by Kelli Ross | Dec 2, 2016 | Our Stories, U.S. Updates
Founding Director Victor Boutros co-authored The Washington Post Bestseller The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence (Oxford Press) with Gary Haugen, CEO of International Justice Mission. Beneath the surface of the world’s poorest...
by Kelli Ross | Nov 16, 2016 | Our Stories, U.S. Updates
The United Nations invited more than 20 human trafficking experts from around the globe gathered in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 10-11, 2016, to participate in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Expert Group Meeting. Institute Founding Director John...
by Kelli Ross | Oct 28, 2016 | In the News
Founding Directors Victor Boutros and John Richmond, a 1998 graduate of Wake Forest University School of Law, partnered with the Wake Forest Law Review to present, “Combatting Human Trafficking: Current Trends and Cutting Edge Issues,” on Friday, Oct. 28, in the...
by Kelli Ross | Oct 5, 2016 | Our Stories, U.S. Updates
The Human Trafficking Institute recently filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court against Backpage.com. (Click here to read the Supreme Court brief.) The case involves three minor sex trafficking victims in Massachusetts whose traffickers sold on Backpage.com. As...
by Kelli Ross | May 16, 2016 | In the News
Sounds Good with Branden Harvey hosted John Richmond on May 16, 2016, in a podcast called “Changing the World.” Click here to listen to this podcast. Sounds Good With Branden Harvey is a weekly podcast that explores the lives, stories and adventures of the...