Events Detail

  Lederer, Furchtgott-Roth, Myles, and Shelley

Ramos, Furchtgott-Roth, Hughes, and Stachowiak

                     Honorable Mark Lagon

Hudson Institute Center for Employment Policy 

recently held an event on 

The Profits of Pimping: 

Abolishing Sex Trafficking in the United States 

Thursday, July 10, 2008, 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Hudson Institute: Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center 

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6^th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 

With last month’s release of the Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons report, we have gained valuable information about sex trafficking abroad.  This conference focuses on sex trafficking in the United States.  What is the extent of the problem, and what are some solutions? 

9:00 a.m. 

Welcome and Introduction 

Diana Furchgott-Roth, Hudson Institute 

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 

The Business of Sex Trafficking 

Brad Myles, Polaris Project  

Dr. Louise Shelley, George Mason University 

Moderator:  Laura J. Lederer, U.S. Department of State  

10:30 a.m.   Coffee Break  

10:45 a.m. – noon 

Stopping the Sex Industry 

Donna Hughes, University of Rhode Island

Norma Ramos, Coalition Against Trafficking of Women  

Bonni Stachowiak, Vanguard University 

Moderator:  Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Hudson Institute  

Noon   

Luncheon 

The Economics of Sex Trafficking: A Global Perspective 

Luncheon Address: Honorable Mark Lagon, U.S. Department of State     

Comments and Introduction: Michael Horowitz, Hudson Institute 

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty articles on sex trafficking:

Weak Laws, Energy Wealth Fuel Rise in Sex Trade

Interview with a Sex Trafficking Victim

Central Asian Migrant Workers Trapped in Modern-Day Slavery

To request information, please contact Hudson Institute at 202.974.6451 or e-mail Andrew Brown at Abrown@hudson.org.