[Free] A 4 p.m. rally outside the United Nations against labor trafficking and slavery.
But now there are lots of cases of trafficking for cheap labor, forced labor, trafficking for marriage, trafficking for organ transplants.
It's highly problematic because it does this at the expense of all trafficking victims – it ignores labor trafficking victims".
Even with the TVPA legislation still in place, prosecuting sex or labor trafficking cases is notoriously difficult.
In 2008, a study by Ms. Varia cited dozens of cases that amounted "to forced labor, trafficking, or slavery-like conditions".
Last week, I once again urged them to address widespread concerns over public executions, torture, child labor, trafficking of women, and religious persecution.
Prosecutors announced that a federal grand jury in Kansas City issued a 45-count indictment on May 6 that included charges of labor racketeering, forced labor trafficking and immigration violations.
I firmly believe that one cannot separate human trafficking from prostitution, CSEC (the commercial sexual exploitation of children) and the equally important issue of labor trafficking.
Advocacy groups, prosecutors and researchers who study labor trafficking say domestic workers are as vulnerable to exploitation as sex workers, and in some ways even harder to reach.
The report highlighted six companies in particular, including REI, Bath & Body Works Direct and Guitar Center, for implementing strong internal policies and procedures to stamp out forced labor trafficking and slavery.
