prevention with education, training, and new policies.
Rescue: We are actively responding to this crisis by partnering with those executing physical rescue missions and those providing for the immediate needs of survivors.
Survivor Care: We are deeply committed to supporting survivors’ long-term recovery through communities of care, providing them with tools for physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual healing; thus empowering their liberation from the cycle of trauma in their lives and finding their new life of freedom.” -Tim Tebow Foundation
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41) Agape International Mission:
“BUILD A LEGACY MEASURED IN LIVES RESCUED, HEALED, AND TRANSFORMED.
AIM is a movement dedicated to empowering followers of Jesus to rescue and heal survivors of sex trafficking. Our holistic model doesn’t just address symptoms of trafficking; it strikes at the very roots of exploitation and has transformed the most severe trafficking communities in the world.
RESCUE
Where freedom begins
Since 2014, AIM SWAT has worked closely with local law enforcement to lead rescue missions that free survivors from human trafficking. Every investigation results in the arrest of traffickers and the immediate rescue of individuals trapped in exploitation. These operations are critical in delivering real, tangible freedom to those who need it most.
In nearly 20 years, thousands of survivors have been rescued and hundreds of traffickers arrested.
In the tight and winding streets of Phnom Penh, neon lights flash with phrases like “Honey Honey Bar”, “Why Not Bar”, or, just simply “KTV”. Signs out front advertise intimate massages, cheap drinks, and good times, but behind closed doors, there are women and minors waiting for rescue.
Why Cambodia? The country’s unique economic challenges, history, and geographic location made it a hub for targeting, transporting, and harboring trafficking victims. It used to be the child sex trafficking capital of the world, but change is happening…
Cambodia is listed as Tier 3 in the Trafficking in Persons Report
In the beautiful and vibrant areas of Belize, such as San Pedro, Punta Gorda, and Belize City, we understand the importance of empowering local communities with a comprehensive approach to safeguarding vulnerable children.
We are inspired by the dedication of Belizean government agencies, who have demonstrated a strong commitment to making a lasting impact and aligning with our mission to combat sex trafficking. By working together to address exploitation, our partnership aims to provide sustainable solutions that empower the community and ensure the safety of their youth.
Belize is listed as Tier 2 in the Trafficking in Persons Report
AIM’s Response
AIM is working to rescue, heal and empower survivors of trafficking to be free. Because this work doesn’t stop at the rescue. For these girls to truly heal and grow, they need to feel the unconditional, relentless love of Christ. When this love is shown, survivors understand their true worth and value, and then they are able to become truly free. Some even join the fight alongside AIM, helping others like them as social workers, teachers, and more!
In addition to this, our protection programs are targeting the root of the issue by addressing the demand for purchased sex and protecting the vulnerable in the community.” -Agape International Missions
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42) Rahab Ministries:
“RAHAB Ministries invites survivors of sex trafficking into safe spaces and relationships, showing them their true worth and introducing them to the love God has for them.
RAHAB Ministries began with one woman who had a heart to serve the women who were being trafficked in Akron, OH. She went out into the streets to connect with them, offering conversation, kindness, prayers and helping any way she could. More than twenty years later, this heart to love like Jesus in the darkest of circumstances remains the foundation of our work.
Over the years RAHAB’s services have expanded to multiple Northeast Ohio counties and includes Outreach on streets, in strip clubs and in jail facilities, two Drop-In Homes, and mentoring and case management services for youth. In all of our programs, RAHAB staff and volunteers continue to serve survivors by offering safe, non-judgmental connection and assistance as the first steps towards freedom.
Mission Statement:
RAHAB Ministries provides Christ-centered transformational services to those directly affected by sex trafficking.
For more information about any of our programs, which serve Northeast Ohio, please contact us.
Outreach
RAHAB Ministries started with one woman who went into the streets of Akron to meet women who were being trafficked, offering kindness, prayers, and any possible assistance. Today, more than twenty years later, RAHAB carries on this work by sending teams of trained staff and volunteers into the streets and strip clubs of Stark, Summit, and Cuyahoga Counties to build relationships, offer support, and share the love of Jesus with women in these spaces. The women we encounter often ask for prayer from the female volunteers who interact with them, while men on the teams wait, pray, and guide our teams. RAHAB volunteers go out on a weekly or monthly basis to build consistent relationships and bring light into dark places.
We are deeply grateful to the following individuals and organizations who have generously sponsored one of RAHAB’s Outreach Teams in 2025 to ensure this important work is carried out!
Jail Ministries
RAHAB’s trained staff and volunteers connect with incarcerated women by leading group Bible Studies, conducting 1:1 video calls, and in-person visits in correctional facilities in Summit and Stark Counties. Although Bible studies are optional, it is not unusual for more than half of the women in a facility to choose to attend and the women have frequently requested to have our Jail Ministry teams visit more often! This ministry provides a unique opportunity to build relationships with women during their incarceration that can transition with them upon their release, providing critical support for re-entry.
Drop-In Homes
RAHAB’s adult Drop-In Homes are intentionally located in Akron and Canton in neighborhoods where crime, prostitution, and other activities that lead to trafficking are prevalent. Open on weekdays, women can stop in for family-style meals, Bible Studies, encouragement and friendship. They are able to shop the free boutique for clothing and hygiene items, can take a shower, receive referrals for additional services specific to their needs, and build a support network. The homes are a safe haven, a respite, and a place where staff and volunteers connect and build intentional relationships with women who visit.
If you believe the Drop-In Home would be helpful for you and your circumstances, please click here for more information on visiting!
Adult Mentoring
RAHAB partners with the RISE court program at Akron Municipal Court to provide 1:1 mentoring services to adult women who have experienced sex trafficking and/or exploitation.
Minor Mentoring
RAHAB provides Minor Mentoring for youth aged 12-17 who have been directly affected by sex trafficking in Summit, Stark, Cuyahoga, and Portage Counties. Youth are paired with a healthy adult mentor who meets with them weekly because the presence of a loving, consistent adult can bring healing and the Hope of Jesus into the lives of survivors. Weekly programming and mentoring instill self-esteem and coping skills as mentors strive to reflect the love of Christ to youth.
RAHAB receives referrals for Minor Mentoring through our partnerships with Summit County Juvenile Court’s Restore Court docket, the first juvenile human trafficking docket certified by the Ohio Supreme Court, Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court’s Safe Harbor Docket, and Akron Municipal Court’s Rise Court for adult survivors. We also accept referrals from the community at large to provide Minor Mentoring to youth who have been sex trafficked. To refer a youth to Minor Mentoring, please click here.
RAHAB also has two juvenile mentoring centers named Selah’s Place, in Akron & Cleveland, for youth to visit with their mentor to spend time, receive clothing or hygiene items, and enjoy a volunteer-prepared meal. Selah’s place is made possible by our partnership with Restore Court and by the generosity of donors like you throughout the community.
The Willows – Youth Case Management
RAHAB Ministries provides community-based, family-focused case management and respite services through The Willows program. The Willows operates in Summit, Stark, Cuyahoga and Portage Counties to serve youth between the ages of 12 -17 who have experienced sex trafficking and their families. All youth who are in The Willows program also receive 1:1 mentoring services.
To refer a youth to The Willows, please click here.
