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Experts: Trump’s tape-bound women trafficking claim is misleading.
Experts: Trump’s tape-bound women trafficking claim is misleading
Who has the most to gain from Trump’s immigration policies? Private prisons.
Who has the most to gain from Trump’s immigration policies? Private prisons
Modern-day slaves are suing the traffickers
Modern-day slaves are suing the traffickers
This woman says she was trafficked by a diplomat. And it happens all the time.
This woman says she was trafficked by a diplomat. And it happens all the time.
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October

  • Yahoo News – Point of View “How QAnon is undermining the real global flight against human traffickers” (10/31/2020)

  • TIME “‘I Thought I Was Going to Die.’ How Donald Trump’s Immigration Agenda Set Back the Clock on Fighting Human Trafficking” (10/30/2020)

  • Medium “Freedom Needs Truth: An Open Letter to Candidates, the Media, Political Parties, and Policymakers” (10/21/2020)

September

  • Forbes “Congress Urged To Combat Human Trafficking of Foreign Workers Through Data Transparency” (09/22/2020)

  • The News & Observer “Lured to U.S. at 16, she sought visa for trafficking victims. Now she may be deported.”  (09/11/2020)

  • Thomson Reuters Foundation “Coming together to strengthen the anti-trafficking ecosystem in India” (09/09/2020)

August
July

  • Good Faith Media “Opinion: U.S. Leads Fight in Human Trafficking – Or Does It?” (07/29/2020)

  • Emancipation Nation Podcast “Episode 54: At What Cost to Victims Should Traffickers be Brought to Justice and are For-Profit Prisons Engaged in Labor Trafficking?” (07/21/2020)

  • Emancipation Nation Podcast “Episode 53: When Survivors Have Lawyers, Survivors Have Rights” (07/14/2020)

  • Thomson Reuters Foundation “Shipment of Chinese hair goods seized by U.S. officials suspecting forced labor” (07/01/2020)

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April

  • Human Rights Watch “Over 180 Rights Groups Urge Trump Administration to Halt Border Expulsions, Protect Domestic Violence Survivors” (04/16/2020)

  • Thomson Reuters Foundation “Holding trafficking victims to testify makes lives worse – U.S. group” (04/16/2020)

  • VOA “US Group: Holding Trafficking Victims to Testify Makes Lives Worse” (04/16/2020)

  • Business & Human Rights Resource Centre “Withhold Release Orders, in Three Acts: Heralding A New Enforcement Era” (04/08/2020)

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December

  • The Arab American News “Former Moroccan ambassador to the U.S., two others charged with visa fraud.” (12/24/2019)

  • WilmerHale “WilmerHale Team Sets Standard for Liability in Human Trafficking Cases with Win for Victimized Client.” (12/13/2019)

  • Yabiladi (Morocco) “Months after the arrest of his ex-wife, a Morocco ex-diplomat charged with visa fraud in New York.” (12/14/2019)

  • Reuters “Morocco ex-diplomat to U.N. accused of visa fraud over workers.” (12/13/2019)

  • Thomson Reuter Foundation News “Morocco ex-diplomat to U.N. accused of visa fraud over workers.” (12/13/2019)

November

  • Winston & Strawn LLP, “Five Women Dedicated to Justice Lead Conversation on Human Trafficking.” (11/20/2019)

September

  • TheCrimeReport.org, “Human Trafficking Prosecutions Decline Under Trump Administration.” (09/09/2019)

  • Axios, “Efforts to combat human trafficking slow under Trump.” (09/07/2019)

August

  • Independent (UK), “Epstein death: Prosecutors could turn focus to Ghislaine Maxwell, ‘his protector who supplied him with three girls a day’.” (08/12/2019)

  • The Washington Post, “Epstein’s accusers call her his protector and procurer. Is Ghislaine Maxwell now prosecutors’ target?” (08/11/2019)

  • ABC News, “Vannak Prum Account of Modern Slavery and Escape.” (08/10/2019)

July

  • KTLA News 5, “Trump Makes 13 False Claims in Cabinet Meeting.” (07/16/2019)

  • World Politics Review, “How Trump is ‘Destroying Protections’ for Victims of Human Trafficking.” (07/02/2019)

June

  • The Dallas Morning News, “Sex traffickers ruin their victims’ lives – they should be made to pay to help rebuild them.” (06/30/2019)

  • The New Yorker Radio Hour, “The Trump Administration’s Plan to Deport Victims of Human Trafficking.” (06/21/2019)

  • Thomson Reuters Foundation, “In first, U.S. rebukes Malawian diplomats over trafficking case.” (06/20/2019)

