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.

Collective Liberty Launches Billboard in Times Square, Aiming to Change Public Narrative Around Human Trafficking – PR Newswire
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Collective Liberty Launches Billboard in Times Square, Aiming to Change Public Narrative Around Human Trafficking – PR Newswire

NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Award-winning national anti-trafficking organization Collective Liberty launched a summer billboard in Times Square in partnership with Neutron Media and generous donors. The ad is featured beside the NASDAQ ad space and above the Netflix ad Space in the prominent central location of Times Square. The campaign coincides with…

Critical anti-trafficking legislation passes the U.S House of Representatives
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Critical anti-trafficking legislation passes the U.S House of Representatives

Hope for Justice is delighted that the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection…

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

Here is our recorded meeting link and chat notes for our 5 Stones July 2022 meeting! Our 5 Stones meeting this July featured Dr. Shannon Wolf with Southcliff Christian Counseling Center.  Dr. Wolf presented on how to recognize trauma and its effects on the brain.  We also heard a report from Lindy Borchardt with the…

Shining the spotlight on human trafficking – State Magazine
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Shining the spotlight on human trafficking – State Magazine

A portion of the cover from the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report, which was released in July. Illustration courtesy of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons By Sarah Evans and Sylvia Amegashie On July 19, Secretary of State Antony Blinken released the 2022 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which includes narratives and…

Human trafficking: the fastest growing crime – Cyprus Mail
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Human trafficking: the fastest growing crime – Cyprus Mail

By Louisa Borg Haviara Human trafficking is divided into forced labour and sex trafficking. According to the latest Global Slavery index (2018) over 40 million men, women or children, are current victims of modern slavery with women and girls being disproportionately vulnerable, accounting for 71 per cent of all victims. The Cyprus justice ministry welcomed the upgrading of…

Sex trafficking in Washington County, WI | By Jean L. Merry – washingtoncountyinsider.com
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Sex trafficking in Washington County, WI | By Jean L. Merry – washingtoncountyinsider.com

July 23, 2022 – Washington Co., WI – “Sex trafficking is happening here, in Washington County” said Wendy Smith of Washington County Anti-Trafficking Advocates in her presentation Wednesday evening, July 20, at the Moose Lodge in West Bend. “So, we need everyone’s help and engagement.” The goal of her organization, according to Smith, is to…

Human Trafficking: Energy Access as probable elixir – Vanguard News
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Human Trafficking: Energy Access as probable elixir – Vanguard News

By Ejiro Gray I still remember the first time I heard of kidnappers. I must have been about six or seven then, growing up in a university community and attending the senior staff primary school. The tale was told of a young boy in our primary school who had been a victim of attempted kidnap….

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is recognized annually on July 30. Since its inception in 2013, the day has been sanctioned as an opportunity for “raising awareness of the situation of victims of human trafficking and for the promotion and protection of their rights” (United Nations resolution). The fastest-growing criminal industry in the world…

Spotlight on seasonal workers – Northamptonshire Police
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Spotlight on seasonal workers – Northamptonshire Police

Modern slavery takes many forms, with men, women and children of all ages and backgrounds falling victim to human trafficking, forced labour, domestic servitude, or debt bondage. People can be exploited to work for little or no pay in trades such as car washes, food production and the beauty and construction industries. However, seasonal workers…