Human Trafficking

The Kingdom of God Global Church, previously Joshua Media Ministries International, stands at the epicenter of a federal investigation into forced labor, human trafficking, and money laundering, with leaders David Taylor and Michelle Brannon facing indictments. In a bold countermove, the church initiated a lawsuit demanding the return of seized assets millions in cash, gold, […]

California’s Assembly Bill 379 (AB 379), set to take effect on January 1, 2026, represents a significant legislative pivot in the state’s battle against sex trafficking by emphasizing demand reduction strategies. Sponsored by Assemblymember Chris Ward and championed by figures like San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and District Attorney Summer Stephan, the law amends Penal […]

The introduction of mandatory minimum sentences in human trafficking and child trafficking in Wisconsin also indicates a punitive turn over shift in the criminal justice model of the state. The new law takes trafficking to superior levels of the felony and sets mandatory minimums of 10 and 15 years in cases of adult and child […]

Florida is currently among the most vulnerable states in the United States regarding human trafficking, and the annual statistics of reported cases, as well as deeply rooted weaknesses, are associated with its economy, which greatly depends on tourism. Records of the state indicate almost 2,100 reported cases in 2023, which is not the first case […]

The Tier 1 status of Denmark in the 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report highlights the adherence of the country to the minimum international standards of efforts to combat human trafficking. The label indicates the institutional investments such as the setting aside of 118.2 million Danish kroner to the National Action Plan 2022-2025. Governments have been […]

The expanding role of faith-based partnerships in the fight against human trafficking has become increasingly visible in 2025 as global institutions search for multidimensional approaches that address both the systemic and community-rooted drivers of exploitation. The International Organization for Migration’s USD 1 million partnership with Human Concern International demonstrates this shift toward integrating moral authority, […]

Human trafficking in Gaza is increased as a direct result of the long-term conflict, structural displacement, and the failure of civilian protection. Ever since the 2023-2024 escalation and ongoing hostility up to 2025, over 1.9 million Palestinians have been displaced and it has led to one of the most intense displacement crises in the world. […]

A human trafficking bill was a major legislative step forward taken by U.S. lawmakers toward one of the most pernicious crimes that affected the transportation system in the country. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Catherine Cortez Masto are the co-sponsors of the Trafficker Restrictions of Aviation, Federal Freight, and Interstate Carriers (TRAFFIC) Act which will indefinitely […]

Business centers in the United Arab Emirates have long been the mediating forces between the private sector firms, Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) as well as migrant workers. They were very important to the labor system in the country because of their involvement in visa processing, documentation and helping with Emiratisation compliance. Nevertheless, […]

Georgia remains under national focus with the state statistics, federal collaboration, and community-led reporting modeling the future of anti-trafficking initiatives in the state in 2025. The Georgia human trafficking crackdown continues to be one of the most observationally dynamic enforcement and policy frameworks in the United States as a result of the state’s geographic position […]

JPMorgan Chase’s banking relationship with Jeffrey Epstein began approximately fifteen years ago and developed a complicated banking structure with which Epstein could move, withdraw, or hide funds on an international level. From 2003 to 2019, the bank processed funds over one billion dollars with Epstein and his associates. These transactions continued even after his imprisonment […]

The geographic and socio-economic location of Tijuana cannot be separated when it comes to its status as a center of the human smuggling and trafficking networks. The city is located on the border with the United States of America and California and serves as one of the most active transit zones where irregular migration and […]

During the last ten years, Georgia has established a strong mechanism of fighting human trafficking, which shows its correspondence to the European and international standards of human rights. By 2025, legislation and institutional changes have streamlined the anti-trafficking response of Georgia by adopting the amendments to the criminal code, identifying specific victim support strategies, and […]

The forced labor system in China remains a tangled system that goes deep in 2025 and involves both the local government and foreign economic forces. Although there have been long-term denials by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), there is a great deal of documentation that shows coercion on a mass scale against the Chinese minorities, […]

Social media has become a key instrument of human trafficking networks to find, recruit, and manipulate victims. These platforms have increased the scope of the trafficking activities and allowed exploitation on a scale never before seen in the world in 2025. Popular applications: Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok, Snapchat, Discord and WhatsApp have become the ideal […]

