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2024 Trafficking in Persons Report


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2024 Trafficking in Persons Report

OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

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WHAT: Washington Foreign Press Center On-The-Record Hybrid Briefing 
TOPIC: 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report 
BRIEFER: Cindy Dyer, Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons 
WHEN: Tuesday, June 25, 10:00 a.m. ET  
WHERE: National Press Building, 529 14th Street, NW, Suite 800 and Zoom 
RSVP: 
Sign Up. Priority given to in-person attendees. 

BACKGROUND: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken released the 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) on Monday, June 24 with Cindy Dyer, Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. On Tuesday, Ambassador Dyer will brief FPC journalists on the report, which represents the world’s most comprehensive resource of anti-trafficking efforts around the globe. The Report is mandated by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and exemplifies the United States’ longstanding bipartisan commitment to combating human trafficking. This year’s Report, the 24th edition, includes narratives for 188 countries and territories, including the United States. The 2024 TIP Report describes key issues in the Western Hemisphere region and focuses on the anti-trafficking efforts of governments and other stakeholders. The Report also documents several emerging global trends including the continual growth of forced labor in online scam operations.   

 

Cindy Dyer serves as the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Ambassador Dyer is a human rights advocate with three decades of experience at the local, national, and international levels to address human trafficking, sexual assault, and domestic violence. In 2021, she served on the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military.  For 12 years, she was the Vice President for Human Rights at Vital Voices.  She previously served as the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women at the U.S. Department of Justice.  She began her career as a specialized domestic and sexual violence prosecutor in Dallas, Texas for more than 13 years where she was also a weekly hotline volunteer at a local women’s shelter.

FOREIGN BROADCASTERS:  Download a digital copy of the video for all on-camera FPC events at the DVIDS website.   

  

Washington Foreign Press Center  
National Press Building   
529 14th Street, NW, Suite 800  
Washington, DC  20045  

Phone: (202) 504-6301 


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