by Free the Slaves | Jan 18, 2012 | Slavery in the News
Some of them run away. Some of them simply have nowhere to go. But the lives of prostitutes—often coerced into sex slavery—are usually misunderstood. Trafficking is considered the third largest industry for organized crime, generating billions of dollars annually....
by Free the Slaves | Sep 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Poloris Project has released their 2011 state ratings map revealing the presence or absence of 10 categories of state statutes that Polaris Project believes are critical to a comprehensive anti-trafficking legal framework. See how your state rates here
by Free the Slaves | Jun 14, 2011 | FTS Updates
Because it deserves more attention—and I didn’t give it its proper due when I blogged about this last week—I’d like to put a magnifying glass to a couple of quotes from Free the Slaves’ Director of Programs Karen Stauss that were featured in Vanity...
by Free the Slaves | Jun 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last month, Vanity Fair published a major investigative story on modern-day slavery in the U.S. ‘Sex Trafficking of Americans: The Girls Next Door’ takes a look at domestic sex slavery—an illicit industry that preys on every-younger girls and boys (the...
by Free the Slaves | May 12, 2011 | Slavery in the News
In the U.S., thousands are brought into our borders to be used as slaves. Thousands of U.S. citizens are enslaved within our borders. Slavery is by no means a foreign issue—it happens right in our back yards. Just this past week arrests were made and convictions...
