Opinion

Work is ongoing to fight human trafficking

Posted July 31, 2015 1:00 am

On July, 27, Secretary of State John Kerry released the 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report, which ranks 188 countries on their efforts to combat human trafficking, including the United States.

The TIP Report is the world's "gold standard" for information on the global crime of modern-day slavery. The report shows a desperate need for more international assistance to free children, women and men from enslavement and to prosecute and punish those who exploited and abused them.

There is a bipartisan initiative in Congress that would provide increased U.S. foreign aid through a public-private partnership, the End Modern Slavery Initiative. The Fund will receive funds from other government donors, as well.

I'm pleased that Senator Mark Kirk has already co-sponsored EMSI, S.553. This document is important to inform citizens here in the U.S. and the international community about the existence of slavery today and how it is going to take a global effort to fight it.

Jennifer Collings

Antioch

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