Human trafficking is a crime that knows no borders or boundaries. It occurs in every country around the world and affects every population of people, regardless of geographic location.

Below are links to organizations or agencies that provide services to human trafficking victims abroad or have resources for individuals interested in learning more about human trafficking on a global scale.

information and reports

Anti-Slavery International

• International Directory of Human Trafficking Organizations

Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs

• The Department of Labor's List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor

Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

• U.S. Department of State's Trafficking in Persons Report 2010. 
•  U.S. Department of State's Global Hotlines List

ECPAT International

End Slavery Now - New Underground Railroad

Free the Slaves

International Justice Mission

International Labor Organization

• A Global Alliance Against Forced Labor, Global Report Under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

International Organization for Migration

International Rescue Committee

National Institute of Justice - International Research on Human Trafficking

The Protection Project of Johns Hopkins

Shared Hope International

Solidarity Center

•  The True Cost of Shrimp

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

• Trafficking in Persons: Global Patterns

United Nations Global Initiative to FIght Human Trafficking

• United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime - Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children.

Vital Voices, Vital Voices Global Partnership

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To learn more about Polaris Project's international programs, click here.