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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
RECOGNIZING JULY 30TH AS WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSON
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of State's 2025 fact sheet 'Understanding Human Trafficking' identifies "trafficking in persons", "human trafficking", and "modern slavery" as umbrella terms-often used interchangeably-to refer to a crime whereby traffickers exploit and profit at the expense of adults or children by compelling them to perform labor or engage in commercial sex; and
WHEREAS, U.S. Department of State further identifies that both labor and sex trafficking entails the use of force, fraud, or coercion that exploits the labor or services of another person or to compel their engagement in a commercial sex act; and
WHEREAS, World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is an annual event globally observed on July 30th; and
WHEREAS, the day was established on December 18, 2013, by the United Nations General Assembly with the desire to raise awareness, promote the protection of the rights of trafficking victims, and encourage governments, organizations, and individuals to prevent and combat trafficking in persons; and
WHEREAS, 2026's yearly theme "Trapped Behind the Scam" highlights a rapidly expanding form of human trafficking where transnational organized crime groups exploit people to carry out industrial-scale financial fraud and victims are trafficked for forced criminality and compelled to participate in online scam operations; and
WHEREAS, this form of exploitation is closely linked to cybercrime, financial fraud, money laundering, and corruption, demonstrating the increasingly interconnected nature of organized crime; and
WHEREAS, with this type of trafficking, traffickers often recruit victims through fake job advertisements that promise legitimate employment opportunities abroad. Believing they are accepting genuine work, victims travel to another country only to find themselves confined in illegal scam compounds; and
WHEREAS, amid overlapp...
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