Mark Lagon discusses the State Department's newly released annual Trafficking in Persons Report.

Ambassador Mark P. Lagon's testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee of Foreign Affairs' Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations discussed the rankings of individual states in the annual Trafficking in Persons Report released by the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP office). Ambassador Lagon called on the advice of experts in the TIP office to be heeded and the report be reflective of the situation on the ground rather than be politically expedient.

Holly J. Burkhalter and E. Benjamin Skinner speak about the challenge of documenting modern slavery, designing effective interventions, and bringing those interventions to scale.

President Obama signed the executive order on Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts on September 25, 2012.

The White House released this fact sheet on efforts to combat human trafficking on September 25, 2012.

The U.S. State Department released its yearly Trafficking in Persons report on June 19, 2012.

The Council of Europe's Convention Against Trafficking in Human Beings was opened for signature on May 16, 2005 and entered into force on February 1, 2008.

The Ouagadougou Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and Children was adopted on November 23, 2006 by the EU and African states. The EU says, "It aims at developing co-operation, best practices and mechanisms to prevent and combat trafficking in human beings between the European Union and the African Union. The Action Plan takes a holistic human rights approach and includes measures also to protect the victims and prosecute the traffickers."

CFR's Mark P. Lagon discusses with students the problem of human trafficking in the world and what the United States can do to deter it.

This meeting was part of the Women and Foreign Policy Roundtable Series, which was organized by CFR's Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Program.

The 2011 Department of State's Trafficking in Persons report was released on June 27, 2011.

Mark Lagon testifies before the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on human trafficking. He offers recommendations on four areas for action by the United States.

The State Department released its Trafficking in Persons Report for 2010.

This U.S. Department of Justice report on human trafficking was published in June 2009.

Listen to Ambassador Mark Lagon discuss ways the U.S. government and the private sector can work together to combat human trafficking.

Watch Ambassador Mark Lagon discuss ways the U.S. government and the private sector can work together to combat human trafficking.

This interim report , Trafficking in Persons Interim Assessment, March 2008, is an update to the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report.

Listen to experts address health and security issues associated with human trafficking and discuss the efficacy of national and international legislations designed to combat trafficking.