John Cotton Richmond
John Cotton Richmond is an American attorney and diplomat. From 2018 to 2021, Richmond served as the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. He currently works as…
The Business of Human Trafficking: Protecting Children From Global Criminal Networks
Linda Reynolds
Linda Karen Reynolds CSC (born 16 May 1965) is an Australian politician. She served as a Senator for Western Australia from 2014 to 2025, representing the Liberal Party, and held…
Tanya Gould
anya Gould, a survivor of domestic sex trafficking, is the Anti-Human Trafficking Director for the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a member of the OSCE International Survivors…
Arnold Viersen
Arnold Viersen MP is a Canadian Conservative politician who was elected to represent the riding of Peace River—Westlock in the 2015 Canadian federal election. He identifies as a social conservative.
Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Anne Bradley DBE is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Staffordshire Moorlands since 2010 and the Chair of the Home…
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…
25th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – The Business Of Human Trafficking: Protecting Children From Global Criminal Networks
Ambassador John Cotton Richmond framed human trafficking as a critical security issue, asserting that addressing security inherently necessitates addressing human rights violations. Drawing upon his extensive experience as a federal…
25th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – The Business Of Human Trafficking: Protecting Children From Global Criminal Networks
Senator Linda Reynolds of Australia underscored the critical nexus between security, democracy, and modern slavery, commending the forum for elevating trafficking into the realm of intelligence and security discourse. She…
25th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – The Business Of Human Trafficking: Protecting Children From Global Criminal Networks
Honorable Tanya Gold, Director of Anti-Human Trafficking for the Office of the Attorney General in the Commonwealth of Virginia and a survivor of domestic trafficking, shared practical strategies for safeguarding…
25th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – The Business Of Human Trafficking: Protecting Children From Global Criminal Networks
Hon. Arnold Viersen, a Canadian Member of Parliament, shared his experience in combating human trafficking, commencing with his work on a motion in the House of Commons to investigate the…
25th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – The Business Of Human Trafficking: Protecting Children From Global Criminal Networks
Rt Hon. Karen Bradley highlighted the pervasive and financially motivated nature of human trafficking, emphasizing that it occurs wherever trauma, disaster, or war creates opportunities for exploitation. She distinguished human…
25th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – The Business Of Human Trafficking: Protecting Children From Global Criminal Networks
Ms. Anne Basham underscored the global scale, complexity, and human cost of human trafficking, commencing with the narrative of Hazel, a Ghanaian teenager who was deceived into forced labor under…