Education and Training
Education and training are key to preventing and identifying human trafficking. RAHAB representatives have spoken at faith-based churches and events, state-wide conferences, large corporations, top hospitals, law enforcement and first-responder organizations, school in-services, businesses, civic organizations, and many others.
RAHAB is proud to provide free Community Trainings throughout Northeast Ohio that are open to the public for those who want to learn more about sex trafficking in our local community and related topics. To see a list of training topics, upcoming dates, and register, please visit our Community Trainings page.
To request a speaker to provide specialized training or updates on RAHAB’s programs for your event or organization, please click here.” -Rahab Ministries
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43) Destiny Rescue:
Destiny Rescue is a global Christian non-governmental organization (NGO) that has restored hope to thousands of children enduring sexual exploitation and human trafficking through rescue operations and reintegration programming operated in regions throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America.
By building strong partnerships with government entities, law enforcement and like-minded organizations, we continue to expand our work and offer freedom to children in need across the globe.
We’re so grateful thousands of survivors have bravely accepted that offer and are continuing their journey toward freedom.
Rescue alone doesn’t ensure freedom.
Post-rescue, a survivor’s next steps are determined based on his or her unique situation, including the vulnerabilities that led to exploitation and local legal procedure.
When a child enters our care, we carefully address each unique vulnerability that led to her exploitation.
Each survivor enrolled in our programming receives support to return to school or achieve financial independence. During their enrollment, children participate in dynamic trauma resilience training and hear the saving message of the gospel.
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44) Elijah Rising:
“Elijah Rising was founded in 2012 as a prayer gathering that focused on ending sex trafficking in Houston. Across Houston women and girls were being sold for sex, but there was little outcry, so Elijah Rising began hosting Van Tours and showing the public that sex trafficking is happening across our city.
The Heart of Our Mission
This scripture became the heart of our mission—to see injustice undone and the exploited set free. But the path wasn’t easy. As we expanded our outreach, we realized we lacked the resources needed to truly help these women. They needed housing, trauma therapy, legal aid, education, employment opportunities, and, most importantly, a safe community.
The Breakthrough: A New Model of Care
Driven by this massive need, we worked tirelessly to create a long-term care model that would truly serve women escaping trafficking. In 2020, we launched the Elijah Rising Restorative Care Program (ERRC), providing high-quality residential care, including safe housing, education, mental health treatment, addiction recovery, occupational development, and healthcare coordination.
The ERRC Program reconnects women with hope and a brighter future. Those who complete the program achieve sobriety, reunify with their children and families, find rewarding career paths, and gain the life skills necessary to move forward with healing and realize their fullest potential.
This is just the beginning. We invite you to join us in this mission to end human trafficking and restore lives.” -Elijah Rising
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45) Selah Freedom:
About Us
Selah Freedom is a faith-based anti-human trafficking non-profit organization 501(c)3. We are based in Florida with the mission to end sex trafficking and bring freedom to the exploited through five strong programs: Awareness, Prevention, Outreach, Residential and Consulting.
~ 87% of survivor graduates of our Residential & Outreach Programs do not return to “the life.”
~ Selah Freedom has both a national and international reach. We have assisted over 100 organizations in 20 US states and 5 countries.
Our History, Leadership and Mission
Selah Freedom is a faith-based non-profit anti-human trafficking organization with the mission to end sex trafficking and bring freedom to individuals who have been exploited. We tackle issues on both ends of the spectrum by helping support local victims and survivors through their recovery phases, preventing future young people from becoming victims while providing more awareness about human trafficking to the
community at large.
Selah Freedom offers five pillar programs: Awareness, Prevention, Outreach, Residential and Consulting. Selah Freedom provides essential education and support services to those who have been victimized by human, and/or sex trafficking. Selah Freedom operates a local residential campus and an Assessment Home.
In addition, Selah Freedom provides the communities of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Sarasota, Manatee, Polk and Pasco Counties with an exceptionally adept team of professionals who offer free education and outreach to area schools, law enforcement agencies and partnering non-profits. Furthermore, through our consulting program, we have assisted over 100 organizations in 20 US States and 5 countries.” -Selah Freedom
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46) Faith Alliance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST):
“Mission and Values
FAAST is a strategic alliance of Christian organizations working together to combat slavery and human trafficking.
Mission: FAAST exists to mobilize and equip communities to combat slavery and human trafficking and to restore survivors.
Vision: We see a world of transformed communities, free of slavery and exploitation
WHY WE EXIST
We believe every human being is created in the image of God with inherent dignity, value and purpose. We believe that followers of Jesus have a biblical mandate to care for the poor and the oppressed—those who are vulnerable and exploited. Slavery and human trafficking are forms of evil that seek to destroy God’s image in people and corrupt His purposes for humanity. FAAST exists because eradicating human trafficking reflects the heart of God.
We believe there is hope. We believe the best agency of change and restoration is God’s people, the Church. We need the entire body of Christ working together to effectively address human trafficking. Thus, FAAST was created to foster a community of Christ-followers equipped to restore freedom to those captive in exploitation and slavery.
WHAT WE DO
FAAST provides a framework for collaboration between Christian churches, denominations, universities and communities around the world who are rising up to confront human trafficking. We connect God’s people through the power of partnership, and equip them through the creation of resources, facilitation of training events, and development of anti-trafficking programs. Each partner organization’s impact is multiplied as our resources and efforts are combined to form large-scale anti-trafficking projects.
HOW WE DO IT
FAAST member organizations leverage our combined strengths and resources to advance the kingdom of God by generating united and active responses to the injustices of slavery and human trafficking. At the national level, the FAAST team collaborates monthly to conduct ongoing projects, research, training events and resource development. Locally and internationally, there is also extensive grassroots collaboration and networking between member organizations. We accomplish so much more by working together.” -FAST
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47) Samaritan’s Purse:
After sharing the story of the Good Samaritan, Jesus said “Go and do likewise.” That is the mission of Samaritan’s Purse—to follow the example of Christ by helping those in need and proclaiming the hope of the Gospel.
The story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37) gives a clear picture of God’s desire for us to help those in desperate need wherever we find them. After describing how the Samaritan rescued a hurting man whom others had passed by, Jesus told His hearers, “Go and do likewise.” For over 50 years, Samaritan’s Purse has done our utmost to follow Christ’s command by going to the aid of the world’s poor, sick, and suffering. We are an effective means of reaching hurting people in countries around the world with food, medicine, and other assistance in the Name of Jesus Christ. This, in turn, earns us a hearing for the Gospel, the Good News of eternal life through Jesus Christ.
As our teams work in crisis areas of the world, people often ask, “Why did you come?” The answer is always the same: “We have come to help you in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.” Our ministry is all about Jesus—first, last, and always. As the Apostle Paul said, “For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake” (2 Corinthians 4:5, NIV).
Mission Statement
Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.” -Samaritan’s Purse
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48) World Relief:
“Founded in the aftermath of World War II, we are a global Christian humanitarian organization that partners with local churches and communities to develop sustainable, locally-driven solutions to some of our world’s most urgent problems.
We’ve been doing this work for 80 years in more than 100 countries. We’re glad you’re here, and we’re eager to tell you more.
Our Mission:
At World Relief, our mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church.
Our Vision:
We envision thriving, welcoming communities where families flourish, and people experience restorative relationships with God, their neighbors, themselves, and all of creation.
