U.S. Department of State — What You Can Do To Help Combat Human Trafficking?

“We Cannot Be Silent” — 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report Heroes

Each year, the Depart­ment of State hon­ors indi­vid­u­als around the world who have devot­ed their lives to the fight against human traf­fick­ing. These indi­vid­u­als are NGO work­ers, law­mak­ers, police offi­cers, and con­cerned cit­i­zens who are com­mit­ted to end­ing mod­ern slav­ery. They are rec­og­nized for their tire­less efforts—despite resis­tance, oppo­si­tion, and threats to their lives—to pro­tect vic­tims, pun­ish offend­ers, and raise aware­ness of ongo­ing crim­i­nal prac­tices in their coun­tries and abroad. This short video pro­vides an insight into the focus of three of the 2017 TIP Report Heroes: Ali­ka Kinan of Argenti­na; Boom Mos­by of Thai­land’s HUG Project; and Vana­ja Jas­phine of Cameroon’s Kum­bo Dioce­san Com­mis­sion for Jus­tice and Peace. For more infor­ma­tion about cur­rent and past Traf­fick­ing in Per­sons Report Heroes, includ­ing how to con­nect with them, please vis­it the Traf­fick­ing in Per­sons Report Heroes Glob­al Net­work at https://www.tipheroes.org.

Video Pro­duced by the U.S. State Depart­ment Office to Mon­i­tor and Com­bat Traf­fick­ing in Per­sons © 2017.