The campaign against human trafficking in Asia is experiencing a paradigm shift, with youth leaders taking over leading roles in the awareness campaign, prevention, and advocacies. They have not appeared randomly but are a deliberate reaction to the changing dynamics of trafficking and digital approaches that discriminate against young and vulnerable groups. This progress was […]

Human trafficking continues to be one of the most popular and elusive forms of contemporary exploitation that has been experienced by more than 25 million individuals across the world. Trafficking has however evolved and thrived even after decades of legal advancements and an increase in cross-border cooperation. The demand was cited by Tony Talbott, a […]

Human trafficking tips have dramatically increased in 2025 in Virginia and the Virginia State Police reported 1,209 tips by mid-September. This number is a three times improvement to the previous year making Virginia the 16 th highest state in the country when it comes to operations in trafficking. This increase indicates deeper structural shifts in […]

San Antonio was the center of one of the largest counter-trafficking efforts called Operation Lightning Bug. Led by the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and with the assistance of the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD), Texas Department of Public Safety, and several other local and federal law enforcement agencies, the operation was […]

The rise of scam centres across Myanmar in 2025 reveals a devastating convergence of armed conflict, political breakdown, and transnational organized crime. With an estimated 100,000 individuals trafficked into forced cyber fraud operations, Myanmar is now the site of one of the world’s most complex and brutal human trafficking crises. These centres are more than […]

Iraq and its fight against human trafficking is one of the hardest human rights issues to resolve in the Middle East. The issue is old, but the complexity and scope of trafficking networks that operate in and through Iraq have grown exponentially over the last few years. A fragile combination of the unsteadiness of post-conflict […]

Human trafficking is a chronic issue in Virginia, and it impacts individuals of all age, gender, or socio-economic status. Over 2,200 hotline cases since the inception of the hotline have involved nearly 4,550 victims in the state. The level of public awareness and responsiveness has been realized through the increased number of signal calls, messages, […]

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, originally enacted in 1970 to combat organized crime, has once again discovered new applications in 2025 as a central tool in disrupting human trafficking networks. As trafficking networks have become more globalized and technology-facilitated, the U.S. Department of Justice and its partners have increasingly turned to RICO’s […]

The problem of human trafficking is still widely spread all around the world, and the adoption of digital platforms has increased its scope and its sophistication. The report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2025 attests to this position by revealing that traffickers are turning out to use technology to entrap, […]

Human trafficking is one of the most deep-rooted transnational crimes, which is facing the United States. By 2025, the policy debate has been over the opposite Trump and Biden administration strategies. The different emphases on enforcement, victim services and interagency coordination, seen across each administration still manifest today in the national and state level anti-trafficking […]

The anti-trafficking activities in Wyoming County take place in the context of the ongoing difficulties within New York State. Not only cities but rural areas are at risk, but the modes of exploitation differ greatly according to geography and resource. Trafficking is an inevitable problem that still occurs in Wyoming County, although it is not […]

In 2025, the problem of human trafficking in Texas has taken deep roots described by increasing concerns related to not only sex trafficking but also labor trafficking. The state is not only facing the enormity of the reported cases, but is still plagued by the inability to respond through cohesive, survivor-centered policy. The situation may […]

In June 2025, an international operation named Operation Global Chain was carried out. Organized by Austria and Romania, with the help of international law enforcement agencies INTERPOL, Europol and Frontex, the operation deployed almost 15,000 officers in 43 countries. It was a massive move which highlighted the growing global devotion to cover human trafficking which […]

In 2025, the Federal Department of Justice (DOJ) established a remuneration program to the tune of 200 million dollars to the victims of sex trafficking that occurred through Backpage.com between 2004 and 2018. The fund is the largest restitution initiative ever made to trafficking survivors as part of prosecution of Backpage executives with the finances […]

Created by artist Molly Gochman in 2014, the Red Sand Project developed into a popular global initiative that gives visibility to the human trafficking victims ignored by the systems created to serve them. When the participants pour red sand into cracks in the sidewalk, it becomes a powerful connotation of so many people that slip […]