Church & Community Partnerships
No other international humanitarian organization engages local faith leaders like we do. We believe that God has a plan to save our broken world, and the heart of that plan is his church — and his people — leading the way. Working with these community leaders is not only a good strategy, it’s truly the most sustainable and transformative way to create change that lasts. We want to see local churches worldwide creating and leading change in their communities through healthy partnerships so that the work can continue and bring lasting change long after we depart.
Read more about this kind of partnership in Rwanda.
Holistic Approaches
We believe in transformation of the whole person —- mind, body and spirit. That’s why our programs focus on root causes of vulnerability and addressing complex, often unseen challenges. Beyond physical change, we focus on driving mental, social and spiritual transformation. We know that lasting change requires more than quick fixes and band-aid solutions, and that by going deep to uncover systemic issues, we can create change that lasts.
Read about how we are doing this in Malawi.” -World Relief
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49) New Hope Foundation International:
“We are combating human trafficking through awareness, education, and prevention efforts—because prevention is better than cure.
To join the fight against human trafficking today and receive resources tailored for the mission to fight against human trafficking.
Mission
New Hope Foundation International is dedicated to preventing human trafficking through comprehensive education and awareness programs while also conducting rescue operations to liberate victims. We strive to empower individuals through philosophical and religious teachings that promote compassion, empathy, and respect for human rights.
Through our multifaceted approach, we aim to create a world where all individuals and families are free from exploitation, injustice, and deprivation.” -New Hope International Foundation
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50) Awaken Justice:
Our Mission
Awaken is a faith-based non-profit organization whose mission is to increase awareness and education surrounding the issue of commercial sexual exploitation and to provide housing and restoration for its victims.
Our Vision
Awaken acts to transform our community with the ultimate goal of eradicating commercial sexual exploitation. We aim for victims of commercial sexual exploitation to be restored to their fullest potential. We aspire to be an inspirational model for other communities.
Our three pillars, prevention, restoration, and city transformation form the foundation of our approach.
Awaken Services
We provide support to individuals who have been impacted by commercial sexual exploitation through our Drop-in Center, housing, and comprehensive case management services. Our programs include education, therapy, mentorship, employment and housing assistance, all with a focus on fostering healing, empowerment, and the rebuilding of identity.” -Awaken Justice
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*Spiritual Alchemy Foundation of Enlightenment Inc.:
..This is my Nonprofit. A Gnostic Evangelical Christian Ministry dedicated to Human Trafficking Awareness, Prevention, and Intervention. Religious and spiritual analysis of dominating world beliefs and their correlation with the human trafficking phenomenon. Ideological and Spiritual Warfare specialist. I am after the god of human trafficking, the god of this world, the god of man…. #QuantumMinister
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Law Enforcement Organizations
51) INTERPOL:
“Operational and investigative support to counter human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
Our response
We help law enforcement agencies around the world combat human trafficking and migrant smuggling through a variety of activities designed to increase their capacity to detect and investigate these crimes while protecting victims and vulnerable people.
Police cooperation and information exchange
Providing access to our databases, especially those used to detect stolen, lost or fraudulent travel documents, and our forensic databases.
Facilitating information sharing through the use of our secure global communications system, i24/7;
Promoting the use of INTERPOL’s notices and diffusions system to locate missing persons, track criminals and suspects or collect information;
Criminal analysis
We assess current threats and trends and produce operational and strategic analysis reports to support law enforcement decision making in INTERPOL member countries.
The Odyssey Crime Analysis File is the basis for this work. This analysis file is a criminal intelligence database created for the collection of data from INTERPOL member countries and other sources to find links between different instances of crime.
See also: INTERPOL issues global warning on human trafficking-fueled fraud
Transnational operations
We help member countries dismantle the criminal networks behind human trafficking and migrant smuggling through investigative support and global operations.
Operations are preceded by training workshops to ensure that officers have the necessary skills to detect cases of human trafficking and migrant smuggling. Operations often have a regional focus such as Turquesa across the Americas, WEKA in Africa, Storm Makers in Asia or cover multiple continents such as Liberterra. Between them, these operations identify hundreds of criminals and detect thousands of victims every year.
See also: Disruption of transnational migrant smuggling network leads to 62 arrests
Development of law enforcement capacity
We work to increase the knowledge and skillsets of law enforcement officers to detect, prevent and investigate crimes as well as safeguard victims and migrants in vulnerable situations. This is done through national and regional needs assessments and the design and delivery of training courses.
Coordination of law enforcement specialized networks
Two specialized networks, comprised of experts from a variety of law enforcement agencies, provide advice and support to INTERPOL’s activities, facilitating the exchange of best practices and intelligence:
- INTERPOL’s Human Trafficking Expert Group (HTEG)
- INTERPOL’s Specialized Operational Network (ISON) against Migrant Smuggling” -INTERPOL
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52) *DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking:
“DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is the crime of compelling a person to provide labor or services, or to engage in commercial sex acts. It poses grave danger to individual well-being, public health and safety, economic development, and national security and prosperity. Countering human trafficking is therefore a homeland security priority. Every day, DHS components leverage their authorities to impact sex trafficking and forced labor, including the importation of goods produced with forced labor.
The mission of the DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT) is to advance counter human trafficking law enforcement operations, protect victims, and enhance prevention efforts by aligning DHS’ capabilities and expertise. By law, the CCHT advances every aspect of DHS’s counter-trafficking work across four functional areas:
- identification and screening
- enforcement and investigations
- victim protection and assistance
- training, outreach, and engagement
Led by ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the CCHT also provides comprehensive support – intelligence, subject matter expertise, and funding – to HSI criminal human trafficking investigations worldwide.
Report suspected human trafficking to federal law enforcement at 1-866-347-2423. Or get help from the
National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 or text HELP or INFO to BeFree (233733).
Read about select achievements and advancements in the CCHT’s annual DHS Countering Human Trafficking: Year in Review.
Discover the consequences that human traffickers face through a selection of HSI’s top criminal investigations, CBP’s trade enforcement, and other DHS civil enforcement efforts.
See what guides the Department’s comprehensive work in the
DHS Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking, the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor, and Child Sexual Exploitation.
Take action using free materials and training from the DHS Blue Campaign, the Department’s flagship public awareness campaign on human trafficking. Sign up for monthly e-news and join the conversation with @DHSBlueCampaign on X, Facebook, and Instagram.
Learn about the DHS trade enforcement response to forced labor, where goods produced with forced labor are not entitled to entry at any U.S. ports. Access due diligence resources and business advisories.” -DHS
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52a) DHS, ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI):
“Every year, human traffickers prey on millions of victims around the world — regardless of age, race, gender or nationality. Human traffickers will prey on anyone, but those often at the greatest risk are people who:
- Are hoping for a better life.
- Lack of employment opportunities.
- Have unstable home lives.
- Have a history of sexual or physical abuse.
HSI plays an integral role in combating human trafficking by working with its law enforcement partners to deter, disrupt and dismantle the criminal networks that engage in it. Special agents use their expertise and rely on HSI’s authorities to seize assets and eliminate profit incentives, work with nongovernmental organizations to protect and assist victims, and bring traffickers to justice.
Understanding Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is a global crime that generally takes two forms:
- Sex trafficking
- Forced labor
Traffickers use various methods to control and exploit their victims, including physical violence, psychological manipulation, threats and deception. They often lure victims with false promises of employment, education or a better life.
