by Terry FitzPatrick | Jun 28, 2018 | Advocacy, Congo, Ghana, Haiti, India, Nepal, Senegal, Slavery in the News
The U.S. State Department says many African governments are doing a better job combating modern slavery. More than a dozen African nations received upgrades in the annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). The upgrades include Ghana, where Free the Slaves has helped...
by Terry FitzPatrick | May 18, 2018 | Congo, FTS Model for Freedom
Advertising can be a powerful force – for good or bad. A recent FTS rescue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo proves the point. Three teen girls from the village of Nobili thought they were being hired to be waitresses. Instead, they were quickly forced into...
by Terry FitzPatrick | May 3, 2018 | FTS Model for Freedom, Ghana, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
A new research report has uncovered cases of child trafficking and exploitation in six districts of Ghana. Field teams documented more than 500 instances of child trafficking in 20 communities surveyed in 2016, and 107 households with cases of child trafficking in 14...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Apr 25, 2018 | Advocacy, Slavery-Free Commerce, Thought Leadership
People who don’t care about intellectual property rights don’t care about human rights either. That’s why Free the Slaves is proud to be affiliated with DH Anticounterfeit, a Swedish software firm that helps companies manage their investigation of counterfeiting cases...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Apr 24, 2018 | I Am the Change, Slavery-Free Commerce, Take Action
Are human trafficking victims hidden inside your closet? Could be. It’s not your fault, it’s hard to know if your wardrobe is tainted by sweatshop slave labor. But now it’s easy to stop financing the enslavement of women and children in the fashion industry. Free the...
