Katie Wilde

Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, Partnership and Policy provide a framework for understanding how communities and institutions can respond to human trafficking. Their value…

From local survivor services to international efforts against forced labor, organizations fighting human trafficking perform different but connected roles. Understanding those differences…

Modern slavery describes a broad range of severe exploitation, while human trafficking is a specific crime involving acts carried out for an…

Where you travel, how you heat your home and what your workplace buys can cut emissions. Climate action can also help protect…

If someone is using threats, deception or control to make you work, perform sexual acts or provide other services, you can seek…

Preventing human trafficking takes informed action: recognizing coercion, supporting survivors, protecting workers and strengthening the conditions that allow people to live safely.…

Conflict, displacement and disappearing livelihoods are leaving millions of people in Myanmar with fewer safe choices. Here’s how poverty can increase the risk of trafficking and modern slavery.

Aurora police reported recovering 29 survivors, including 15 minors, in a year. Lasting protection depends on what follows: a safe place to live, dependable relationships, and support that continues beyond the investigation.

Public records, digital traces and financial evidence can help investigators establish exploitation independently, reducing reliance on survivors to recount and prove everything that happened to them.