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Tarrant County 5 Stones Human Trafficking Coalition May 2022 Meeting
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Tarrant County 5 Stones Human Trafficking Coalition May 2022 Meeting

ByBilly Joe Cain

Here is our recorded meeting link and chat notes for our 5 Stones May 2022 meeting! Our 5 Stones meeting this May featured Sandy Hennip and Chris Cage as they discussed the Underground, a drop-in center for trafficked and exploited youth.  Here is the link to the recorded meeting: https://cutt.ly/5StonesMay2022Video Here is a link to…

Witch-hunts and ritual child abuse are a stain on Africa. We must confront them
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Witch-hunts and ritual child abuse are a stain on Africa. We must confront them

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Thousands of children accused of witchcraft suffer ritual abuse every year – and those with albinism are the main victims by Joan Nyanyuki  As Africa emerges blinking into the post-pandemic sunlight, children across the continent might hope for a brighter future. Lockdowns drove a surge in violence against children – especially girls – but surely…

Ten Sex Trafficking Red Flags
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Ten Sex Trafficking Red Flags

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Sex trafficking is one of the few crimes that interacts with society in such a manner that its victims can walk down the sidewalk next to everyone else and no one knows the horrors they are facing. They can walk into your place of business or sit next to you on public transportation, and you…

Request for Proposals for Endline Evaluation of the Addressing Child Trafficking & Slavery (ACTS) Project
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Request for Proposals for Endline Evaluation of the Addressing Child Trafficking & Slavery (ACTS) Project

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Terms of Reference: Request for Proposals for Endline Evaluation of the Addressing Child Trafficking &…

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'Enough is enough': Nebraska medical organizations issue statement on hospital violence
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'Enough is enough': Nebraska medical organizations issue statement on hospital violence

ByEyes on Trafficking News

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – The Nebraska Hospital Association and the Nebraska Medical Association have issued a joint statement on an increasing trend of violence in hospitals. The statement follows a recent string of mass shootings across the country, including one at a hospital campus in Oklahoma. “We continue to grieve for our children and our…

Youth who ran away from The Refuge and later died allegedly had staff assistance | TPR
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Youth who ran away from The Refuge and later died allegedly had staff assistance | TPR

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Texas Public Radio | By Paul Flahive Published June 3, 2022 at 6:13 PM CDT A new report alleges a treatment facility for victims of sex trafficking may hold some culpability in the death of a girl who stayed there. A young girl identified only as “RR” placed at Bastrop-based “The Refuge” ran away from a…

Most kidnappings are robberies, not trafficking – University of Cape Town expert
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Most kidnappings are robberies, not trafficking – University of Cape Town expert

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Lester Kiewit chats to Dr Simon Howell from the Centre for Criminology at the University of Cape Town about the kidnapping phenomenon in South Africa Original podcast page can be found here. Key Points: South African law makes clear distinction between kidnapping and abduction Experts are concerned that these crimes are being conflated Increase in kidnappings…

Man charged with human trafficking hired by Lands Authority last year, now set for promotion
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Man charged with human trafficking hired by Lands Authority last year, now set for promotion

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The current CEO of the Lands Authority, Robert Vella. Kurt Buhagiar, who was caught red-handed as one of three accomplices in a high-speed powerboat chase with Italy’s Guardia di Finanza in 2009 and was subsequently imprisoned on charges of human trafficking, was hired by the Lands Authority last year and is reportedly about to be…

Ashley Moody Announces Sentencing of Gang Member Trafficking a Young Girl
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Ashley Moody Announces Sentencing of Gang Member Trafficking a Young Girl

ByEyes on Trafficking News

This week, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced the sentencing of a known gang member convicted of trafficking a young girl. Moody’s Statewide Prosecutors secured a 13-year prison sentence for Michael Hill after the defendant coerced the teenager to engage in car dates with paying customers and then took a cut of the profit. Hill…

Trinidad: Helping Human Trafficking Survivors Start Again
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Trinidad: Helping Human Trafficking Survivors Start Again

ByEyes on Trafficking News

“Most of the victims are foreigners and, because of that, they face language and cultural barriers, as well as other issues, such as lack of documentation that becomes an obstacle to access psychological services,” Ali says. The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new layers of vulnerability, according to Manuela. “There’s a need for more work opportunities…