Corrections Log

Corrections Policy

The Human Trafficking Report operates under a formal corrections policy designed to ensure accuracy, fairness, and transparency. This policy applies to all factual claims, legal status labels, severity scores, statistical data, and attributions throughout the report.

What We Correct

• Factual errors: Incorrect dates, names, statistics, legal outcomes, or other verifiable facts.
• Legal status label errors: Incorrect or outdated legal status labels (e.g., a subject has been convicted since the report was published).
• Severity score errors: Miscalculations or misapplication of the scoring methodology.
• Source attribution errors: Incorrect citations, misattributed quotes, or broken source links.
• Contextual errors: Claims that, while not factually incorrect in isolation, are misleading due to missing context.

What We Don’t Correct

• Disagreements with methodology: If you disagree with our scoring formula or tier definitions, that is a methodological critique, not a correction. See Methodology.
• Requests to remove accurate information: We do not remove factual, cited information because a subject or organization objects to its inclusion.
• Matters of editorial judgment: Word choice, emphasis, or organization of material that does not affect factual accuracy.

How to Submit a Correction

Step 1: Identify the Error

Provide the specific page, section, and text containing the error. Be as precise as possible; quoting the exact language is ideal.

Step 2: Provide the Correct Information

State what you believe the correct information to be. Where possible, provide a source from our source hierarchy (court records, government reports, official data, academic studies, or major investigative journalism).

Step 3: Submit

Send your correction to the editorial team. Include:

• Your name and affiliation (optional but helpful for follow-up)
• The page URL containing the error
• The specific text that is incorrect
• The proposed correction with supporting source(s)
• Your relationship to the subject matter (e.g., researcher, subject of the report, legal representative)

Step 4: Review

All corrections are reviewed within 14 business days. The review process:

1. The correction is logged and assigned to a reviewer.
2. The reviewer verifies the claim against primary sources.
3. If the correction is warranted, the text is updated and the change is logged below.
4. If the correction is not warranted, the submitter is notified with an explanation.
5. The submitter may appeal once with additional evidence.

Corrections Log

Major Updates

In addition to corrections, this section logs major content updates (new data releases, legal developments, etc.):