The legislation would reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, also authored by Smith, which provides funding and education needed to combat human trafficking.

There are many organizations set up to rescue victims of human trafficking, but one such leader says she spotted a gap in ...

Carla Marquez, 36, who is six months pregnant, burns wood on the street to cook a meal for her husband, Carlos Henrique Mendes, 25, and their daughter, Gabriela, 5, outside their home in São ...

Faith-based groups play a critical role in the global fight against human trafficking—one which merits a closer partnership with the U.S., one Catholic leader told members of Congress Wednesday.

More than two months after 5-year-old Loan Peña went missing in the northeastern Argentina town of Nueve de Julio, the church continues to promote marches to demand his captors release him.

The Life: July 30 is the United Nations' World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Our sister panelists shared what their congregations are doing to eliminate this grave offense against human dignity.

Although they have not yet reached full unity, Roman Catholics and Anglicans continue their dialogue, come together in prayer and work side by side, including on a new project to combat human ...

People of faith must join the fight to combat human trafficking! President Trump joined the fight with a White House listening session last year. ... parking lots and even our own churches.

SEVERN, Md. (WJZ) -- Outnumbered and outmanned. Victims' rights groups nationwide say human trafficking is the second largest crime. Gigi Barnett explains why one of those groups is turning to ...

As Sister Margaret Nacke opened her Wednesday afternoon talk on human trafficking, she found several perfect examples of the people she hopes to protect.

According to the 2010 “Trafficking in Persons Report,” human trafficking is a $32 billion trade that snares 1.8 victims per 1,000 inhabitants (that number increases to three per 1,000 in Asia ...