Anne Basham
Anne Basham is the Founder and Chair of the Interparliamentary Taskforce on Human Trafficking and the CEO of Ascend Consulting, a human rights advocacy firm based in Washington, D.C. Focused…
Human Trafficking
Carol Monaghan
Carol Monaghan is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North West from 2015 until the seat’s abolition in 2024. She was…
Juan Zarate
Juan Carlos Zarate is an American attorney and security advisor who served as the deputy national security advisor for combating terrorism during the George W. Bush administration. He is the…
Robert Pittenger
Robert Miller Pittenger is a businessman and American politician who was the U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 9th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. The district included several outer portions…
31st Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – Human Trafficking
Ms. Mary Vigil, a former executive branch official who led counter-trafficking efforts at USAID and a former congressional staffer, emphasized that human trafficking has evolved into a strategic, state-linked threat…
31st Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – Human Trafficking
Ms.Tanya Gould, Director of Anti-Human Trafficking for the Commonwealth of Virginia and a survivor herself, emphasizes that human trafficking is not just a social issue but a critical national security…
31st Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – Human Trafficking
Ms. Anne Basham highlights that human trafficking is not only a humanitarian crisis but also a major global security threat fueled by corruption, cybercrime, and organized criminal networks. She explains…
24th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – Human Trafficking
Lieutenant Carlos Cossio spoke about human trafficking and its relationship with sects, explaining that many people think of sects as something utopian, when in reality, they exist and pose a…
24th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – Human Trafficking
Honorable Beatriz Yañiquez lamented that it is still believed that slavery is something of the past, when the reality is that it still exists and continues to grow. Hon. Yaquiñez…
24th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – Human Trafficking
Ms. Alika Kinan shared, through her experience as a survivor of human trafficking, the correct models to work on this big problem that exists in all regions. She lamented that…
24th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – Human Trafficking
Ms. Anne Basham explained that human trafficking is one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world. It enslaves millions of people through sexual exploitation, labor exploitation, forced marriage, orphanage…
