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Trafficking Task Force Resources
African American Slavery-"Abolition: Broken Promises"
This film presents a grim picture of the black experience after slavery through the eyes of those who experienced it and their progeny. Topics include the Fugitive Slave Law and the Dred Scott decision; Northern political abandonment of blacks; failure of the post-war land-distribution act; the role of industry; and the perpetuation of Jim Crow well into the 1950s.
Freedom Network (USA) To Empower Trafficked and Enslaved Persons Trafficking as the recruitment, harboring, transporting, providing or obtaining, by any means, any person for forced labor, slavery or servitude in any industry or site such as agriculture, construction, prostitution, manufacturing, begging, domestic service or marriage.
Free the Slaves Child slavery in our own back yards Thousands of children are held as slaves in the United States.
International Organization for Migration After half a century of worldwide operational experience, IOM has become the leading international organization working with migrants and governments to provide humane responses to migration challenges. After half a century of worldwide operational experience, IOM has become the leading international organization working with migrants and governments to provide humane responses to migration challenges.
Five days after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the FBI arrested Masuo Yasui, a 30-year U.S. resident, as a potentially dangerous enemy alien. This documentary is the odyssey of the filmmaker, Masuo's granddaughter, to recover her family's history from self-imposed silence. Relatives recall the trauma of anti-Asian sentiment, the loss of property and their own confinement in concentration camps.
This film chronicles the stories of three "mail-order brides" from the Philippines now living in Canada. In order to escape lives of poverty and support their families, these women married men they didn't know. Upon arriving in Canada, they found themselves isolated in remote regions of the country. What lies ahead for these women is uncertain. The lucky ones may find stability. The less fortunate may suffer terrible consequences. All of them are willing to take the risk.
Research on Trafficking in Human Beings The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs. NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to enhance the administration of justice and public safety.
Stop Trafficking Stop-Trafficiking addresses human rights abuses associated with trafficking in persons for forced labor, servitude and slavery around the world, such as in forced factory labor, domestic servitude, forced prostitution, forced agricultural labor and other forms of forced labor.
Trafficking Response Team
Each year, an estimated 600,000-800,000 men, women, and children are trafficked across international borders (some international and non-governmental organizations place the number far higher), and the trade is growing. It is also estimated that between 14,500 and 17,500 people are trafficked to the United States annually. (TIP Report 2004)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC is mandated to assist Member States in their struggle against illicit drugs, crime and terrorism. In the Millennium Declaration, Member States also resolved to intensify efforts to fight transnational crime in all its dimensions, to redouble the efforts to implement the commitment to counter the world drug problem and to take concerted action against international terrorism.
World Affairs Council The World Affairs Council is a membership-based organization that creates forums for discussion of critical world issues. We invite you to get involved, educated, and informed through our many programs.
Office of Crime Victims Advocacy
(800) 822-1067 Hotline
(866) 857-9889 Contractor Line
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