A wide range of criminals — including individuals, family operations, small businesses and criminal networks can be human traffickers. Those working within these criminal organizations traffic people in conjunction with other criminal activities, such as money laundering and fraud.
Human Trafficking’s Impact
Human trafficking’s consequences are far-reaching and include the following:
- Individual trauma. Trafficked victims may endure physical violence, sexual abuse, forced labor and deprivation of basic needs, so they often experience severe physical, psychological and emotional trauma resulting from their exploitation. The trauma can have long-lasting effects on their mental health, self-esteem and ability to trust others. In fact, the trauma can be so severe that many don’t identify themselves as victims or ask for help.
- Social stigma. Trafficked victims often face stigma, discrimination and social rejection due to misconceptions about their experiences. This can further isolate them from support networks and prevent them from getting the help and services they need.
- Community impact. Human trafficking perpetuates cycles of exploitation, poverty and vulnerability. It drives organized crime and illicit economies, destabilizing communities and undermining laws.
HSI’s Response to Human Trafficking
HSI is a leader in the global fight against human trafficking, and its mission is twofold:
- Proactively identify, disrupt and dismantle human trafficking organizations and minimize the risks they pose to national security and public safety.
- Employ a victim-centered approach, placing equal value on identifying, recovering and stabilizing victims while investigating and helping prosecute traffickers.
HSI’s strategy to counter human trafficking is modeled after the four Ps of the National Action Plan and the DHS Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking: Prevention, protection, prosecution and partnerships.
- Prevention. Reduce the threat by providing information and resources to specific vulnerable populations, schools and community groups.
- Protection. Disrupt illicit activity by identifying and helping victims toward recovery.
- Prosecution. Leverage HSI’s unique authorities to investigate, enforce the laws, and refer cases for prosecution.
- Partnership. Partner with domestic and international law enforcement agencies.
HSI leads the DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT) to advance counter human trafficking law enforcement operations, protect victims and enhance prevention efforts. The CCHT integrates the efforts of every component within DHS involved in combating human trafficking, including criminal investigations, victim assistance, identifying and reporting human trafficking, external outreach, intelligence and training.
HSI’s Victim Assistance Program provides a critical resource to HSI investigations and criminal prosecutions. The Victim Assistance Program helps preserve victims’ and survivors’ rights, helps connect them with the services they’re legally entitled to receive, and provides them with the support they need to fully participate in the criminal justice process.
HSI participates in more than 120 counter-human trafficking task forces around the country, as well as with foreign partners. We have a network of over 90 international offices that work with foreign governments to coordinate investigations, enforcement actions and prosecutions.
How We Can Help Each Other
The fight against human trafficking is a worldwide effort. You can join the fight by familiarizing yourself with indicators of human trafficking, raising awareness and educating your community or industry about the issue — and report suspected trafficking at any time.
If you suspect someone is a trafficking victim, ask yourself the following questions:
- Does the person appear disconnected from family, friends, community organizations or houses of worship?
- Has the child stopped attending school?
- Has the person had a sudden or dramatic change in behavior?
- Is a child or teen engaged in commercial sex acts?
- Is the person disoriented, confused, or showing signs of mental or physical abuse?
- Does the person have bruises in various stages of healing?
- Is the person fearful, timid or submissive?
- Does the person show signs of having been denied food, water, sleep or medical care?
- Does the person often defer to someone they’re always with, or are they always with someone who seems control what they do, where they go or who they talk to?
- Does the person appear to be coached on what to say?
- Is the person living in unsuitable conditions?
- Does the person lack personal possessions and appear to have an unstable living situation?
- Does the person have freedom of movement? Can the person freely leave where they live? Are there unreasonable security measures?
Although these indicators may signal human trafficking, every case looks different. If you suspect someone may be a human trafficking victim, call the HSI Tip Line at 877-4-HSI-TIP.
STOP Trafficking
The HSI S.T.O.P. Trafficking initiative strives to mitigate human trafficking through strategic engagement with industries that are associated with or could be high risk for human trafficking. The initiative, which was the first of HSI’s agency-wide Strategic Targeted Outreach Program (S.T.O.P.) outreach campaign, provides industry-specific typologies and red flag indicators to legitimate business sectors to enhance their capacity to recognize and report potential instances of human trafficking. By implementing this focused outreach strategy, HSI hopes to minimize the number of human trafficking victims or cases that will go unreported and to increase the quantity of leads referred to HSI and its partners for investigation. This will in turn lead to the identification and rescue of more victims of human trafficking and to the disruption and dismantlement of trafficking networks.” -DHS, ICE, HSI
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53) FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigations:
“Report Trafficking & Get Help
If you are a human trafficking victim or have information about a potential trafficking situation, call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) at 1-888-373-7888 or text 233733. NHTRC is a national, toll-free hotline, with specialists available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also submit a tip on the NHTRC website.
If you believe a child is involved in a trafficking situation, submit a tip through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s CyberTipline or call 1-800-THE-LOST. FBI personnel assigned to NCMEC review information that is provided to the CyberTipline.
Human Trafficking Task Forces
The most effective way to investigate human trafficking is through a collaborative, multi-agency approach with our federal, state, local, and tribal partners.
- FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Forces operate within nearly every FBI field office. The ultimate goal of these task forces is to recover victims and investigate traffickers at the state and federal level.
- The Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team Initiative builds human trafficking enforcement efforts and enhances access to specialized human trafficking subject matter experts, leads, and intelligence. Each team develops and implements a strategic action plan, which leads to high-impact federal investigations and prosecutions. The initiative is a collaborative effort among the FBI, the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Labor. Twelve FBI field offices participate in the initiative, including Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, El Paso, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Minneapolis, Newark, Portland, and Sacramento.
- The Enhanced Collaborative Model Human Trafficking Program is a multi-agency task force initiative funded through the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime and Bureau of Justice Assistance. This program supports the development and enhancement of multi-disciplinary human trafficking task forces that implement collaborative approaches to combat all forms of human trafficking. These multi-disciplinary task forces include members from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, local prosecutor’s office, federal law enforcement, state/local law enforcement, and a community service provider, with the goal of proactively identifying and recovering victims of human trafficking.
Investigations
Human trafficking investigations are conducted by agents within the human trafficking program and members of our task forces. Investigations often begin through:
- Tips from the public
- Calls to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline
- A referral from a law enforcement agency
- A referral from a non-government organization
- Proactive victim recovery operations
- Outreach to state governments and community entities
Victim recovery is the primary goal of trafficking investigations. The FBI’s multi-disciplinary team of agents, analysts, victim specialists, and forensic interviewers work together to ensure a victim-centered, trauma-informed response. FBI victim specialists work with local state and federal resources to provide immediate assistance (shelter, food, clothing) and long-term support (counseling, education assistance, job training). After recovering a victim of human trafficking, field offices seek to arrest and successfully prosecute the traffickers.
Over the past decade, the FBI’s human trafficking investigations have been responsible for the arrest of thousands of traffickers and the recovery of numerous victims. The FBI will continue to take part in multi-agency efforts to combat the threat.
Trafficking Victims Protection Act
The 2000 Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) was the first comprehensive federal law to address human trafficking. In addition to the protections offered through immigration relief for foreign national victims of human trafficking, it focuses on prevention through public awareness programs, both domestically and abroad, and prosecution through new federal criminal statutes.
