Human Trafficking Resources
Videos:
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Cargo: Innocence Lost
A documentary that unveils the dark underworld of sex trafficking through compelling interviews
with some of the country’s top officials on the subject, victims’ advocates and victims themselves.
Available to order online at http://www.cargoinnocencelost.com/home.html
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Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: How to Identify America’s Trafficked Youth.
Documentary. Free and available to watch online at: http://www.sharedhope.org/what/dmst.asp
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Demand
Documentary exploring the demand-side of commercial sex industries and how it fuels sexual
exploitation globally and in the United States. Free and available to watch online at:
http://www.sharedhope.org/what/enddemand3.asp
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Dreams Die Hard
Documentary, includes case studies and interviews with survivors of labor trafficking and domestic
servitude as well as interviews with service providers. 25 minutes. Free and available to watch online
or to order a copy at: http://66.216.83.171/store/dreams-die-hard/
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Trade
A fictional movie about sex trafficking in the United States. Stars Kevin Kleine and tells the story of a
young girl from Mexico trafficked to the US. Available at many rental outlets.
http://www.tradethemovie.com/
Books:
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Buying Freedom: The Ethics and Economics of Slave Redemption. -Edited by Kwame Anthony Appiah and
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Disposable Peoples: New Slavery in the Global Economy, by Kevin Bales and Martin Bunzl
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Ending Slavery: How We Free Today’s Slaves -By Kevin Bales
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Enslaved: True Stories of Modern Day Slavery. -Edited by Jesse Sage and Liora Kasten
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Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the new Global Economy -By John Bowe
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Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography, Edited by Rebecca Whisnant and Christine Stark
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Pornography: Driving the Demand in International Sex Trafficking, Edited by David Guinn
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Prostitution Trafficking and Traumatic Stress, Edited by Melissa Farley
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Trafficking in Humans: Social, Cultural and Political Dimensions, Edited by Sally Cameron and Edward Newman
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Understanding Global Slavery: A Reader -By Kevin Bales
Websites
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General Web Resources and Campaigns
- Change.org interactive human trafficking blog: http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog
- Free the Slaves: Freetheslaves.net
- Fair Fund: www.fairfund.org
- Coalition of Immokalee Workers: http://www.ciw-online.org/
- The Human Trafficking Project (an interactive blog): http://traffickingproject.blogspot.com/
- Shared Hope International: www.sharedhope.org
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NGO’s and Victim’s Service Organizations
- Freedom Network: Freedomnetworkusa.org
- Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition: http://www.bsccoalition.org/
- Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST): www.castla.org
- Polaris Project: www.polarisproject.org.
- Project REACH
- Shared Hope International: www.sharedhope.org
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Legal Resources
- National Immigration Law Center : http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/trafficking/index.htm
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Government Resources
- Association for Children and Families: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/
- Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons:
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement:
http://www.ice.gov/pi/investigations/publicsafety/humantrafficking.htm
- US Department of Justice: http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/human_trafficking.htm
Research
Southern Poverty Law Center : Close to Slavery, Guestworker Programs in the United States
http://www.splcenter.org/pdf/static/SPLCguestworker.pdf
Southern Poverty Law Center : Under Siege
http://www.splcenter.org/legal/undersiege/
University of Kentucky, Dr. TK Logan, Human Trafficking in Kentucky
http://cdar.uky.edu/VAW/docs/Human%20Trafficking%20in%20Kentucky.pdf