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Social media personality Andrew Tate is behind bars in Romania, amid rape and human trafficking allegations. In the US, what the Tate brothers are accused of is sometimes called Romeo pimping.

For 15 years, Polaris has never turned off the lights on the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline — the country’s lifeline for victims and survivors of sex and labor trafficking.

“After the conviction was on my record, all doors seemed to be closed for me. I lived in a prison. People might say it was in my mind, but it really wasn’t. It was reality.” — Human Trafficking Survivor Burden of Criminal Records The first time trafficking survivors come into contact with law enforcementis often … Continued

Labor Trafficking: The basics Real labor trafficking storylines Below are the kinds of labor trafficking situations that we hear about most frequently on the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline. They are by no means the only ways that labor trafficking can occur, but taken together may help you craft your own stories in ways that … Continued

A spike in the number of migrants attempting to cross into the United States from Mexico this spring has led to concerns about a surge in sex trafficking and claims that lax border enforcement is making trafficking easier. Let's lay out the facts.

United States v. Sumalee Intarathong et al. Hundreds of low-income Thai women were posed in lingerie and advertised on the pages of various Twin Cities-area websites as being for sale – for brief intervals. These women had been helped to come to the United States by a network of criminals who arranged for fraudulent visas … Continued

Fighting Racism is Fighting Human Trafficking Did you know that people of color are disproportionately victimized by both sex and labor trafficking in the United States. Racism fuels policies that have stunted economic opportunity for people of color for generations – and poverty is a key risk factor for #humantrafficking. Stereotypes that dehumanize Latino workers … Continued

Biography Alex is a labor trafficking survivor from North Carolina. Born in Hong Kong and raised mostly in Europe, she was trafficked in the U.S. as a minor by an adoptive parent. While living with her trafficker, she was denied education and forced to work as an unpaid, domestic house slave. Since her rescue in … Continued

The case of Larsen Farms in Texas is only one example of how the H-2A visa system is badly broken. Farms owners should be held accountable for what happens under their watch.