What the world thinks of your country’s anti-trafficking efforts
The US State Department’s 2012 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report was released yesterday. It ranks each of the world’s nations for their compliance with US and global anti-trafficking laws using a three tier grading system, and aims to broaden understanding of ‘trafficking in people’ to include adults and children forced into work or servitude. Anti-trafficking … Read more
STOP THE TRAFFIK Unwrapped – Saturday 7th July
Join us for STOP THE TRAFFIK Unwrapped, Saturday 7th July If you want to prevent trafficking in your community, if you want to hear about what others are doing to take action where they live, if you want to hear experts speaking about community action against trafficking then this is the event for you. … Read more
Are you going to the Olympics? We are!
The Queens’ Golden Jubilee this weekend is a tiny insight into the madness and mayhem we are about to witness with the Olympics just around the corner. Yes, the countdown is on! In just 56 days’ time over 9 million people will descend on our capital to watch the world’s best athletes compete. It is … Read more
Rochdale Grooming Trial
The current trial taking place in Manchester of nine men sentenced for charges including rape, sexual assault and trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation is bringing mainstream news attention to the issue of internal trafficking. Due to the ethnicity of the perpetrators and the victims this case is entwined in debates around whether there … Read more
Ferrero’s commitment- Traffik free by 2020
STOP THE TRAFFIK welcomes Ferrero’s statement of April 12th, where the chocolate company clearly and unequivocally states that they will eliminate all cases of the trafficking children, forced adult labour and other worst forms of child labour from their cocoa supply chain by 2020. In doing so, Ferrero is the first global chocolate company to … Read more
Did you find traffik-free Easter eggs?
STOP THE TRAFFIK activists around the world have been telling us how difficult it is to buy Traffik-Free Easter eggs this year from their local supermarkets. So together we are calling on all supermarkets to fill their shelves with traffik-free Easter eggs in 2013. Supermarkets are placing orders for Easter 2013. Now is the moment … Read more
Football in Cameroon: Stories of Recruitment, Deceit and Exploitation
Just recently a report by Sky Sports News has been released on what they call Cameroon ‘Football’s slave trade’. We strongly urge you to read their story as well as look at their shocking video uncovering the illegal trade of young male footballers. Cameroon is known particularly in the African continent for its heroic football … Read more
Human Trafficking and Witchcraft: What are The Ties?
Superstitious beliefs can be used as an instrument of good or evil. But in the hands of human traffickers, you can probably guess what it’s being used for. I don’t know about you, but here at STOP THE TRAFFIK, staff found themselves rather disturbed by recent news story narrating the witchcraft murder of 15 year … Read more
Kony2012 – Thoughts
Kony2012 is clearly on everyone’s mind at the moment. The 30 minute video which has gone drastically viral is definitely stirring debate around its main message and goals. Many have asked STOP THE TRAFFIK to share their opinion so here is what we think. We have long been aware of the issue of child soldiers … Read more
STOP THE TRAFFIK: Working together for positive change. HAPPY WOMEN’S DAY!
Running late, I rush to the tube spilling half of my tea on the way squeezing myself just in time to enter the closing doors. After a few stops and still many more to go I realize I’ve forgotten my iPod at home. I suddenly start feeling rather annoyed with the world – I’m sure … Read more
Anya17, first Opera about human trafficking premiers in Liverpool.
The exiting opera Anya 17 is about to premier in Liverpool this Wednesday with an encore performance on 9th March in Manchester. Read our interview with Ben Kaye, the creator of the first Opera about human trafficking. Anya17 is not your average kind of opera. It blends together beautifully the medium of music with the … Read more
The Sex Trafficking of Men: A trend Less Considered
To say that sex trafficking is a ‘women’s issue’ is certainly true, but it’s also a men’s issue. Stereotypical images of strong men may be at odds with the private stories of males that are sex trafficked. We often tend to think that a man should be able to prevent himself from being beaten and … Read more
“Modern Slavery”- How can you combat it??
The BBC and Radio 4 today reported a story of British men being deceived into leaving the UK, transported to other European countries and forced into 14 hour days of hard labour with no pay. This is human trafficking. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16836065. The investigation shows how these men were preyed upon by trafficking gangs because of their vulnerability, with a promise of … Read more
Olympic mascots made by Chinese workers in exploitative conditions
The London Organising Committee for the Olympic games (LOCOM) has strict ethical guidelines for Olympic suppliers, however, The Sun exposed that these are not being met. The Sun article states that the cuddly toy versions of the Olympic mascots, Mandeville and Wenlock, have been made in factories in China where workers are paid just … Read more
NEW Community Roadshows for 2012!
Last year we kicked off our community roadshows and what a few months we’ve had! We travelled all over the country and delivered 7 roadshows in Sussex, Surrey, Hertfordshire, West Midlands, and London. Over 500 people came along to find out about human trafficking, how it affects their area and what they can do to … Read more
‘Trafficked’ Sophie’s personal story of being trafficked from the UK
It was a December, and a normal day in the STOP THE TRAFFIK office. I remember I was sitting next to my colleague and engrossed in some task or other when the phone rang, another distraction! I picked it up and started to talk to the woman on the other end of the phone. She said … Read more
New Anti-Trafficking Film to be Released!
