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NORTH VENICE, Fla., September 12, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PGT Innovations (NYSE: PGTI), a national leader in the premium window and door category, is commemorating National Truck Driver Appreciation Week with five days full of gifts and fanfare for team members across its family of brands. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here. The annual…
By Hellen Nachilongo Dar es Salaam. The government will next week provide the status of the preparation of bill to amend the Marriage Act 1971. Deputy Minister for Constitutional and Legal Affairs Geoffrey Pinda told The Citizen that the bill preparation involves collection of opinions from different before tabling it in Parliament. “I will convene…
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. – Tips to police about possible human trafficking at the Oceanfront have led to arrests. Recent cases highlight how this problem is impacting children and adults. The Oceanfront draws tourists every year and generates money for the region, but experts say it’s also a hot spot for human trafficking. Back in 2020,…
Human trafficking stands as the most perverse form of modern-day slavery today. Whether trafficked for sex, labor, or organs, millions need rescuing from traffickers without regard for human rights, life, or dignity. Unfortunately, the mainstream news headlines consistently capture just about every single issue other than human trafficking. A lack of mainstream coverage makes these…
(The Center Square) – Attorney General Ashley Moody, Truckers Against Trafficking, the Florida Department of Transportation and Busing on the Lookout are working together to train more than 100 Floridians in the gaming and passenger transportation industries to identify and report human trafficking. Moody and TAT hosted a Florida Bus & Casino Coalition Build Out…
Alex Enumah in Abuja David Ukpo, the young man at the center of an alleged organ harvesting crime involving Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, have asked a Federal High Court, Abuja to reverse its July 1 ruling that ordered the release of his bio-data in respect of a case against Ekweremadu and wife…
Massachusetts attorneys general have for decades pushed the state to modernize its 1968 wiretap law, which limits electronic surveillance to cases tied to organized crime. Attorney General Maura Healey and several of her recent predecessors have unsuccessfully called on the Legislature to broaden the law’s reach beyond suspected organized crime figures, to make it easier…
LEWISTOWN, PA – The owners of a Lewistown car detailing business have been accused of using forced child labor to run their business. This week, the wife of the now deceased owner was arrested. Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced the arrest of Ellen Cummings in connection to labor trafficking in Mifflin County. Cummings ran…
Although human trafficking on Guam can involve people who are brought here to work in the sex trade or to serve as laborers, it can also involve Guam residents pressed into modern slavery. A victim advocacy panel is introduced during the Guam Human Rights Initiative’s “Human Rights Conference Series: Human Trafficking on Guam and in…
Sex trafficking is the most common form of modern slavery on Guam and the region, according to experts during a webinar on human trafficking held Wednesday. “Fundamentally human trafficking is a conduit or mechanism by which people are taken into slavery,” said Kevin Bales, representing The Rights Lab at University of Nottingham. He said modern…
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