Free the Slaves

Type: Organization

Name: Free the Slaves (FTS)

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Free the Slaves

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 19 mins ago - 1 reports

U.S. Human-Trafficking Report Criticizes China, Russia

The Obama administration has downgraded the ratings of China, Russia and Uzbekistan in an annual report that tracks global efforts to combat modern slavery.The three-tier ranking puts Russia and China on a list of the world’s worst offenders, such as ... [Published Bloomberg - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Russia, China, Free the Slaves, Watch List

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 27 mins ago - 1 reports

China, Russia face sanctions in wake of US world human trafficking report

The State Department's latest report on global human trafficking has ranked China and Russia as among the world's worst offenders.EnlargeUS Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during an event releasing the Annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) Report ... [Published GlobalPost - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Human Trafficking, Russia, China, Sanctions

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Free the Slaves

How to ... use the media to help combat human trafficking

Spreading the word is essential to stopping slavery. These tips – from providing footage to showing causes to building hope – will help anti-trafficking groups to get their messages heard Visibility: it's impossible to solve a human rights challenge without ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Slavery, Human Trafficking, Free the Slaves

First reported May 26 2013 - Updated May 26 2013 - 1 reports

Human-trafficking problem is difficult to measure

How big of a problem is human trafficking?It depends.At last count, in 2000, there were an estimated 27 million victims of human trafficking worldwide.That’s the number cited by the U.S. State Department’s Office to Combat Human Trafficking, and it’s ... [Published Las Vegas Review Journal - May 26 2013]

Entities: Kevin Bales, Human Trafficking, Smuggling, Slavery, Free the Slaves

Quotes

"Fighting this crime wherever it exists is in our national interest," Kerry, who made the final determination, wrote. "Human trafficking undermines the rulerule of law and creates instability. It tears apart families and communities. It damages the environment and corrupts the global supply chains and labor markets that keep the world’s economies thriving… We also have a moral obligation to meet this challenge head-on."

China, Russia face sanctions in wake of US world human trafficking report [Published GlobalPost - 10 hours ago]

...I think it was William Wilberforce who said, "You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know." I may wish I didn't know, but I most certainly do and increasingly, so do companies...

Guest Post: I have 52 Slaves! [Published theCSRfeed - Apr 24 2013]

Civil society's "idealistic" expectations mark a second obstacle, he says. "They [NGOs] almost come at it from the standpoint of 'why can't you just mandate this [anti-trafficking] tomorrow afternoon and it will all stop and the world will be better', without appreciating quite some of the complexities in doing that."

Corporate initiative can play a major role in anti-trafficking movement [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 03 2013]

"That's pretty exciting," Mraz said of the history involved, "and I'm going there with an enormous amount of gratitude and respect, and I hope we can actually make a difference."

Jason Mraz to perform in Myanmar vs trafficking [Published Sun Star Network - Nov 16 2012]

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Guest Post: I have 52 Slaves! [Published theCSRfeed - Apr 24 2013]
I have 52 Slaves! [Published 3BL Media blogs - Apr 23 2013]
Corporate initiative can play a major role in a... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 03 2013]
Jason Mraz to perform in Myanmar vs trafficking [Published Sun Star Network - Nov 16 2012]
Fact Sheet for Free the Slaves [Published Able2Act - Jan 22 2007]