Interparliamentary Taskforce on Human Trafficking

Stopping Human Trafficking Through Policy Solutions

Human trafficking is the second largest criminal enterprise in the world and an acute humanitarian crisis trapping millions of people in sexual exploitation, labor exploitation, forced marriage, and other forms of modern slavery. The Interparliamentary Taskforce on Human Trafficking (ITHT) is the first global consortium convening lawmakers, government leaders, stakeholders and lived-experience experts to stop human trafficking through legislation and policy solutions.

49 million

People are estimated to be caught in human trafficking globally, about 1 in every 150 people.

Approx 50%

of sex trafficking victims are children.

More than 99.5%

of victims of trafficking are never identified.

These numbers are not improving. This needs to change.

Countries Represented

Afghanistan
Albania
Argentina
Armenia
Austria
Australia
Belgium
Bolivia
Cameroon
Canada
China
Egypt
France
Germany
Ghana

Guatemala
India
Kenya
Kosovo
Mexico
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Poland
Romania
Sierra Leone
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States

Task Force Countries Represented

Our Mission

Human trafficking generates more than $150 billion annually and is a significant source of funding for every nation and movement threatening the stability and security of our world today. Yet 99.6% of victims are never identified. Human trafficking is unique among human rights abuses because regional escalation not only exploits and enslaves millions of people in sex trafficking, labor trafficking, organ harvesting, forced marriage and other forms of modern day slavery, but it also funds and exacerbates global violence, including terrorism, armed conflicts, religious persecution, gender apartheid, and environmental degradation.

The Interparliamentary Taskforce on Human Trafficking (ITHT) is the first platform of its kind to convene legislators, decision-makers and leaders from around the world with the single mission of stopping human trafficking through parliamentary education and strategic legislation and policies. We aim to institutionalize abolition and change the course of history at a time when interconnected global and local markets depend even more grossly on the slave labor of children, men, and women. Our goals are to:

  • Increase the number of legislators globally who prioritize anti-trafficking legislation as a primary focus.
  • Collaborate effectively on new legislation and policies, and share effective anti-trafficking model tools from throughout the world.
  • Raise awareness on human trafficking among lawmakers globally.
Guatemala Anti-Trafficking Education Site Visit: Secretary of Trafficking Sandy Recinos, Congresswoman Rosi Orozco (Mexico), Anne Basham (USA)
National Archives in Washington, D.C.: MP Gonjaj (Albania), Anne Basham (USA), MP Karen Bradley (UK), MP Rachael Thomas (Canada)
Bucharest, Romania Forum: Rushan Abbas (Uyghur Autonomous Region), MP Rozalia Biro (Romania), MP Shqipe Selimi (Kosovo)
Romanian Parliament: MP Karen Bradley (UK)
Romanian Parliament: MP Rozalia Biro (Romania)
Romania Parliament: MP Davis Opoku (Ghana)
Romanian Parliament: Rushan Abbas (Uyghur Autonomous Region), Ioana Bauer (Romania), Anne Basham (USA), MP Davis Opoku (Ghana), MP Rozalia Biro (Romania), MP Karen Bradley (UK)
National Archives Washington, D.C.: Ambassador John Richmond (USA)
Quarterly Virtual Task Force Meeting
Quarterly Virtual Task Force Meeting w/ OSCE Special Representative on Trafficking in Human Beings Val Richey
Guatemala Congress: Secretary of Trafficking Sandy Recinos
Hungarian Parliament where the Task Force was formed: Anne Basham (USA)
Washington, D.C.: Hon. Tanya Gould, Anne Basham, Ambassador John Richmond, Rushan Abbas
Romanian Parliament: Rushan Abbas (Uyghur Autonomous Region), Anne Basham (USA), Dr. Ekaterina Kostioukhina (USA), MP Shqipe Selimi (Kosovo), MP Rozalia Biro (Romania), MP Lisa Yasko (Ukraine)
Guatemala Anti-Trafficking Education Site Visit: Secretary of Trafficking Sandy Recinos, Congresswoman Rosi Orozco (Mexico), Anne Basham (USA)
Task Force Sponsor
Foundation United

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