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Man Who Spent A Year Distributing Child Pornography Sentenced to 20 Years
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Man Who Spent A Year Distributing Child Pornography Sentenced to 20 Years

Miami, Florida – A 31-year-old Miami man was sentenced yesterday in Miami federal court to 20 years in prison followed by 50 years of supervised release for distributing child pornography over the course of one year.

Stories you may have missed: Sex Trafficking Victims Being Punished; Sex Trafficker Admits to Recruiting a 14-Year-Old Minor; Nationwide Sex Trafficking and Prostitution Enterprise Indictments
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Stories you may have missed: Sex Trafficking Victims Being Punished; Sex Trafficker Admits to Recruiting a 14-Year-Old Minor; Nationwide Sex Trafficking and Prostitution Enterprise Indictments

Defendant Instructed Enforcer: “If She Dares Fight Back, Beat Her More Viciously. Get Some Results from the Beating.”

Egyptian woman sentenced to 3 years in TikTok video case
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Egyptian woman sentenced to 3 years in TikTok video case

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has sentenced a woman to three years in prison after her retrial conviction for human trafficking in a case that involved girls dancing in videos on TikTok. Haneen Hossam, a social media influencer, was arrested in 2020. Her case was seen by critics as part of a crackdown on…

Don’t Let Politicians & Big Tech Manipulate Your Concern for Children
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Don’t Let Politicians & Big Tech Manipulate Your Concern for Children

Child trafficking is real; it’s an incredibly heavy issue; and it’s universally abhorrent. Many people, like you, want to see children protected. People in positions of power understand this and are using it to try to manipulate the public for their own gain. This is not new. However, over the last several months, we’ve seen…

Motels, Trucking, Lawyers, and Human Trafficking
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Motels, Trucking, Lawyers, and Human Trafficking

Jacob Bryant, PR Coordinator at Lanier Law Firm, sent us over some resources. It got me thinking about how we might consider working together with legal groups. Here’s where it all started: “We have put together a guide about the connection between the trucking industry and human trafficking. We have included information about why human…

Why Not Make an Augmented Reality Experience to Raise Awareness?
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Why Not Make an Augmented Reality Experience to Raise Awareness?

The thing that drives my interactive product designs is that, to make the most impact with a user, you want to fully and delightfully use the unique “hardware features” of the device the app is on.

Webinar: Teen Dating Violence, Human Trafficking, and Youth of Color: Understanding the Intersections
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Webinar: Teen Dating Violence, Human Trafficking, and Youth of Color: Understanding the Intersections

This virtual panel discusses the impact of teen dating violence among youth from underserved populations and its intersection with human trafficking.

Education Partnerships With Non-profits
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Education Partnerships With Non-profits

Does your non-profit train your staff about human trafficking?  PBJ Learning believes the answer to human trafficking (modern slavery) begins with PREVENTucation. Human trafficking can be prevented through effective, accurate education, so to reach the broadest audience possible, with the most consistent training, we created an interactive online course that can be scaled, worldwide, through a…

Uprising Licenses Interactive Virtual Reality Training for Wyoming GRIT Conference
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Uprising Licenses Interactive Virtual Reality Training for Wyoming GRIT Conference

Attendees of Greater Rockies Immersive Training on Exploitation and Trafficking conference (GRIT) to experience human trafficking education in interactive virtual reality AUSTIN, Texas – Feb. 19, 2022 — Terri Markham has seen a lot of training materials and programs come across her desktop. As the executive director of Uprising, an anti-trafficking group in Wyoming, she has dedicated…

Tennessee woman charged with statutory rape of students
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Tennessee woman charged with statutory rape of students

ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman has been charged with statutory rape involving nine underage high school students. Melissa A. Blair, 38, of Englewood, is not an employee at McMinn County Central High School but is a parent and involved in booster clubs, news outlets reported. The encounters happened from spring 2020 through late…