Barbara Amaya was a human trafficking survivor and survivor advocate who dedicated her life to fighting trafficking and advocating for survivors of this heinous crime. We at ATI were privileged to serve alongside her. Unfortunately, Barbara is no longer with us — as she passed away this past January. We’re honored to dedicate the 2024 Anti-Trafficking International Conference to Barbara …
It stops with us: everyone plays a role in the fight against human trafficking, each of us holds the power to makes difference from raising awareness to supporting survivors every action counts.
Boiled down to the basics, human trafficking takes two forms: sex trafficking and labor trafficking. In both cases, victims are stripped of their basic human rights, freedoms, and dignity. But in the former situation, they are subjected to exploitation of a sexual nature regardless of whether it involves direct contact with buyers, such as forced prostitution, or indirect means, such …
Washington, D.C. – Anti-Trafficking International (ATI) will host an online event, What You Need to Know About Labor Trafficking: Definition, Scope, and Eliminating Forced Labor from Supply Chains, on Thursday, March 31, 7:30 PM EDT. Mary Graw Leary, a law professor and expert on human trafficking, will define what constitutes labor trafficking and what it looks like regionally in the U.S, as …
Washington, D.C.—ATI will host an online event, What About the Buyers? Fighting Human Trafficking by Fighting Demand, for the public and professionals on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 10:00 AM EST. Valiant (Val) Richey, a global expert on human trafficking, will address why we should focus on demand to stop sex trafficking, how to understand buyers, what states need to do to address demand, …
PURCELLVILLE, VA — Human trafficking is an issue in communities throughout the country. To prevent trafficking within the community, the Purcellville Police Department will host a trafficking prevention seminar next week, along with experts from Anti-Trafficking International.
The migration crisis at the U.S. southern border runs deeper than even the most disturbing news reports reveal. The grave humanitarian crisis does not stop at the border. It extends to communities across the nation, as failed immigration policies fuel human trafficking activity.
