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What is Labor Trafficking? – Part one

Labor Trafficking

According to the World Economic Forum, 114 million people lost their jobs in 2020 due to the COVID-19 lockdowns resulting in approximately $3.7 trillion in lost in labor income (Richter, 2021). An August 2020 article stated that the global pandemic was “expected to...

An Overview of Labor Trafficking

Labor Trafficking

By Nicole Caldwell, Undergraduate Student: B.A. in French with a minor in Political Science, University of Missouri in St. Louis (UMSL); Gateway Human Trafficking Intern Did you know that one of the first recognized cases of human trafficking in the United States...

In honor of Women’s History Month

Human Trafficking, Labor Trafficking, Sex Trafficking

Although women have made great strides in equal rights over the last century, women are still fighting for their safety. One of the biggest challenges women are facing globally is human trafficking and the multifaceted affects it has on their lives. Did you know that...

National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

Human Trafficking, Labor Trafficking, Sex Trafficking

Human trafficking is the use of force, fraud, or coercion to control a person for commercial sex or labor services. Traffickers use violence, threats, blackmail, false promises, deception, and debt bondage to trap vulnerable persons for profit. Sex trafficking occurs...