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A collection of news articles on human trafficking can be a valuable resource for students or law enforcement professionals who want to learn more about this complex and challenging issue. Here are a few ways in which news articles can benefit a student or someone in law enforcement:

  • Gain a deeper understanding of the issue: Human trafficking is a complex and multifaceted problem that can be difficult to fully understand. By reading news articles on human trafficking, students and law enforcement professionals can gain a deeper understanding of the issue, including the various forms of trafficking, the tactics used by traffickers, and the experiences of victims.
  • Keep up-to-date on trends and developments: The nature of human trafficking is constantly evolving, with new trends and developments emerging all the time. By reading news articles on human trafficking, students and law enforcement professionals can keep up-to-date on the latest trends and developments in the field, including new trafficking methods, changes in policy or law, and emerging technologies.
  • Learn about successful interventions: News articles can also highlight successful interventions and strategies used to combat human trafficking. By studying these interventions, students and law enforcement professionals can gain insights into effective ways to address trafficking, including prevention, prosecution, and victim support.
  • Understand the global context: Human trafficking is a global problem that affects people in many different countries and regions. News articles can help students and law enforcement professionals understand the global context of trafficking, including the countries and regions where trafficking is most prevalent, the causes and drivers of trafficking, and the challenges of addressing trafficking on a global scale.
  • Identify gaps in research and policy: News articles can also highlight areas where more research or policy intervention is needed to address human trafficking effectively. By reading news coverage of current events and issues related to trafficking, students and law enforcement professionals can identify gaps in existing research and policy, and develop new research questions or policy recommendations that address those gaps.

Overall, a collection of news articles on human trafficking can be a valuable resource for students and law enforcement professionals who want to learn more about this important issue. By providing up-to-date information, highlighting successful interventions, and identifying gaps in research and policy, news articles can help inform effective responses to human trafficking at the local, national, and global levels.

Risk Of Forced Labor Is Widespread In US Food Supply
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Risk Of Forced Labor Is Widespread In US Food Supply

Eliminating forced labor is a vital starting point for creating a just and sustainable food supply, but most of us don’t know much about the labor conditions involved in producing our food. It’s possible that the people who picked and processed some of the items on our dinner table worked in conditions that involved force, fraud, coercion,…

Government, Civil Society & Scientology Combating Human Trafficking in South Africa: Some Challenges and Efforts in 2023
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Government, Civil Society & Scientology Combating Human Trafficking in South Africa: Some Challenges and Efforts in 2023

Glory Matipile is featured in an episode of Voices for Humanity on the Scientology Network. Scientology and its members are more and more involved in fighting human trafficking in different ways. Human Righs education and collaborative skills are key. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, July 20, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — Scientology and its members are more and more involved…

The 2023 Global Slavery Index Released – Network Against Human Trafficking and Slavery
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The 2023 Global Slavery Index Released – Network Against Human Trafficking and Slavery

The 2023 Global Slavery Index Released The 2023 Global Slavery Index reports that there has been a 10 million victim increase in modern slavery/human trafficking (MS/HT) over the last five years. On any given day there are 50 million people living in MS/HT and the world’s wealthiest economies are importing almost US$468 billion worth of…

Testimony by Tara Lee Rodas for The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
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Testimony by Tara Lee Rodas for The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement

Editor’s note: We are non-partisan. Children are being hurt. Please, watch, read, learn, and act accordingly. Hearing Date: Wednesday 04/26/2023 – 3:00 PM Hearing Location: 2141 Rayburn House Office Building The hearing, “The Biden Border Crisis: Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children,” will examine the unprecedented surge of unaccompanied alien children at the southwest border and…

DEREK SMITH: Uniting to battle modern slavery
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DEREK SMITH: Uniting to battle modern slavery

In celebration of June 19, an historic date in history that marked the abolition of slavery in Texas, financial crime professionals are grappling with a different but uncomfortably similar problem: Modern day slavery and human trafficking. The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) defines modern slavery as “an umbrella term that covers a set of…

Forced labour: avoiding the risk in international trade
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Forced labour: avoiding the risk in international trade

The European Commission has proposed banning all products made using forced labour from the EU market, whether produced domestically or imported. If the proposal introduced in late 2022 comes into force, it will impact many labour-intensive industries and related foreign trade and investment worldwide, creating new challenges for Chinese enterprises trading with Europe. Several Western…

Outcome of May 31st Pieper Lewis Hearing – Network Against Human Trafficking and Slavery
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Outcome of May 31st Pieper Lewis Hearing – Network Against Human Trafficking and Slavery

Outcome of May 31st Pieper Lewis Hearing Please tap the following link for a May 31st Des Moines Register article: “Pieper Lewis Gets 20-Year Sentence, But Then is Placed on Probation Again.” written by Philip Jones who has been covering the case since the June 1st, 2020 arrest of trafficking victim, Pieper Lewis. The NAHT…

Several Anti-Trafficking Bills Pass the Legislature Including Safe Harbor – Network Against Human Trafficking and Slavery
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Several Anti-Trafficking Bills Pass the Legislature Including Safe Harbor – Network Against Human Trafficking and Slavery

Click a link below to jump to a particular article or scroll down to read the whole blog post/newsletter. Several Anti-Trafficking Bills Pass the Legislature Including Safe Harbor Below is a final report on the outcome of the 2023 Iowa Legislature. As you may recall, the 2023 legislation started with eight human trafficking bills. Of…

The Harrowing State of Women's Rights in Lebanon – Arab Center Washington DC
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The Harrowing State of Women's Rights in Lebanon – Arab Center Washington DC

The problems facing women in Lebanon today have been further complicated by the financial, economic, and social crises that have been affecting the country since 2019. It is therefore not surprising that women were on the frontlines of the so-called Tishreen (October) Revolution in 2019, because their rights were central to these protests. The uprising…

Exploitative Child Labor Is Hurting Kids’ Ability to Stay in School
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Exploitative Child Labor Is Hurting Kids’ Ability to Stay in School

When Guatemalan immigrant Jose Velasquez was 13, he began spending his summers working alongside his mother in North Carolina’s tobacco fields. “I worked 10 to 12 hours a day, five days a week in the Goldsboro area,” he told Truthout. “I had to get up at 4:30 am. A rusty van would come by, cram…