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How to raise human trafficking awareness during Halloween

Posted by Free the Captives on Sunday, October 10, 2010, In : International Trafficking

http://traffickingproject.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween-and-human-trafficking.html

Halloween and Human Trafficking

With Halloween quickly approaching, October is a particularly opportune month to raise awareness about the use of forced labor, child labor, and other exploitative labor practices in the chocolate industry. A number of organizations are hosting campaigns to help community members raise awareness about these issues and to encourage the chocolate ind...
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Today Buy a Slave for $90, Kevin Bales on CNN

Posted by FTC on Monday, April 26, 2010, In : International Trafficking

Editor's note: Kevin Bales, a co-founder of Free the Slaves, the American sister organization of the UK's Anti-Slavery International, the world's oldest human rights group, spoke about slavery at the TED2010 conference in February. Bales is the author of "Ending Slavery" and, with Ron Soodalter, "The Slave Next Door: Modern Slavery in the United States." TED, a nonprofit organization devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading," hosts talks on many subjects and makes them available through its...

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