Anti-Trafficking

There are many organizations and efforts working to end human trafficking (anti-trafficking). Some of these efforts include:

  • Increasing awareness and education about human trafficking, so that people can recognize the signs and take action to prevent it.
  • Enacting and enforcing strong laws against human trafficking, to hold traffickers accountable for their crimes and to provide protections for victims.
  • Providing support and services for victims of human trafficking, including medical care, counseling, legal assistance, and safe housing.
  • Working with law enforcement agencies and governments to investigate and prosecute traffickers and to rescue and protect victims.
  • Partnering with businesses and organizations to create ethical supply chains and to prevent trafficking in their operations.
  • Engaging with communities and grassroots organizations to address the root causes of trafficking and to empower people to take action to prevent it.

Overall, the efforts to end human trafficking involve a combination of legal, social, and economic approaches, and require the participation and cooperation of governments, civil society, and the private sector.

Ohio Attorney General Yost to Host Anti-Trafficking Summit in January
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Ohio Attorney General Yost to Host Anti-Trafficking Summit in January

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) will host his Fourth Annual Human Trafficking Summit next January 26 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Seventeen workshops will take place at the event, including examination of the trauma inflicted on trafficking survivors, best practices for serving those who have endured such crimes, discussion of why individuals solicit…

Oceans Apart: A Story of Two Young Girls Living in Two Very Different Worlds
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Oceans Apart: A Story of Two Young Girls Living in Two Very Different Worlds

*Based on a true story. Tanzania Fourteen-year-old Aziza* washed dishes for her family after dinner. Soapy suds sparkled in the dim glow of candlelight—her family couldn’t afford to install electric lighting. She was slow at her chores tonight because her mind kept wandering to the future. Everything was about to change. She found a job!…

Human trafficking: Two charged after PSNI raid 27 brothels in Northern Ireland – BBC News
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Human trafficking: Two charged after PSNI raid 27 brothels in Northern Ireland – BBC News

Two people have been charged with a number of offences after a major operation against human trafficking. A 63-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman have been charged with human trafficking, controlling prostitution, brothel keeping and money laundering. They will appear before Dungannon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. On Monday, 27 brothels across Northern Ireland were raided…

Hope for Justice delivers anti-trafficking training in Republic of Cyprus – from Hope for Justice
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Hope for Justice delivers anti-trafficking training in Republic of Cyprus – from Hope for Justice

Hope for Justice is a charity working to bring an end to modern slavery and human trafficking, and to protect the human rights of victims and survivors. They are active in the United Kingdom, United States, Cambodia, Norway, Australia, Ethiopia and Uganda. Their multi-disciplinary model is based on four pillars: preventing exploitation; rescuing victims; restoring lives;…

Human trafficking – A grave issue – The Nation
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Human trafficking – A grave issue – The Nation

SAAIM AHMAD – Human trafficking has emerged as a grave issue of concern in modern times at both national as well as global levels. The developing world, including Pakistan, has been a soft target of this menace since long owing to various socio-economic and geographical circumstances. The main culprits of this heinous crime are criminal…

Seven human trafficking hotspots in Gauteng
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Seven human trafficking hotspots in Gauteng

The anti-trafficking campaign on Freedom Day by NGOs, A21, The National Freedom Network and Think Creative Africa has shared seven Gauteng suburbs which are human trafficking hotspots in the province. ALSO READ: Tebogo Thobejane slams fake human trafficking account [watch] SEVEN HOTSPOTS IN GAUTENG   According to the campaign Springs, Benoni, Fordsburg, Krugersdorp, Sunnyside, Vereeniging, and…

Washington police warn of alarming sex trafficking trend before holidays – Fox News
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Washington police warn of alarming sex trafficking trend before holidays – Fox News

The Washington police department that handled a murder case involving a father accused of stabbing his daughter’s 19-year-old boyfriend to death for allegedly selling her into a sex trafficking ring in the Seattle area issued a new warning Wednesday on the “fastest growing criminal industry in the world today.” The Spokane Police Department posted to…

Iowa Trafficker Sentenced to 22 Years
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Iowa Trafficker Sentenced to 22 Years

The Iowa Network Against Human Trafficking and Slavery (NAHT) thanks all of our 1500 blog post/ newsletter subscribers for your support of our goal to end human trafficking/modern slavery in all its forms in Iowa. We wish you a joy-filled, healthy, and blessed holiday season and a happy and healthy new year, 2023. Governor’s Proclamation…

Cornyn, Klobuchar Bill to Reauthorize Anti-Human Trafficking Law Passes Senate | News
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Cornyn, Klobuchar Bill to Reauthorize Anti-Human Trafficking Law Passes Senate | News

WASHINGTON –Legislation to reauthorize the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, which has strengthened key programs supporting survivors of human trafficking and provided resources to law enforcement officials, passed the U.S. Senate this week and awaits signing by President Joe Biden. “For the last four years, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act has changed the lives of individuals…

CHR bats for centers, training to help victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation
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CHR bats for centers, training to help victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation

Philstar.com December 22, 2022 | 1:43am MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights on Thursday highlighted the need for separate centers for children who are victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation. The commission also called attention to the lack of special training of prosecutors in handling child sexual abuse cases. To recall, Mama Fatima Singhateh — the…