Considered among the best cities to work and live in the US, San Diego also ranks in the FBI’s 13 highest-intensity trafficking areas in the country.

Sex trafficking generates $810m in annual revenue for local pimps and gangs, making it the county’s second-largest underground economy after drugs.

But findings of a groundbreaking three-year study on gang-involved sex trafficking, funded by the Department of Justice and released last October, have prompted local government to act, creating a unique precedent for cooperative action.

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Responsible Sourcing Tool
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The Responsible Sourcing Tool is a free web platform created to help visualize and understand the risks of human trafficking in supply chains. Created by Verité, Made in a Free World, and the Aspen Institute, with support from the U.S. State Depart...Read More

Between Decent Work and Modern Slavery
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This short animation by Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) shows how labour abuses can lead to severe exploitation and modern slavery.    ...Read More

TAGS: Global
Construction and Labour Exploitation
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FLEX has published a new report revealing a range of labour abuses and risk of exploitation in London’s construction sector, including workers not being paid, being physically and verbally abused, and being forced to work in dangerous conditions. T...Read More

The Global Initiative & RESPECT at EU Anti-Trafficking Day Conference
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When: October 29, 2018 all-day
Where: Hofburg, Vienna, Austria

On the occasion of the EU Anti-Trafficking Day, one of the RESPECT founding organisations, the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime co-organized a high-level conference on “Human Trafficking and Human Rights – Access to Rights for Victims of Human Trafficking” with...

TAGS: Europe