Human Trafficking Archives | U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh

What Still Needs to Happen to Win the Fight Against Human Trafficking

In late 2019, we learned of the harrowing plight of Suma Akter, a Bangladeshi woman in Saudi Arabia who secretly recorded and shared on social media her story of abuse and exploitation abroad.

By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 26 June, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Human Rights, News, Press Releases, Reports, South & Central Asia, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, AmbRichmond, Bangladesh, Human Trafficking, Op-Ed, TIP Report, Trafficking in Person, U.S. & BD, United States

Release of the 20th Annual Trafficking in Persons Report

The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is the U.S. Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking.

By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 25 June, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases, Reports, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Ambassador Richmond, Foreign Press Centers, Human Trafficking, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Freedom First in 2020

President Trump has proclaimed January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Global estimates indicate that as many as 24.9 million people – adults and children – are victims of human trafficking.

By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 13 January, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, Press Releases, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: Combating Drugs and Crime, Human Trafficking, Office of the Spokesperson, The Secretary of State

United States Partners with Bangladesh to support Anti-Human Trafficking Investigation Training for Police Officers

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bangladesh’s Counter Trafficking in Persons (BC/TIP) program,

By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 3 November, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Human Trafficking, USAID

Op-Ed on Countering Human Trafficking by Ambassador Earl R. Miller

From the National to the Upazilla: A Concerted Effort to Fight Human Trafficking By Earl R. Miller, U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh My first event as United States Ambassador in Bangladesh was to attend the official launch of Bangladesh’s 2018-2022 launch of the National Plan of Action to fight human trafficking back in December 2018. ...

By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 2 September, 2019 | Topics: News | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, Human Trafficking

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