The TVPA granted the FBI the statutory authority to investigate matters of forced labor; trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor; sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion; and unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of trafficking.
The TVPA gave law enforcement the ability to protect international victims of human trafficking through several forms of immigration relief, including Continued Presence and the T visa. Continued Presence allows law enforcement officers to request temporary legal status in the United States for a foreign national whose presence is necessary for the continued success of a human trafficking investigation. The T visa allows foreign victims of human trafficking to become temporary U.S. residents and apply for permanent residency after three years. The TVPA also established a law requiring defendants of human trafficking investigations to pay restitution to the victims they exploited. More on human trafficking laws.
Innocence Lost National Initiative
The FBI, in conjunction with the Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), launched the Innocence Lost National Initiative to address the growing problem of child sex trafficking in the United States. In the years since its inception, the initiative has expanded to 86 dedicated Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Forces. These task forces, with the Offices of the U.S. Attorneys and the FBI’s Victim Services Division, have successfully worked to identify and recover thousands of children.
Additional Resources
Victims
The FBI is committed to ensuring that victims receive the rights they are entitled to and the assistance they need to cope with crime. Treating victims with respect and providing them with assistance benefits victims and helps us build better cases.” -Federal Bureau of Investigations
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54) UN: Office on Drugs and Crime:
“Using open-source intelligence to investigate human trafficking and migrant smuggling:
Investigators use open-source intelligence to disrupt trafficking and smuggling
Human traffickers and migrant smugglers are increasingly leveraging digital technologies to carry out their crimes with greater efficiency and reach. But these same technologies have also opened new avenues for the criminal justice sector.
Every online interaction leaves a digital footprint, and through sophisticated data collection and analysis, investigators can better track illegal activity and gather critical digital evidence.
To support these efforts, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) equips criminal justice professionals with open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysis techniques – tools that can not only help identify individual criminals but also dismantle entire transnational networks.
How do traffickers and smugglers use the internet and social media?
Criminals exploit social media and online platforms to advertise illicit services, lure victims, conduct financial transactions, communicate with accomplices, coordinate illegal operations and even facilitate exploitation.
For example, traffickers create fake job advertisements online to trick individuals into forced labour, sexual or other forms of exploitation. They set up fake accounts and promote attractive work opportunities targeting vulnerable individuals. Some traffickers proactively contact potential victims, offering them jobs in various industries.
Once the victim takes the bait, perpetrators use coercion, blackmail, emotional manipulation, document confiscation or physical threats to exploit them for profit.
Digital technology is also used to perpetrate exploitation itself. UNODC has documented cases where victims were forced to commit online crimes. Locked up in heavily secured compounds, they were made to scam others in online chats under threat of brutal violence.
Migrant smugglers also use social media groups and messaging apps to advertise their services. They often post photos and videos of migrants reaching their destinations successfully, portraying irregular migration as a viable option.
Such “marketing campaigns” encourage more people to embark on dangerous journeys – many of which tragically end in loss of life, violence or exploitation.
What is open-source intelligence analysis?
Open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysis involves gathering and analyzing publicly accessible data from various sources to aid investigations.
These sources include websites, social media, newspapers, online databases, e-commerce sites, blogs, forums, messaging platforms, public government portals and even the deep and dark web.
The data collected can include usernames, profile details, email addresses, images and posts – details that can be gathered in a targeted and non-invasive manner.
OSINT analysts must ensure that such raw data is transformed into useful and actionable intelligence. They require strong skills in finding, assessing, verifying and synthesizing large volumes of diverse information.
This information is then analyzed to uncover trends, events and crucial clues related to an investigation, ultimately supporting informed decision-making in the fight against criminal organizations.
How can investigators use OSINT to disrupt trafficking and smuggling?
Even with just a few fragments of information, investigators can reconstruct crime patterns and identify those involved. OSINT enables them to detect recruitment sites, uncover false job postings, map smuggling routes, expose criminal networks, trace illicit financial flows and more.
Here are some examples of how OSINT is used in anti-trafficking and anti-smuggling investigations:
Detecting signs of trafficking recruitment and smuggling advertisements
Investigators can monitor the web for keywords and phrases associated with trafficking and smuggling activities. They can analyze suspicious profiles for posts, images and other indicators that may suggest victim recruitment or smuggling services.
Identifying perpetrators
Although traffickers and smugglers often use fake profiles, they inevitably leave behind real traces. Contact details such as phone numbers and email addresses – often shared for potential victims to get in touch – can help identify those behind the illegal operations.
Building the suspect’s profile
Examining the suspect’s online footprint across different platforms can provide a more complete picture of their activities. By linking multiple accounts, investigators can develop a detailed profile of criminals and their operations.
Exposing larger criminal networks
Traffickers and smugglers rarely work alone. They often operate within vast criminal organizations spanning multiple countries. By reviewing online connections, such as friends lists and digital interactions, investigators can understand ties to other criminals and victims.
Tracking illicit financial flows
Both trafficking and smuggling are committed to generate profit. Illegally acquired funds are frequently laundered – presented as legitimate – to hide their origin. By analyzing companies’ websites, public records, contact details and addresses, investigators can spot suspicious corporate structures and detect money laundering activities.
Making OSINT work for criminal investigations
Analyzing open-source data is not without challenges. Investigators must overcome issues related to finding reliable information, verifying its accuracy, avoiding privacy violations and ensuring their own security.
Handling massive amounts of data can be overwhelming and requires cross-checking with other sources to confirm its reliability. The use of artificial intelligence, the dark web and the cross-border nature of human trafficking and migrant smuggling further complicate investigations.
Further information
With funding from the United Kingdom, UNODC trained criminal justice professionals in Iraq to equip them with the skills to work with OSINT. The training was based on real-life case studies and practical exercises. Participants learned techniques for collecting and analyzing data and drawing useful conclusions while applying ethical, legal and human rights considerations.” -UN Office on Drugs and Crime
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55) U.S. Department of Justice: Office for Victims of Crimes: OVC TTAC:
OVC facilitates training through the OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC), grantees, and cooperative agreements with partner organizations, to assist the field in building its collective capacity to serve crime victims. Learn more about how your organization can build its capacity to serve crime victims below.
OVC TTAC
OVC TTAC provides comprehensive training, technical assistance, and other support to assist the field in building its collective capacity to serve crime victims.
OVC TTAC continues to expand OVC’s outreach through in-person and Web-based trainings. This requires ongoing capacity building to better serve victims and address the enduring and emerging issues in the field.
- The National Victim Assistance Academy (NVAA) uses a blended learning approach to provide an intensive, interactive learning experience for professionals and volunteers who assist victims and survivors of crime. Its programs include the Advanced Skills Institute, Leadership Institute, and Effective Management Series.
- A variety of webinars and other online trainings, including Victim Assistance Training Online, are available to complete at your convenience.
- Instructor materials are available for presenters who are providing training in specialized topic areas.
- The Professional Development Scholarship Program offers scholarship support for multidisciplinary teams, victim service professionals, and others in the field to attend victim-focused trainings and conferences that will enhance their ability to work with victims of crime.
- Training and technical assistance (TTA) is offered to meet your organization’s needs. All TTA is designed to help you build capacity in a variety of settings and improve the quality of the services you offer victims of crime.
