Human trafficking

As trafficking law turns 20, Rep. Smith fears pandemic fosters child exploitation
- Oct 29, 2020
As the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 marked its 20th year Oct. 28, the Catholic congressman who wrote it — and four other anti-trafficking laws in the intervening years — celebrated the historic legislation that holds every nation on the globe “to account on human trafficking matters.”

By Julie Asher
Nuns praised for anti-trafficking work during COVID-19
- Oct 15, 2020
Representatives from both the United States and the United Kingdom have praised the work of religious sisters to assist trafficking victims during COVID-19, arguing that their work is crucial as the world prepares for the pandemic aftermath.

By Elise Ann Allen
Sydney archbishop welcomes state plan to protect victims of modern slavery
- Sep 29, 2020
Archbishop Anthony Fisher and archdiocesan staff welcomed a commitment by the government of New South Wales to enact anti-slavery legislation passed by the Australian Parliament more than two years ago.

By Catholic News Service

Led by women, Latin America rallies against modern-day slavery
- Aug 21, 2020
ROSARIO, Argentina — Experts from around the world gathered online Friday to talk about the scope of human trafficking in Latin America, and to share best practices to prevent modern-day slavery that currently affects some 45 million people from the United States to Thailand. Ilva Myriam Hoyos Castañeda, a lawyer

By Inés San Martín
Pressure on Francis increases over human rights in China
- Aug 1, 2020
As Chinese central authorities tighten their grip on Hong Kong and as the world continues to hear news of the alleged repression of the country’s Uighur Muslim population, Pope Francis is the target of increasing pressure over his hesitancy to speak out.

By Elise Ann Allen
Sydney archbishop says failure to implement anti-slavery law ‘disgraceful’
- Jul 30, 2020
Archbishop Anthony Fisher says it’s “disgraceful and dishonorable” that the Australian state of New South Wales has failed to enact a law against modern slavery passed in 2018.

By Charles Collins