• How much do you know about forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour?

  Try this quiz and find out.

• Recognizing the Signs

  "As the U.S. anti-trafficking movement has grown in our understanding of this complex crime, we are learning more about how specific people, such as medical professionals, teachers, truck drivers, and restaurant personnel, in addition to friends and family members, can help identify and report possible trafficking."
• Myths & Facts

  "Over the years we have heard from thousands of victims and survivors and we have also learned about many myths and misconceptions that people may have about human trafficking. Here we dispel some of the most common ones." From the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
• Slavery Today

  "There are an estimated 21 million to 45 million people trapped in some form of slavery today. It’s sometimes called “Modern-Day Slavery” and sometimes “Human Trafficking." At all times it is slavery at its core." From End Slavery Now & the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.

• 20 Ways You Can Help Fight Human Trafficking

  From the US Dept of State.
• End Slavery Now: Buy Slave Free

  "Slave labor is in the supply chains of the items we purchase. In order to end slavery right now, we must start prioritizing where we spend our money. Shop with businesses that are transparent, examine their supply chains and buy fair trade or locally-sourced products."
• End Slavery Now: Educate

  “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. - Nelson Mandela”
• End Slavery Now: Volunteer

  A list of anti-slavery organizations that have worked with volunteers, from End Slavery Now.
• End Slvery Now: Visit the Action Library

  A large collection of articles about modern slavery, many of them pointing to positive actions that can be taken right now to end slavery. Includes ideas for reducing our dependence upon consumer goods for which modern slaves are normally part of the supply chain.

• 2025 Human Trafficking Prevention Month Toolkit

  From the US Dept of Health and Human Services. PDF.
• Alliance 8.7

  "A global knowledge platform exploring what works to eradicate forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour, an aim set out in Target 8.7 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals."
• Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST)

  A U.S. based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of forced labor, human trafficking and modern slavery around the world.
• Global Modern Slavery Directory

  "The Polaris managed Global Modern Slavery Directory (GMSD) is an interactive, searchable map and database of organizations and agencies across the globe that address the issue of modern slavery and human trafficking." Quick Escape key-enabled. From Polaris.
• Modern Slavery Resource Center

  Serves as an intellectual nexus for scholars, policymakers, advocates, and individuals committed to understanding and combating modern slavery. Contains curated materials designed to foster a nuanced understanding of this complex issue. From freetheslaves.net.

• Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking

  "In response to the need for a comprehensive study of Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) task forces, NORC at the University of Chicago is partnering with THE WHY, ICF, AEquitas, and the National Survivor Network, to conduct a survivor- and community-informed study of ECM task forces." Ongoing.
• Forced Labor in Supply Chains: The Case of Canada (2023)

  "Global supply chains, while contributing to economic growth and job creation, have also become breeding grounds for forced labor and exploitation."
• Modern slavery and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (2025)

  Examins modern slavery within the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework as a starting point to address the human rights abuses faced by labour trafficking victims.
• Understanding and Combating Human Trafficking: A Psychological Perspective (2025)

  "Psychology provides a unique lens to understand, prevent, and address...[human trafficking]...by examining the underlying psychological mechanisms used by traffickers and the profound effects on survivors."
• The Typology of Modern Slavery: Defining Sex and Labor Trafficking in the United States (2017)

  "Polaris analyzed more than 32,000 cases of human trafficking documented between December 2007 and December 2016 through its operation of the National Human Trafficking Hotline — one of the largest data set on human trafficking in the United States ever compiled and publicly analyzed. Polaris’s research team analyzed the data and developed a classification system that identifies 25 types of human trafficking in the United States."
• Understanding, Preventing, and Responding to Human Trafficking

  Podcast from the NIJ.