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Institute Publishes Resource on Prosecution-led Investigations in Uganda
This month, the Institute published a Best Practices for Prosecution-led Trafficking in Persons Investigations in Uganda field manual for justice...
Report Reveals Increase in Criminal & Civil Human Trafficking Suits Brought Against Hotel Chains in 2019
The 2019 Federal Human Trafficking Report, which was released on May 26, revealed an increase in both criminal and civil human trafficking suits...
Federal Report Finds U.S. Federal Courts Handled 606 Criminal Human Trafficking Cases in 2019
The 2019 Federal Human Trafficking Report was released today on the Human Trafficking Institute’s website. The Report, a project of the Institute,...
2019 Federal Human Trafficking Report
The 2019 Federal Human Trafficking Report is an annual publication of the Institute that provides comprehensive data from every federal criminal and...
Two Suspected Traffickers Arrested and Charged in Uganda
In the midst of stay-at-home orders in Uganda due to COVID-19, the Institute’s Special Counsel Tyler Dunman continues to support of the work of...
Institute’s Special Counsel in Uganda Featured in The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News featured Tyler Dunman, the Institute’s Special Counsel in Uganda, in a news story on March 11, 2020, entitled, “A...
Institute’s Associate Legal Counsel Featured in Northwestern College’s Magazine
Alyssa Currier, the Institute’s Associate Legal Counsel, was featured in a news story entitled, “Modern Slavery Fighter,” published by Northwestern...
Belize Celebrates Second Conviction Ever Under 2013 TIP Act
Belize recently celebrated its second conviction ever under its 2013 Trafficking in Persons Act. On March 10, a jury...
Now Accepting Applications for the 2020-21 Douglass Fellowship Cohort
Applications for the 2020-21 Douglass Fellowship cohort will be accepted until 11:59pm EST Sunday, May 3, 2020. Inspired by Fredrick Douglass’s...
Uganda’s National Police Human Trafficking Department Trained to Conduct TIP Investigations
The Human Trafficking Institute recently partnered with Uganda’s National Police Human Trafficking Department to train 32 members of its Trafficking...
#InContext: Scott Harrison
Today, Americans are fueled by checking off to-do lists and chasing an inbox count to zero. While busy schedules are marked by distinct start and...