[ad_1] TAMPA, Fla. — Following the Super Bowl, the I-Team reported on a rescue operation and an arrest the Tampa Bay Human Trafficking Task Force conducted in the weeks leading up to the big game. RELATED: Super Bowl LV attracted sex traffickers who sold victims for sex in Tampa BayContinue Reading
[ad_1] LANSING — A package of bills introduced in the Michigan House would reform the way the state responds to survivors of sexual and human trafficking. House Bills 4091 through 4113 provide sweeping changes to Michigan’s criminal procedures. State Rep. Mary Whiteford, R-Casco Township, led the introduction of the bills,Continue Reading
[ad_1] The Daily Orange is a nonprofit newsroom that receives no funding from Syracuse University. Consider donating today to support our mission. Terri Gooley, a resource coordinator in the New York State Human Trafficking Intervention Court, remembers meeting a 17-year-old trafficking survivor. Someone the girl had trusted, a friend of her mother’s,Continue Reading
[ad_1] The Daily Orange is a nonprofit newsroom that receives no funding from Syracuse University. Consider donating today to support our mission. Terri Gooley, a resource coordinator in the New York State Human Trafficking Intervention Court, remembers meeting a 17-year-old trafficking survivor. Someone the girl had trusted, a friend of her mother’s,Continue Reading
[ad_1] While policy and health care practices have progressed to better identify and care for victims of sex trafficking, there is still a long way to go. As the nation and world grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, a time during which marginalized communities and vulnerable individuals continue to be at-riskContinue Reading
[ad_1] https://wskg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sex-Trafficking-Circles-of-Protection-WEB.mp3 BINGHAMTON, NY (WSKG) — According to the Southern Tier Anti-Trafficking Task Force, sex trafficking is subtle but widespread. Hoping to help people identify trafficking survivors and form multiple circles of protection around them, they’re conducting a series of webinars for National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. (Crime Victims AssistanceContinue Reading
[ad_1] Sara Kruzan was in her cell when she received a fax that changed her life. After spending some of her teenage years, all of her 20s and much of her 30s in prison for killing her trafficker, Kruzan learned that California’s attorney general had acknowledged that she was a victim ofContinue Reading
[ad_1] LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Countries must enable victims of human trafficking to play a key role in programmes and policies to tackle the crime, the first global alliance of survivors-turned-advocates said on Monday. The 21-member International Survivors of Trafficking Advisory Council (ISTAC) aims to help governments improve theirContinue Reading
[ad_1] Last February, this newspaper rightly praised Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to create a pathway to clemency for survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence whose crimes resulted from their victimization. With this action, Abbott has made it possible for survivors to heal from their trauma without the crushing burdenContinue Reading
[ad_1] Street Ransom, a ministry of Straight Street in Roanoke, focuses on helping sex trafficking survivors and training the community on how to spot the signs before it’s too late. Spokesperson Rebekah Marquez wanted to stress that human trafficking doesn’t always look like the examples we see in movies, butContinue Reading