This week, the U.S. State Department released the 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report. Findings from this report estimate that 27 million…
Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. Its victims are those who provide labor or services through force, fraud or coercion and it’s happening everywhere. Just last week, Canadian courts prosecuted what is thought to be the largest human trafficking case in the country. In the U.S., the FBI prosecuted a case involving 600 Thai victims .
By William Tucker
For the past week the charity Invisible Children has been working to, in their words, make Joseph Kony famous. They have done so by creating a video entitled Kony 2012 that has spread through social and mainstream media resulting in substantial coverage. Much of the video oscillates between naive to self aggrandizing nonsense, yet strangely, this type of activism can create an environment in which a government can maneuver.
By William Tucker The Israeli prime minister’s anti-terror office issued a statement today urging all Israelis to leave the…
By Jenni Hesterman, Counterterrorism Expert Counter Terror Forum Augustin Roberto “Bobby” Salcedo was a school board member and assistant…
By Jenni Hesterman As discussed in my September 22nd blog, if you travel or work internationally, you are a…