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Answering the Call: State Legislators From Across the Country Participate in Historic National Call to End Human Trafficking

On November 15, Polaris Project hosted the first ever National State Legislators Conference Call on Human Trafficking. More than 40 legislators from 26 states joined a conference call and webinar put together by Polaris Project to collaborate, share ideas, and advocate for anti-trafficking legislation. Each state has taken its own approach to [...]

Senator Daylin Leach’s National Hotline Posting/Human Trafficking Press Conference

Capitol Rotunda, Harrisburg

October 18, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.

30 victims, held in debt bondage. Sexual and physical violence used to force them to work long hours at very little or no pay. You may think that you would never come across this type of crime, but in [...]

Part II: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act 2011 – The Time for Reauthorization Is Now

The release of the TIP Report highlights the necessity of passing the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). On June 29, 2011, Senators Leahy, Kerry, and Brown introduced the 2011 TVPRA bill, building on the momentum of the TIP Report release a few days earlier.

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2011 TIP Report Release

The U.S. State Department’s Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report was released on Monday, June 27, 2011. It is compiled each year to analyze 184 governments’ efforts to combat human trafficking within their own borders. Governments are ranked into one of three tiers based on their attempts to meet the “minimum standards [...]

Answering the Call: State Legislators From Across the Country Participate in Historic National Call to End Human Trafficking

Senator Daylin Leach’s National Hotline Posting/Human Trafficking Press Conference

Part II: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act 2011 – The Time for Reauthorization Is Now

2011 TIP Report Release

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