eMin Update– Using Blockchain to Combat Modern Slavery
VideosThis webinar provides updates on the ‘eMin’ project, a blockchain-enabled tool for responsible recruitment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIbhaZgiF0U&t=5s ...Read More
This hearing was called by the Committee on Financial Services of the U.S. House of Representatives and focused on illicit financial flows and the key role of the banking industry in combating human trafficking.
This hearing examines how financial institution’s monitor, review, and verify depository relations with a payment processor. In particular, the Subcommittee seeks to better understand potential problems and long-term challenges that exist, including examples of how human traffickers avoid detection.
Witness List
- The Honorable Cyrus R. Vance Jr., District Attorney, New York County, District Attorney’s Office
- Dr. Louise I. Shelley, Founder and Director, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, George Mason University (TTF)
- Ms. Tina Frundt, Founder and Director, Courtney’s House (TTF)
- Mr. Bassem Banafa, Financial Forensics Consultant, Bassem Banafa, LLC (TTF)
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children: Rights and Responsibilities
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When:
February 18, 2015 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Currently, is it estimated that 1.8 million children are exploited worldwide in prostitution or through pornography. Furthermore, it is believed that 20% of victims trafficked for sexual exploitation are children. In 2001, there were approximately 100,000 pornography sites containing child...
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...
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Europe
Illegal Logging, Environmental Crime, and Human Trafficking
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When:
February 22, 2018 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The environmental crime of illegal logging creates a layered web of exploitation. Natural resources, protected lands, and threatened species of plants and trees are exploited as well as trafficked labour. Criminal networks often force indigenous populations into slavery and other...
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Global
