Anti-Trafficking Groups

Each item relates in some way to a group, organization, or community that has a major or minor focus on ending trafficking.

Examples: law enforcement, a specific non-profit, or even an individual advocate who speaks for others.

Migrant detainees entitled to sue U.S. private prison over forced labor
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Migrant detainees entitled to sue U.S. private prison over forced labor

ByEyes on Trafficking News

A court has recently ruled that migrant detainees in California can sue the private prison company that operates the detention center they were held in over allegations of forced labor. […]

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Traffickers are taking advantage of Ukrainians’ desperation
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Traffickers are taking advantage of Ukrainians’ desperation

ByEyes on Trafficking News

While walking the streets alone one night, Masha Sakhno was approached by two men: “Where are you from? I can help you with home, with house. You can come with […]

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Law preventing all imports from Uyghur region comes into effect
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Law preventing all imports from Uyghur region comes into effect

ByEyes on Trafficking News

A story in Sustainable Brands reviews the impact of the law and how corporations will be required to provide transparency regarding their supply chains. The role of corporations and the lack of due diligence In a conversation with Sustainable Brands, Joanna Ewart-James, Executive Director of Freedom United, noted: “Companies are responsible for ensuring that the…

Former Honolulu police (HPD) officer indicted for multiple child sex crimes including trafficking – YouTube Video with KITV4’s Jefferson Tyler
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Former Honolulu police (HPD) officer indicted for multiple child sex crimes including trafficking – YouTube Video with KITV4’s Jefferson Tyler

ByEyes on Trafficking News

A former Honolulu Police officer has been indicted on eight counts of child sex crimes, including sex trafficking, the US Department of Homeland Security confirmed.

Kafala reforms are failing to protect migrant workers in Qatar
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Kafala reforms are failing to protect migrant workers in Qatar

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The Independent published a report which describes the situation in one of Qatar’s central industrial zones, approximately 20 km south of the glitzy, ultra-modern capital of Doha, where the 2022 World Cup will be held in November. The city is home to a significant number of Qatar’s total population. Far from the affluent neighborhoods of…

The U.K. is making migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation
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The U.K. is making migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Brexit and the pandemic have left the United Kingdom with severe labor shortages. To cover the needs of the agriculture sector, the government is offering short-term visas to people from […]

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Four Members and Associates of Reading Boarding House Sex Trafficking
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Four Members and Associates of Reading Boarding House Sex Trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that four individuals from Reading, PA, were convicted at trial of offenses including conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise; conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion of a minor; various violent crimes in aid of racketeering offenses including kidnapping and assaults with…

Despite saving hundreds of sex trafficking victims yearly, Hawaii has few prosecutions
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Despite saving hundreds of sex trafficking victims yearly, Hawaii has few prosecutions

ByEyes on Trafficking News

HONOLULU (KITV4) — Hawaii may be paradise to some, but it still has a problem when it comes to sex trafficking. Experts have a hard time pinpointing the exact number of sex trafficking victims in Hawaii, but they do know it is much higher than the number of arrests and convictions for sex traffickers. “Unlike…

Europol sex trafficking probe lands Cypriot farmer in prison, KNEWS
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Europol sex trafficking probe lands Cypriot farmer in prison, KNEWS

ByEyes on Trafficking News

An elderly farmer in Cyprus was sentenced to ten years behind bars in a sexual exploitation case, after a joint law enforcement operation with Europol led to the discovery of at least two victims in the island’s agricultural sector. Local media said a 71-year-old Greek Cypriot man from a village in Famagusta district was sentenced…