The 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report has been released by the State Department of the United States, and Marcel van der Watt (President and CEO at NCOSE) joins Haley McNamara (Executive Director and CSO at NCOSE) and Dani Pinter (CLO and Director of the NCOSE Law Center) to talk about some of the surprises in this 25th edition of the annual report. Each year, it ranked countries into tiers based on their efforts to combat trafficking, and our team dives into why some of these rankings seem to miss the mark. They also watch and react to the recent video from Joseph Gordon-Levitt about the dangers of A.I. and how we need to stand up and make sure our voices are heard at every level of government.
*Learn more about NCOSE’s efforts to fight Demand: https://endsexualexploitation.org/demand
*Read the 2025 TIP Report: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/
*Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s NYT video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CSdXtNaVN/
The Ending Sexploitation Podcast decodes sexual harms and provides you with active solutions. We address the full spectrum of sexual exploitation, from sex trafficking to sexual violence, to rape culture, to pornography, and more. And better yet, we give you the tools to make a difference!
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