As an independent human rights policy institute, the Washington Centre of Human Rights (WCHR) is dedicated to accomplishing justice and safeguarding already disadvantaged communities, a highly chastened war against human trafficking that has been on the increase across North Texas and especially in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area. With reference to recent cross-agency law enforcement […]

North Texas of 2025 has been known to be one of the most critical public safety issues concerning Human trafficking. The Dallas Police Department (DPD) has experienced a massive upsurge in cases of human trafficking in the last four years with 49 instances in 2021 as compared with 157 cases in 2023. These are not […]

The human trafficking struggle can be impersonal and faceless, easily collapsing to a message in the newspaper or a number in the report. However in July 2025 the city of Lakewood, Ohio launched a project that questions this distance in a radical, creative manner: the QR Quilt. This is an art that integrates technology to […]

The human trafficking business in the United States is still on the edge- dark, undocumented, and complicated. Each year thousands are tricked into working or sex against their will. To address this protracted crisis, two Congressmen, Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Lucy McBath (D-GA), introduced the bill entitled Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act at the […]

In 2025, human trafficking continues to loom long over West Africa. Economic turmoil, lack of border checks, war and the digitalization of communication have enabled the traffickers to expand their activities with expanding finesse. The trend in which 40 Ghanaians have been rescued out of a compound in Ondo state in Nigeria since it is […]

Thailand is facing a growing menace of call centre rackets and human trafficking and smuggling networks that have become serious frontiers of national security. On July 10, 2025, the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) retreated to its pledge of the five-point plan of issuing terrorism in a bid to stamp out these criminal activities. The […]

The March 2025 report released by Interpol indicates that there are at least 66 countries whose respective victims are being trafficked to online scam hotspots. These criminal enterprises have quickly spread to other untapped areas such as West Africa, Central America, and Middle East although the epicentre remains to be Southeast Asia where most reporting […]

The problems of human trafficking related to online scam centers have developed into a global crisis and are past the boundaries of Southeast Asia to all continents. On a recent crime trend update issued by INTERPOL in mid-2025, it was revealed that victims have been trafficked into these scam operations in as many as 66 […]

Child trafficking is a serious and ongoing problem in cities all over the world, and recent incidents in Quezon City, Philippines, have highlighted this secret crisis in stark relief. Two accommodation facilities—Blazingwood Apartelle in Barangay San Agustin and MC Hotel in Novaliches—had been ordered closed by local authorities for their role in child trafficking and […]

Human trafficking is a very widespread and a very disturbing subject that can be found in most of the urban areas such as the state of Portland, Oregon. In 2025, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) made a concerted effort to fight this vice, especially along the 82nd Avenue area of Northeast Portland which is a […]

The act of human trafficking is one of the worst that the 21st century has witnessed, and millions of people have been victims. A thorough system against human trafficking, victim protection, and criminal prosecution has been in place since 2008 thanks to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. At […]

The issue of human trafficking is of major concern to the Central Asia region, which is characterized by the weakness of the borders, economic inequality, and expanding criminal networks. The principal importance of the regional cooperation of the Central Asian states and their international partners is reflected in the enhanced struggle against trafficking that is […]

The G7 solution to the issue of migrant smuggling is in the middle between humanitarianism and political rationality. With the mounting pressure of global migration, the top economies in the world have come out to work together in an effort to destroy the transnational network of smuggling activities and defend the vulnerable groups of migrants. […]

Human trafficking is an urgent global issue that continues to increase, despite international efforts to curb its growth. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has reported a 25% rise in detected trafficking victims from 2019 to 2022. Shockingly, children now make up 38% of all identified victims. This disturbing trend is largely […]

The ongoing conflict in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels of devastation in 2025, with Israeli strikes targeting civilian shelters, including schools, that have become sanctuaries for displaced Palestinians. This analysis examines the human rights implications of these attacks, drawing on recent evidence that these strikes are part of a deliberate military strategy, and situates them […]

The ongoing conflict between Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has escalated into a complex and decentralized war, defined by shifting territorial control, tribal fragmentation, and the rise of competing governance structures. The RSF’s siege of El Fasher and the Abu Shouk refugee camp reflects a broader strategy to dominate […]