Slavery in The 21st Century

USA. The worst score, the minimum possible, is 3. In addition to North Korea, Libya,
Syria, Eritrea and the BES Islands scored 3 with both Iran and Russia scoring only 4
(along with Kiribati, Yemen, and Equatorial Guinea). For more information view the
Human Trafficking Research and Measurement website.
Religious Declaration
In 2014, for the first time in history major leaders of many religions, Buddhist, Anglican,
Catholic, and Orthodox Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim, met to sign a shared
commitment against modern-day slavery; the declaration they signed calls for the
elimination of slavery and human trafficking by the year 2020. The signatories were:
Pope Francis, Mātā Amṛtānandamayī (also known as Amma), Bhikkhuni Thich Nu Chân
Không (representing Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh), Datuk K Sri Dhammaratana, Chief
High Priest of Malaysia, Rabbi Abraham Skorka, Rabbi David Rosen, Abbas Abdalla
Abbas Soliman, Undersecretary of State of Al Azhar Alsharif (representing Mohamed
Ahmed El-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar), Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi al-
Modarresi, Sheikh Naziyah Razzaq Jaafar, Special advisor of Grand Ayatollah
(representing Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Basheer Hussain al Najafi), Sheikh Omar
Abboud, Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Metropolitan Emmanuel of
France (representing Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.)
Anti-Trafficking Initiatives
The Blue Campaign collaborates with law enforcement, government, non-governmental,
and private organizations to end human trafficking and protect victims.
One of the organizations taking the most active part in the anti-trafficking is the United
Nations. In early 2016 the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the
United Nations held an interactive discussion entitled "Responding to Current
Challenges in Trafficking in Human Beings".
One of the current efforts being done to combat human trafficking is an app called
TraffickCam. This app was created by the Exchange Initiative and researchers at
Washington University.
TraffckCam was launched on June 20, 2016 and enables anyone to take photos of their
hotel rooms, which then gets uploaded to a large database of hotel images. Since
human trafficking victims are often found in hotel rooms for online advertisements, law
enforcement and investigators can use these photos to help find and prosecute
traffickers.
Anti-trafficking awareness and fundraising campaigns constitute a significant portion of
anti-trafficking initiatives. The 24 Hour Race is one such initiative that focuses on
increasing awareness among high school students in Asia. The Blue Campaign is
another anti-trafficking initiative that works with the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security to combat human trafficking and bring freedom to exploited victims.
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