“Every year, an estimated 2,000,000 children are commercially sexually exploited… … 500,000 of these children are in India” (Freedom Firm). Ben Stamper’s new film, Horse and Rider: Freedom for the Daugthers of India, tells the remarkable true story about about two victims of trafficking in India and their road to freedom and recovery. The film … Read more
Calling all Volunteers in the South of England
Are you in the south of England? Yes? Then listen up… If you’ve missed out on our community roadshows this year then come and seek out STOP THE TRAFFIK at the International Christian Resources Exhibition in Exeter, January 2012, where we are putting on a series of workshops to raise awareness about human trafficking. Here … Read more
Volunteer with STOP THE TRAFFIK at the Olympics!
VOLUNTEER AT THE OLYMPICS Olympic fever is officially underway… Up and down the country emails are flooding into inboxes delivering the exciting news: “You have been selected to be a torch-bearer during next year’s Olympic Games!” Excitingly, STOP THE TRAFFIK’s trustee, Duncan Parker, is one of the deserving (and incredibly lucky) 8,000 who will carry … Read more
Christmas shopping with a conscience…
With the month of December well and truly upon us, I took a day off from work at STOP THE TRAFFIK this week to go Christmas shopping with my mum. Despite it being bitterly cold, I took the plunge and threw myself at the festive bandwagon, getting lost amongst Paperchase’s brightly coloured baubles and Habitat’s … Read more
Have yourself a Traffik-free Christmas!
Well… the month of December is finally upon us so it’s time to officially start getting excited for all things festive! Here at STOP THE TRAFFIK we want you to have a wonderful Traffik-free Christmas so we’ve come up with a stocking-full of suggestions for festive fundraising and more. Take a look… Host a festive … Read more
Nestlé announce more bars will be traffik-free by 2014!
Great news for chocolate lovers around the world… Nestlé have, today, announced a new Cocoa Plan commitment which will see some of its most popular chocolate bars UTZ certified by 2014. Horrar! Here is a break down of Nestlé’s chocolate commitment: Europe: ALL KITKAT bars will be UTZ CERTIFIED by 2014 Australia & New Zealand: … Read more
BBC investigates child trafficking in Ivory Coast
The BBC has been in the Ivory Coast investigating the state of child trafficking on cocoa farms there. Humphrey Hawksley, friend of STOP THE TRAFFIK, reminds us that every day that passes, young boys are still being trafficked, far from home, and that our chocolate is still not TRAFFIK FREE. This is urgent. So on … Read more
NEWHAM TACKLES HUMAN TRAFFICKING AHEAD OF THE OLYMPICS
STOP THE TRAFFIK is to host an anti-trafficking event on Monday 14th November in Newham. The aim is to raise awareness about how human trafficking affects the Olympic borough and what local residents can do to prevent it ahead of the Games. Local residents and professionals will get the chance to hear from both the … Read more
Manchester Hit with Human Trafficking WARNING Notices!
WARNING! HUMAN TRAFFICKERS OPERATE HERE! Manchester residents woke up this morning to find their neighbourhood flooded with Human Trafficking Warning Notices! Startled residents emerged in the early hours to find houses, cars, lamposts and trees all bearing STOP THE TRAFFIK’s notices, which are styled as a spoof of official police warning signs. The Manchester ACT … Read more
Exciting New Human Trafficking Infographic!
We love We Are Chapter One‘s new infographic! A group of creative communicators on issues of social injustice – We Are Chapter One – have just released an exciting new infographic and video that focuses on human trafficking. The aim is to raise awareness that human trafficking takes place in every community – right on … Read more
Chocolate Industry Admit: “we must do more”…
The chocolate industry has responded to The 10 Campaign by admitting that it “must do more” to reduce child labour and trafficking in its cocoa supply chains. Talking to Max Foster on CNN, Joanna Scott, from the Global Issues Group – a coalition of chocolate and cocoa companies- confessed that “we have to accelerate action”. Speaking frankly she said, … Read more
Why join The 10 Campaign? Watch ‘Cocoa Tree’ and see…
DAY 3 of The 10 campaign: Watch DansSoapbox’s thought-provoking video to find out just why we are asking the chocolate industry to end human-trafficking in its cocoa supply chains. Cocoa Tree exposes the real reason why the chocolates that we eat should be called our ‘guilty pleasures’. What you are doing to raise awareness of … Read more
One year til the Olympics and we’re going on the road
One year from today, the Olympics will kick-off here in London and with the support of the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, we are using this amazing opportunity to raise awareness about human trafficking through community roadshows. Here’s the nitty gritty of what you need to know about the roadshows: Why: Everyone needs to know … Read more