- Attorneys, victim service providers, victims, and the general public can access VictimLaw to search victims’ rights statutes, Tribal laws, and other legal information.
Visit the OVC TTAC website to learn more and sign up to receive notifications about future training events.
VOCA Administrators
The OVC Center for VOCA Administrators
The OVC Center for VOCA Administrators provides no cost training and technical assistance to Victim Assistance and Victim Compensation Administrators and offers opportunities for expert consultation, peer-to-peer collaboration, problem-solving, training, and innovation.
A resource library features toolkits, videos, and other materials to strengthen victim assistance and compensation programs and services. VOCA Administrators can request training and technical assistance by contacting their State Victim Resource Division Grant Manager.
VOCA Administrators Training and Technical Assistance
The OVC VOCA Administrators Training and Technical Assistance page provides resources to help improve the management of Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds.
American Indian and Alaska Native Victim Services
Learn about OVC and OVC-sponsored programs provide training and technical assistance to help improve victim services for American Indians/Alaska Natives or support OVC grantees.
Territories Financial Support Center
The Office of Justice Programs’ Territories Financial Support Center provides training, technical assistance, and resources to enhance for grantees in U.S. territories to improve financial management of their federal awards.
Human Trafficking
Learn about practitioner-driven, evidence-based training and technical assistance available to anti-trafficking professionals on our Human Trafficking: Training and Technical Assistance page.
OVC-funded training and technical assistance providers are available to help—
- strengthen victim assistance responses to human trafficking,
- support multidisciplinary task forces and cross-sector collaboration, and
- build stakeholder capacity and leadership in identifying human trafficking victims and connecting them to services.
Elder Fraud and Abuse
Learn about training and technical assistance resources to help improve victim services for victims of elder fraud and abuse.
Terrorism and Mass Violence
View training and technical assistance resources to help your organization or community prepare for and respond to mass violence incidents.
State Victim Assistance Academies
State Victim Assistance Academies provide fundamental, comprehensive, and academically based education and training for victim assistance providers, victim advocates, criminal justice personnel, and allied professionals who routinely deal with crime victims.
Visit our State Victim Assistance Academies page to learn more.
Events Calendar
Visit our Events page to find conferences, trainings, webinars, and other events for victim service providers and allied professionals.” -OVC TTAC
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Additional Sources, Resources, and References:
Penn State University Libraries:
“NGOs
- Criminal Law Reform and Anti-Human TraffickingAmerican Bar Association.
- Trafficking in Women and GirlsAmnesty International articles.
- Anti-Slavery InternationalAnti-Slavery International, founded in 1839, is the world’s oldest international human rights organisation and works to eliminate all forms of slavery around the world.
- Smuggling and Trafficking Human Beings
- Human trafficking: it’s not just about sexual exploitation
- Human Rights Watch Reports
- Hidden in the Home: Abuse of Domestic Workers with Special Visas in the United States
- What is Sex Trafficking?
- Policy Issues [Shared Hope International]Informing policy, protecting victims and holding offenders more accountable is critical in the fight against trafficking.
- Policy Development
- Research
Specialized Search Engine
Intergovernmental Organization Search EngineA specialized Google search engine designed to search across a wide variety of International and intergovernmental organizations.: -Penn State Libraries
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“About the Journal
The Anti-Trafficking Review is the first open access, peer reviewed journal dedicated to the issue of human trafficking. It explores trafficking in its broader context and intersections with gender, labour, and migration.
Each issue relates to an emerging or overlooked theme in the field of human trafficking. The Review’s focus is global in nature, exploring micro and macro levels of anti-trafficking responses and the commonalities, differences, and disconnects in between.
The journal contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 5 (Gender Equality), 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) and 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions).
The Review is covered by the following abstracting and indexing services: Ulrich’s, Ebsco Host, Scopus, Web of Science, Directory of Open Access Journals, ProQuest, eGranary, e-journals.org, WorldCat, Google Scholar, Science Open, and CNKI Scholar.
The Anti-Trafficking Review is published by the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), an alliance of over 80 NGOs worldwide focused on advancing the human rights of migrants and trafficked persons.
Editorial Policies
- Focus and Scope
- Sections
- Peer Review Process
- Publication Frequency
- Open Access Policy
- Archiving
- Publication Ethics Statement
- Journal Sponsorship
- Journal History
Focus and Scope
The Anti-Trafficking Review promotes a human rights-based approach to anti-trafficking. It explores trafficking in its broader context including gender analyses and intersections with labour and migration. The Review offers an outlet and space for dialogue between academics, practitioners and advocates seeking to communicate new ideas and findings to those working for and with trafficked persons.
Each issue relates to an emerging or overlooked theme in the field of human trafficking. The Review’s focus is global in nature, exploring micro and macro levels of anti-trafficking responses and the commonalities, differences, and disconnects in between. The journal contributes to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 5 (Gender Equality), 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) and 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions), among others.
We welcome submissions from a diverse range of actors, including academics, practitioners, trafficked persons, and advocates. The Anti-Trafficking Review particularly welcomes contributions from practitioners and those with direct experiences and insights to share.
The Anti-Trafficking Review is aimed at a wide readership. It therefore encourages submissions that are in clear, jargon-free English with appropriate but not excessive citation.
Sections
Currently, the journal publishes four types of articles: thematic articles (empirical, conceptual or literature review studies), debates where authors defend or reject a pre-determined proposition (only in some special issues), short articles – blog or op-ed style typically used by service providers and advocates, and book reviews.
Peer Review Process
All articles in this journal undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymised refereeing. Articles are peer reviewed by at least two reviewers in a double-blind process. The editorial team does not guarantee publication of any submissions, even when authors have been encouraged in correspondence to submit an article.
Publication Frequency
The Review currently publishes two Special Issues per year – in April and September. Call for papers are announced twice a year, usually in January (for an issue to be published in April the following year) and July (to be published in September the following year).
Call for papers are available on the Announcements page.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge, as well as practitioner access to new research findings. The journal publishes content licensed under Creative Commons licensing, and does not charge authors APCs.
As a feminist organisation from the Global South, the journal’s publisher, GAATW, believes that knowledge should be as widely and freely accessible as possible – not restricted to people at universities or those who can afford to pay subscription fees. Our limited capacity unfortunately allows us to publish articles only in English, which precludes a large number of people from accessing them. But this only makes our commitment to open access publishing even stronger.
Anti-Trafficking Review is included in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) – an online community-led database of around 12,000 open access journals. DOAJ’s mission is to “increase the visibility, accessibility, reputation, usage and impact of quality, peer-reviewed, open access scholarly research journals globally, regardless of discipline, geography or language.” View the Review‘s profile in DOAJ here. The journal is also a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, which “works to support the transition to a world in which open access becomes the predominant model of publication for scholarly outputs.”
Archiving
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Anti-Trafficking Review Publication Ethics Statement
Author Responsibilities
- Authors are required to give a guarantee that the same article, or an article with substantially the same content, has not been submitted concurrently to a different journal. Authors should submit only original work. Submitted work should not have been published elsewhere in whole or in part unless this is brought to the attention of the editorial team.
- Authors should fully and accurately cite appropriate sources for facts and ideas that they draw on in their article. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to include any copyrighted material including images or tables in their work.
