Combating
Modern Slavery

Through interdisciplinary leadership, Grace Farms Foundation’s primary stake in the ground is to develop and sustain outcomes that disrupt human trafficking and forced labor. To accomplish this work, we leverage the expertise of governments, NGOs, and the private sector to facilitate capacity building, training, and awareness efforts focused on achieving the following goals:

- Improve intelligence-led investigations, victim identification, and trust across sectors, with the aim of increasing their effectiveness in combating modern slavery.
- Establish strategic partnerships to bolster the advancement and enforcement of U.S. federal laws and international legal frameworks that deter illicit activity related to modern slavery.
- Build awareness through public programs where respected world leaders and humanitarians are able to share critical expertise related to the many facets of modern slavery.

Programs & Highlights

UNITED to SAFEGUARD AMERICA against ILLEGAL TRADE SUMMIT | Washington, DC

November 30 and December 1, 2022 | Criminal networks involved in Illegal trade are costing our global society over $2 trillion-per-year. United to Safeguard America against Illegal Trade (USA-IT)is a public private partnership design to help protect American security and prosperity from black-market criminals. It is supported by a coalition of over 75 brand enforcement experts, law enforcement agencies, academics, and leading business organizations. Rod Khattabi received the Law Enforcement Special Recognition Award alongside, Matthew Albence, Former Acting Director, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Rod also participated in the panel discussion: Breaking the Chains of Human Trafficking.

Customs and Border Protection Summit

June 21, 2022 | CBP Summit | Grace Farms Foundation and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Convened Law Enforcement Summit Focused on Post Pandemic Transnational Threats

National Human Trafficking Prevention Month

Grace Farms partnered with the Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants (CIRI) and its Project Rescue team to donate meals to help victims and their families living in shelters in Fairfield County.

Forced Labor, Migration, and Gender Considerations in Global Supply Chains

The economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the displacement of people, coupled with illegal recruitment and retention practices, have increased the need for public and private sector support of fair labor practices across global supply chains.

Cyber Symposium with Homeland Security Investigations

Grace Farms Foundation and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) brought together more than 200 law enforcement professionals representing over 40 different agencies across five states.

Human Trafficking: Protecting Victims

Justice Initiative, Director Rod Khattabi and General Counsel and Deputy Director Alina Reynolds contributed to Equanimity Foundation’s Inclusive Discourse on Human Trafficking. It’s a global, national and local issue that often hides in plain sight.

Organizations We Work With

Advisory Council on Human Trafficking

Connecticut Bar Association, Human Trafficking Committee

Connecticut State Police

Customs and Border Protection

Department of Homeland Security

FBI

Liberty Shared

Malawi Anti-Trafficking Network

Mentari

Secret Service

United Nations University

U.S Attorney’s Office, State of CT

Past Programming

November 30 & December 1, 2022 | United to Safeguard America against Illegal Trade Summit

June 21, 2022 | CBP Summit U.S. Customs and Border Protection Summit on Post Pandemic Transnational Threats

January 25, 2022 | Grace Farms Foundation Commemorates National Human Trafficking Prevention Month

January 13, 2022 | Forced Labor, Migration, and Gender Considerations in Global Supply Chains

December 1-2, 2021 | USA-IT Policy Summit

November 10, 2021 | UAS-IT and ICAIE – The Dark Forces of Illicit Trade

November 9, 2021 | Cyber Symposium with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)

November 8, 2021 | The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the U.S. Department of the Treasury Working Group

September 8-10, 2021 | International Association of Human Trafficking Investigators (IAHTI)

July 19, 2021 | The Association of Foreign Press Correspondents Forum on Human Trafficking (virtual)

June 4, 2021 | Survivor Voices Series

March 18, 2021 | Human Trafficking & Forced Labor: It’s in your backyard | University of Notre Dame (virtual)

January 7, 2021 | Simsbury Spirit | Human Trafficking Panel (virtual)

December 17, 2020 | Countering Trafficking In Persons (CTIP), Malawi (virtual)

October 7, 2020 | Yale University: Virtual Lecture on Forced Labor and Supply Chain within the Built Environment

July 9, 2020 | YWCA Hartford | Community Matters: Labor Trafficking

June 19, 2020 | Haiti Human Trafficking Virtual Training with Lumos

March 4, 2020 | Human Trafficking Symposium

January 29, 2020 | Human and Wildlife Trafficking 101

January 17, 2020 | Framework for Freedom | Combat Modern Slavery Panel

December 11-12, 2019 | TEN-TEN Human Trafficking Response Muni Fellowship

November 2019 | US Customs Border Protection Symposium

October 2019 | Malawi Data & Technology Intervention Against Human Trafficking

October 19, 2019 | Stories of Human Trafficking: Yeonmi Park

June 18, 2019 | The Humanitarian Impact of Conflict in the Middle East

June 7, 2019 | Block Chain as a Force for Good

May 9, 2019 | Cybersecurity Training with United States Attorney’s Office

May 3, 2019 | Demand for Ethical Supply: Conscious Consumerism

April 21, 2019 | Human Trafficking 101 Stamford High School

April 18, 2019 | Homeland Security Training on Dark Web Cybersecurity

March 27-30, 2019 | Romania Trafficking Training

March 11, 2019 | End Human Trafficking Summit

February 2, 2019 | Ethical Supply Chains

February 1, 2019 | Trauma & Recovery Working Session

December 4, 2018 | Child Exploitation Seminar

May 15, 2018 | Measuring the Success of Human Trafficking

May 1, 2018 | Combating Cybersecurity Threats

April 25, 2018 | Conversation with General Wesley Clark

April 12, 2018 | Case Manager Human Trafficking Training

April 4, 2018 | Quinnipiac University, School of Law

February 22–23, 2018 | ID 20/20 Convening

January 12, 2018 | Freedom Fighters Panel

July 11, 2017 | Anti-Trafficking Training for Hotel and Motel Employees

June 1, 2017 | Haiti Sex Tourism Training

May 19, 2017 | Refugee Crisis & US Response Panel

March 30 & 31, 2017 | UNU Convening—Disrupting Slavery Finance

January 28, 2017 | True Cost screening—Corban Addison

November 18, 2016 | Pathways Forum

June 30–July 1, 2016 | Fighting Human Trafficking in Conflict

December 18, 2015 | Refugee Conversation

November 5–6, 2015 | Justice Launch

October 29, 2015 | Big Data training

January 21 and February 25 2015 | Traffic Jam—Big Data training