Prevention, Protection, and Prosecution: An Assessment of Anti-Trafficking Efforts

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

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Holly J. Burkhalter

Vice President of Government Relations and Advocacy, International Justice Mission

E. Benjamin Skinner

Senior Vice President, Tau Investment Management

Presider

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Fellow and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

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