- Authors should include any conflicts of interest in a statement in the published paper. Conflict of interest includes any financial or political interests or connections, direct or indirect, or other situations that might raise the question or create a possible impression of bias in the work – including pertinent sources of funding for the individual author(s) or for the associated department(s) or organization(s), or personal relationships.
Reviewer Responsibilities
- Reviewers must keep information related to the articles confidential, confirming that the entire text of an article (and drafts), will not be shared until its publication, upon which time the final version of the article may be shared freely according to copyright licensing. Reviewers confirm that all details about comments made during the peer review process will remain confidential among the individuals involved and not be divulged to anyone else.
- Reviewers are responsible for declaring any potential conflict of interest they may have related to the author or subject, which might unduly influence their review. Conflict of interest includes any financial or political interests or connections, direct or indirect, or other situations that might raise the question or create a possible impression of bias in the work – including pertinent sources of funding for the individual author(s) or for the associated department(s) or organization(s), or personal relationships.
- Reviews should be clear and constructive, based on the paper’s contribution to new knowledge, originality, quality, coherence, clarity and proper application of research methods, full and accurate citations, as well as its relevance to the remit of the journal.
- Reviewers should affirm that the authors have accurately cited appropriate sources for their work. They are asked to notify the editorial team if they notice any overlap between an authors’ paper and a previously published work.
Editor Responsibilities
- The editorial team* must keep information related to articles confidential. This includes ensuring that the peer review process is double blind, that reviewers are only sent anonymised articles, and that authors do not receive information that reveals the identities of the reviewers. The editorial team is responsible for maintaining confidentiality of the entire text of an article (and drafts) up to publication. The editorial team must confirm that all details about manuscripts that are rejected for publication, requests for redrafts, and comments made during the peer review and editorial process will remain confidential among the individuals involved in the editorial, review and publications processes.
- The editorial team has the responsibility of accepting or rejecting an article, as well as the responsibility of notifying authors of any revisions which need to be made to their work prior to publication.
- The editorial team must review the article for its scholarly content and value. Members of the editorial team must declare any potential conflicts of interest to the editorial team related to particular submissions. The editorial team will work to ensure that submissions from members of the journal’s Editorial Board, editorial team, the publisher’s staff, membership organizations, Board, or Associates receive an objective and unbiased evaluation. Members of the editorial team shall not take part in the review or evaluation of their own submissions. Editorial decisions to accept or reject a paper for publication should be based on the paper’s contribution, originality, coherence, clarity and proper application of research methods as well as its relevance to the remit of the journal.
- The editorial team is responsible for ensuring that any press releases or other communications issued by the journal reflect the message of the reported article and put it into appropriate context.
- The editorial team has a responsibility to investigate any suspicions or allegations of misconduct or improper conduct on the part of any person including authors and those involved in the editorial, review and publication processes. Should they find any proof of misconduct, they also have the responsibility to find an appropriate solution.
- The editorial team encourages and is willing to consider cogent criticisms or corrections required of work published in the Anti-Trafficking Review. Authors of criticised material should be given an appropriate opportunity to respond. The editorial team is responsible for determining an appropriate format for criticism and response. Further, the editorial team is open to receiving submissions that challenge previous work published in the journal.
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*N.B. The editorial team is composed of the Anti-Trafficking Review Editor, and the Communications and Production Officer of the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women. For special issues, a guest editor is invited to temporarily work with the editorial team, and is required to abide by the same ethical standards.
Journal Sponsorship
Publisher
Anti-Trafficking Review is published by the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), an alliance of over 80 NGOs worldwide focused on advancing the human rights of migrants and trafficked persons. The funding for the production of the journal is provided by various private philanthropic foundations, which finance GAATW.
Opinions expressed in articles published in the Anti-Trafficking Review are the views of the authors, and not those of the editorial team, the publisher, the Editorial Board or GAATW funders.
Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW)
Journal History
The Anti-Trafficking Review was founded in 2011 with the ambition of providing a dedicated scholarly outlet for the burgeoning academic interest in human trafficking as a discipline in itself. Because trafficking is interconnected with a range of other socioeconomic and political issues, such as migration, labour, development, and organised crime, anti-trafficking scholarship is naturally spread out in journals focusing on sociology, gender studies, women’s rights, anthropology, criminology and others. This was and continues to be necessary. Yet, a dedicated journal is an acknowledgment that, as Anne T. Gallagher, the Guest Editor of the inaugural issue pointed out in the first Editorial, “our area of work and study has well and truly moved from the margins to the mainstream of international attention and concern.” Another hope was to bring much needed rigour to a field of study where it was largely lacking – as Gallagher observes too. Since its founding in 1994, GAATW had consistently called for anti-trafficking policies to be based on research and evidence and not assumptions, moral panics, and political agendas. We have seen significant progress in this area and are privileged to have made our small contribution.
Guided by these considerations – of making anti-trafficking scholarship freely and broadly accessible, and using research to advocate for better policies for migrants and trafficked persons – we launched the first issue of Anti-Trafficking Review in June 2012. See the Archives section for all past issues. See an interview with some of the women who conceptualised and launched the journal here.” -Anti-Trafficking Review
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Intergovernmental Organization Search Engine:
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WikiPedia: List of Organizations the Battle Human Trafficking:
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The Exodus Road: 8 Trustworthy Human Trafficking Nonprofits to Support:
“Choose a human trafficking nonprofit whose mission speaks to you.
Wondering which human trafficking nonprofits to support? With so many organizations out there and each adopting a slightly different approach to fighting human trafficking, trying to choose one can seem like an impossible task.
Whether you’re most interested in helping prevent people from entering the cycle of human trafficking, intervening on behalf of people who are currently trapped, or providing support and care for survivors, read on to discover which human trafficking nonprofits are right for you.” -The Exodus Road
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“ Epstein Justice is a Justice for All Survivors
Jeffrey Epstein trafficked underage girls for 25 years, and he’s the most prolific American child trafficker ever acknowledged by law enforcement. The United States’ government is aware of numerous perpetrators and procurers in the Epstein case, but only one perpetrator—Ghislaine Maxwell—has been brought to justice. A Scheer Post article published in August of 2021, “The Jeffrey Epstein Coverup: Pedophilia, Lies and Videotape,” demonstrates that federal law enforcement has brazenly ignored indicting the perpetrators and pimps in the Epstein network. The media has also sanitized the Epstein trafficking network by ostensibly determining that the youngest Epstein victims were 14 years old, even though multiple accounts assert that they were as young as 11 or 12 years old. According to July 8, 2019, New York Times article, federal authorities seized “hundreds—possibly thousands—of sexually suggestive photographs of girls who appear underage, as well as hand-labeled compact discs with titles like ‘Girl pics nude,’ and, with the names redacted, ‘Young [Name] + [Name].’” Judging by the titles on the discs, Epstein was a purveyor of child rape material. Being a victim of child rape material is psychologically decimating, but we haven’t heard whether or not the government is, in the very least, helping those victims.
It is now woefully obvious that the government has covered up the crimes of Epstein’s co-conspirators, and the cover-up of a crime is aiding and abetting that crime.
