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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…

REVIEW: Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking online course from Themis Knowledge
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REVIEW: Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking online course from Themis Knowledge

You can download your certificate before you even take the course, without doing anything at all. You can watch me discover this in the video.

Boston Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking
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Boston Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking

BOSTON – A Boston man has been indicted on sex trafficking and cocaine charges stemming from his alleged maintenance of a drug and sex trafficking hub operating out of a tent at Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard (Mass and Cass).

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…

For IGDA members, a new training benefit appears!
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For IGDA members, a new training benefit appears!

International Game Developers Association Membership ups their game PBJ Learning, a leading provider of online human trafficking awareness and prevention education courses for professionals and schools, and the International Game Developers Association, announce that the membership of IGDA can now receive a significant discount on Human Trafficking Essentials as part of their benefits package.  “PBJ…

Stories you may have missed: refugees and human trafficking; alleged shelter abuse; and trafficking tattoo coverups
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Stories you may have missed: refugees and human trafficking; alleged shelter abuse; and trafficking tattoo coverups

We are so fortunate to have people send us stories of the day (and the past), and we want to have a place to feature them. This is our first edition of “Stories you may have missed:” Let us know what you think. Should we do more?  How the sex trade preys on Ukraine’s refugees…

Displaced Ukrainians entering France “increasing rapidly”
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Displaced Ukrainians entering France “increasing rapidly”

They have only what they can carry The number of refugees arriving in France as they flee the Russian invasion of Ukraine is ‘increasing rapidly’ the government has said – but it does not in any way reflect the true reality of the refugee crisis experienced by millions of Ukrainians. France hits out at UKs…

Law enforcement / justice stories you may have missed: Human Trafficking 101 for Law Enforcement; Law Enforcement Response to Human Trafficking and the Implications for Victims: Current Practices and Lessons Learned
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Law enforcement / justice stories you may have missed: Human Trafficking 101 for Law Enforcement; Law Enforcement Response to Human Trafficking and the Implications for Victims: Current Practices and Lessons Learned

We are so fortunate to have people send us stories of the day (and the past), and we want to have a place to feature them. Let us know what you think. Should we do more?  Human Trafficking 101 for Law Enforcement This is a brief article that could serve as the absolute basics a law…

Guest Worker Visas and Labor Trafficking: Weaknesses in the H2 Visa Programs
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Guest Worker Visas and Labor Trafficking: Weaknesses in the H2 Visa Programs

Exploitation is practically written into immigration and foreign labor policy Original document: March 12, 2022 We offer this article in audio form. It’s generated by a program; apologies for any weirdness. Introduction Where immigration policy and anti-human trafficking initiatives meet, loopholes are often created that allow for the continued exploitation and trafficking of foreign laborers…

Achieving Gender Equity in Context of Conflict, Religion, and Enslavement
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Achieving Gender Equity in Context of Conflict, Religion, and Enslavement

71% of the enslaved individuals today are women and girls due to conflicts, migration, religious wars leading to displacement of humans. EXPERTS: Ashish Damle Honorable Bakoko Bakoru Zoe (Former Minister, Uganda) Honorable Judge Mary Elizabeth Bullock Honorable Harold D’Souza, Eyes Open International  Chair: Dr. Kalyani Gopal, SAFECHR ([email protected]) Program: 10 AM US ET: Introduction and…