April

  • Frontline, “A New Report Sheds Light on an International Rohingya Trafficking Network.” (04/05/2019)

March

  • The Washington Post, “The Trump administration’s crocodile tears on human trafficking.” (03/17/19)

February

  • Boston Globe, “‘It will be horrific’: How will women caught up in spa scheme move on?” (02/28/19)

  • CNN, “Trump’s border talking points sound like this movie.” (02/08/2019)

  • The Washington Post, “President Trump’s fantastical human trafficking claims.” (02/07/2019)

  • The New Yorker, “The Hypocrisy of Trump’s Anti-Trafficking Argument for a Border Wall.” (02/05/2019)

  • The Crime Report, “Labor Trafficking Survivor: ‘No One is Above the Law’.” (02/04/2019)

  • Bustle, “Statistics on human trafficking at the border pokes holes in Trump’s claims on ‘Face the Nation’.” (02/03/2019)

  • USA Today, “Trump says there’s a ‘good chance’ he’ll declare an emergency for border wall.” (02/01/19)

January

  • CNN, “Experts: Trump’s tape-bound women trafficking claim is misleading.” (01/27/2019)

  • The Star, “Trump’s tales about gagged women are misleading Americans about human trafficking, experts say.” (01/15/2019)

November
June

  • The Washington Post, “Who has most to gain from Trump’s immigration policies? Private prisons.” (6/29/2018)

May

  • The Washington Post, “Human trafficking victim, forced to work 10 years for no pay, awarded $8 million by federal judge” (5/30/2018)

  • The New York Times, “Woman Trafficked by Cult Is Awarded $8 Million: They Took My Childhood” (5/25/2018)

  • The Atlantic, “Diplomats Are Getting Away With Abusing Their Children’s Nannies” (5/21/2018)

April

  • Frontline, “Why Labor Trafficking is So Hard to Track” (4/23/2018)

February

  • Namibian Sun, “Diplomats involved in slavery” (2/21/2018)

  • Springfield News-Leader, “Lawyers call case against Springfield massage parlors weak. Just wait, AG says” (2/18/2018)

  • Namibian Sun, “Calls to legalise sex work” (2/01/2018)

November
  • Reuters, “Train U.S. doctors and nurses to spot victims of modern slavery, say advocates” (11/21/2017)
July
  • PRI,  “This Woman Says that She Was Trafficked by a Diplomat and It Happens All the Time” (7/24/2017)
September

  • NachtLaw, P.C.,  “Federal Judge Awards a Half-Million Dollar Judgment Against a Michigan Psychiatrist for His Involvement in Human Trafficking” (9/23/2016)

  • Ropes & Gray LLP,  “For Client Held as Unpaid, Live-In, Round-The-Clock Source of Domestic Labor, Ropes & Gray Reaches a Confidential Settlement” (9/23/2016)

January
December

  • The Center for Investigative Reporting, “Sex trafficker asked to pay up” (12/21/2015)

  • Christian Science Monitor, “On embassy row, a fraying veil of immunity for traffickers: Foreign missions in the US that abuse their domestic staff are being held to account” (12/21/2015)

  • Reuters, “Targeted prosecutions needed to end modern-day slavery scourge” (12/15/15)

  • Christian Science Monitor, “For Mexico’s migrant workers, a push for cross-border justice” (12/14/15)

August

  • Capital News Service,  “Human Trafficking Part 3: Most trafficking in the U.S. is not about sex work, but labor by immigrants” (8/4/2015)

January

    • The New York Times, “Human Rights Groups Press Obama on India” (1/24/2015)

    • Christian News Wire, “Judges’ Conference to Focus on Victim-centered Rather Than Criminal Approach to Human Trafficking” (1/22/2015)

December
September

  • ABA Journal, “Despite mandatory restitution law, courts rarely award trafficking victims lost wages, study finds” (9/30/2014)

  • National Law Journal, “Study: Human Trafficking Cases Rarely Result in Restitution” (9/30/2014)

July
June

  • The New York Times, “Life Sentences for Two Sex Traffickers Who Preyed on Mexican Immigrants” (6/15/2014)

May

  • The Daily Record, “Little progress seen in quest to end human trafficking in U.S.” (5/15/2014)

March

  • UCTV, “Human Trafficking: Ending the Myths, Confronting the Realities” (3/3/2014)

January

  • The Washington Post,  Op Ed “Diplomats who commit crimes shouldn’t get a free pass” (1/1/2014)

  • The New York Times, “Claim Against Indian Diplomat Has Echoes of Previous Cases” (1/9/2014)

  • WNYC, NPR affiliate, ”Indictment for Indian Diplomat Accused of Exploitation” (1/9/2014)

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