Human Trafficking

The Darien Gap, a hazardous area of dense jungle on the Colombia-Panama border that is frequently traveled by migrant workers headed to the US, is where the US said on Tuesday that it would broaden its...

On Friday, a Malaysian court charged four Thai nationals with people trafficking in connection with the discovery of mass graves along the country’s border with Thailand eight years ago. In 2015, more than 100 bodies were...

As criminal gangs take advantage of an increasing number of displaced individuals, there is evidence that climate-related disasters are contributing to an increase in human trafficking, the UN reported on Tuesday. The United Nations Office on...

Swiss project Ashshash, implemented by Winrock International, in collaboration with BRAC Migration Program, has conducted a virtual discussion on “Combating Human Trafficking: Scope and Challenges of Promoting Safe Migration and Protecting Trafficking Survivors” on 29 July...

The Bangladesh United Nations Network on Migration (BDUNNM) and the members of the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Technical Working Group (CTIP TWG) have asked the Bangladesh government, civil society actors, and private sector partners to collectively establish...

IOM and the Saudi Human Rights Commission have continued this week their training program for frontline workers, for the identification and referral of Victims Of Trafficking (VOT) and for assuring progression in protection assistance. The program...

The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has co-organized a second regional forum bringing together non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to discuss cross-border cooperation to combat human trafficking in Central and South Asia....

IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has launched a campaign to raise awareness and to prevent victimization through human trafficking in Hungary where thousands of people are trafficked for sexual and labour exploitation each year. Between 5,000...

News Hour IOM, the UN Migration Agency, organized two workshops to build the capacities of local practitioners involved in the fight against human trafficking. Governmental and non-governmental representatives attended the workshops. The trainings aimed to strengthen...

News Hour Over the past two weeks a 10-day training for 20 senior-level judges, lawyers and police officers, on investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases, took place at the Sudan Judicial and Legal Science Institute. The...