Press Release Mar 18, 2024 New HRF Report: Authoritarianism and Trafficking in Persons There are an estimated 50 million people worldwide trapped in either forced labor or forced marriage. While human trafficking exists in every country, HRF’s research suggests authoritarian regimes are more likely to encourage and perpetuate human trafficking than democracies.
Reports Feb 6, 2024 New HRF Report: Sex Trafficking in Cuba Today, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) published a new report, “Sex Trafficking in Cuba: A Form of Gender-Based Violence and Human Trafficking,” as part of its ongoing series exploring the links between human trafficking and authoritarianism.
Announcement Aug 31, 2023 Human Trafficking & Authoritarianism: Read HRF’s Latest Reports Human trafficking, considered a modern form of slavery, impacts tens of millions and exists in every region of the world. In 2023, an estimated 28 million individuals were trapped in modern slavery and 22 million trapped in forced marriage globally.
Blog Post Jul 30, 2023 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: How Corruption Drives Modern Slavery Slavery was declared abolished in 1981 when Mauritania became the last country in the world to formally outlaw it, but 2023 numbers tell a different story: Today, on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, an estimated 27.6 million people are trapped in modern slavery and 22 million in forced marriages around the world. And the numbers are rising.
Blog Post Jul 30, 2022 Authoritarianism Lies at the Heart of Human Trafficking On this World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, there are over 24.9 million people subject to human trafficking, or modern slavery.