By not indicting Epstein’s co-conspirators, our government is aiding and abetting child trafficking. A government that aids and abets such horrific crimes against children has gravely failed its citizens. This horrid fact affects every American—whether they live in Iowa, New York, or California. Moreover, Epstein Justice is not solely concerned about the Epstein victims who have been molested with impunity. We are concerned about every victim who has been molested with impunity.
The Justice Department under four presidential administrations – George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joseph Biden – has failed to indict the perpetrators and procurers in Epstein’s pedophile network. Epstein Justice is not about politics—it is about the protection of our children. As Americans, we need to know why four presidential administrations have covered up the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his cadre of co-conspirators.
The Epstein case is an issue that involves justice for all survivors of sexual exploitation in the United States, because of the sheer multitude of Americans who have been molested and trafficked with impunity.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 25% of underage girls and 5% of underage boys in the US experience child sexual abuse, which translates into more than 50 million Americans.
In addition to the CDC’s staggering statistics about the number of Americans who have been molested as minors, the Department of Health and Human Services estimates that the number of sex trafficked children and women in the US is between 240,000 and 325,000 every year. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, only 523 individuals nationwide were convicted of child sex trafficking in 2023. And although millions of images of child rape material infest the internet, according to the US Sentencing Commission only 1,408 individuals in the US were convicted of crimes entailing child rape material in 2023.
As these numbers demonstrate, only an infinitesimal fraction of 1% of child sexual abuse and trafficking victims actually see justice. Our government and society have woefully failed the victims of child sexual abuse. If we allow the Justice Department to be unresponsive to victims in the Epstein case, a proven child sex trafficking case, that sends a message to millions of victims that they have no voice and no hope for justice. Victims in the US and around the world need to see justice in the Epstein child trafficking case.
Epstein Justice will achieve its objective of a Congressional Commission via three primary methods:
- We are currently holding Virtual Training Sessions to teach people how to “pressure” members of Congress, so they form a Commission to address the injustices in the Epstein case.
- We will hold all 535 federal legislators accountable for the formation of a Congressional Commission. On our website, we presently have the software that allows people to send form letters to their Congressional representatives. Within the next month, our website will show which federal legislators are behind the formation of a Commission and the federal legislators who are uncommitted. The latter group will then be the focus of our email campaign and also the urging of their constituents.
- We will have a nonviolent Epstein Justice march and rally in Washington, DC that will put additional pressure on federal legislators to form a Congressional Commission.
The Justice Department allocated $90 million to combat all types of human trafficking in fiscal year 2023. In 2024, an estimated 9,620 cases of pediatric cancer were diagnosed among children between the ages of birth to 14 years old. In fiscal year 2025, the National Institutes of Health will allocate about $272 million for pediatric cancer.
Clearly, childhood cancer is a horrific issue that needs our attention, but children who are being trafficked and molested in the US have been given short shrift for decades. Our society has to address the needs of these children, and the Epstein case is a salient and egregious illustration of the government abrogating its responsibilities to protect our society’s most vulnerable population. Epstein Justice will be a superlative and tangible start to correct an odious trend.
Americans of all stripes need to unite and remedy this crucial violation of our societal laws and mores. Our apathy only reinforces our government’s pathological behavior. We are also the only 501(c)(3) organization that is preemptively dedicated to combatting child sex trafficking and abuse, because we want to ensure that protected child trafficking networks become extinct and do not have a chance to prey on additional children.
You can take direct action today:
- Sign the Petition – Join Epstein survivors, anti-trafficking organizations, and thousands of citizens demanding justice.
- Check Your Representatives – Find out where your elected officials stand and hold them accountable.
- Attend a Pressure Campaign Training – Learn how to effectively push for justice and make your voice heard.
- Join the Movement – Stay informed, get involved, and be part of the fight for accountability.
As Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” -Epstein Justice
..Nick Bryant is leading this project and his work in exposing corruption is commendable!…
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U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants:
“The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), established in 1911, is a nongovernmental, not-for-profit international organization dedicated to addressing the needs and rights of refugees and immigrants. USCRI, working with its affiliates, provides legal services, social, and health services to refugees, unaccompanied migrating children, trafficking survivors, and other immigrants in all 50 states, El Salvador, Honduras, Kenya, and Mexico. USCRI advocates for the rights of refugees and immigrants both nationally and globally, helping to drive policies, practices and law.
OUR VISION
Immigrants, refugees, and uprooted people will live dignified lives with their rights respected and protected in communities of opportunity.
OUR MISSION
To protect the rights and address the needs of persons in forced or voluntary migration worldwide and support their transition to a dignified life.
CHILDREN’S SERVICES
USCRI provides home assessments and case management services to unaccompanied migrating children.
RESIDENTIAL CARE
USCRI’s shelters, in Florida and California, provide a safe and welcoming temporary home to girls who have arrived in the U.S. unaccompanied by their parents and without immigration status.
REFUGEE PROGRAMS
USCRI and its national affiliates assist newcomers in achieving self-sufficiency.
TRAFFICKING SERVICES
USCRI serves foreign national adult and child victims of human trafficking, providing comprehensive case management to these populations through a nationwide network of service providers.
LEGAL PROGRAMS
USCRI provides low-cost and pro bono legal services to low-income refugees and immigrants in 14 USCRI offices and over 20 affiliate offices across the U.S.
REFUGEE HEALTH SERVICES
USCRI supports and develops health and wellness initiatives for refugees.
POLICY AND ADVOCACY
USCRI assesses federal laws and international instruments, develops policy positions, and advocates for humanitarian practices to protect the rights of refugees and immigrants both nationally and globally.
INTERNATIONAL
USCRI has offices in El Salvador, Honduras, Kenya, and Mexico.
Find Us” – U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
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Etatics: 22 + Organizations That Exist to Stop Human Trafficking (& Counting):
“Human trafficking generates a profit of roughly $150 billion a year, globally. Nearly two-thirds of that profit come from commercial sexual exploitation. About $50 billion comes from labor trafficking.
These numbers are pretty shocking, right?
The reality is that if human trafficking didn’t make money, people wouldn’t exploit others.
Due to the high return on investment, evil and despicable people traffic others anywhere and everywhere across the globe. To make matters worse, traffickers and their victims can be anyone. Men, women, and children of any race, any age, and in any condition become prey for traffickers.
So what is human trafficking?
Human trafficking is the practice of exploiting others for sexual or labor servitude. They use people like commodities or objects.
These traffickers use tactics such as…
- Withholding identification, work authorization, or travel documents
- Demanding repayment with alleged or real debts
- Using/threatening to use violence
- Not paying at all for the victim’s work
But not everything is hopeless when it comes to the subject of human trafficking. Fortunately, there are a ton of organizations that exist to combat it.
Below is a list of more than 22 organizations and government entities that combat human trafficking:
https://etactics.com/blog/organizations-to-stop-human-trafficking” -Etactics
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..Imagine an organization exclusively dedicated to gathering intelligence and investigating the wealthiest, elite, most powerful world leaders and their connection to human trafficking organizations?
A non-governmental organization (NGO) purely and solely dedicated to such a cause could possibly make gravitational waves in this world and the next! Such an organization would likely have to operate in the shadows and be very costly. In due time, such an organization will emerge and shift the tide from darkness to light. In this age of information, open-sources alone would be able to weave a web of truth that could liberate countless lives. Time, connections, and resources will make this possible. In due time…in due time…
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Spiritual Alchemy Foundation of Enlightenment Inc.
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