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Texas and Louisiana’s First Spouses’ Global Human Trafficking Summit – 10.14.21
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Texas and Louisiana’s First Spouses’ Global Human Trafficking Summit – 10.14.21

First Lady of Texas Cecilia Abbott and First Lady of Louisiana Donna Edwards have partnered in the past year to educate other first spouses along with key stakeholders across the country on anti-human trafficking efforts and resources they can bring back to their own states. The latest educational summit in October 2021 was hosted by the Texas Governor’s Child Sex Trafficking…

Global law enforcement collaboration leads to rescue of 6-year-old girl from online sexual exploitation
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Global law enforcement collaboration leads to rescue of 6-year-old girl from online sexual exploitation

An international investigation resulted in the successful rescue of a 6-year-old girl from online sexual exploitation, and the arrest of a suspected trafficker, on June 18, 2023, in Manila, Philippines. Another suspect in Manila was arrested on November 11, 2022. The operations were a result of international law enforcement collaboration between the Philippine National Police…

Aussie woman reveals harrowing life kept as a ‘slave’
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Aussie woman reveals harrowing life kept as a ‘slave’

An Australian woman has bravely revealed the “catastrophic” impact being a ‘modern slave’ has had on her life — something thousands of people around the country still face in 2023. Sarah, whose name has been changed for privacy reasons, grew up in what she believes was a cult “influenced by an extreme religious group”. She…

5 Traffickers Face Up to 15 Years in Prison for Child Exploitation Online
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5 Traffickers Face Up to 15 Years in Prison for Child Exploitation Online

Five Filipino women who sexually abused and exploited children to make money online have been sentenced to a maximum of 15 years in prison. They pleaded guilty to attempted trafficking nearly three years after their arrest in local operations that stemmed from a referral by Australian authorities. The Regional Trial Court Branch 14 in Bislig…

Five Traffickers Face Up to 15 Years in Prison for Child Exploitation Online
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Five Traffickers Face Up to 15 Years in Prison for Child Exploitation Online

They pleaded guilty to attempted trafficking nearly three years after their arrest in local operations that stemmed from a referral by Australian authorities. The Regional Trial Court Branch 14 in Bislig City, Philippines issued its ruling Feb. 21 2023, after the five traffickers (names withheld to protect the identity of the victims) entered into plea…

The AFP strengthens its international law enforcement network across Central Asia
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The AFP strengthens its international law enforcement network across Central Asia

Seeing as most of Australia’s serious criminal targets live or have links overseas, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has a truly transnational focus. Key international threats exist in a range of areas including drug trafficking, human trafficking, cybercrime, and terrorism. The AFP recently announced that it is strengthening ties across Central Asia to bolster its…

Australia Signs Anti-Slavery Accord with Thailand
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Australia Signs Anti-Slavery Accord with Thailand

Sydney — Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has signed an agreement in Thailand to support a new training center aimed at fighting human trafficking. The training center will give more help to victims of trafficking and will also make them not liable for any crimes committed during time as forced or coerced laborers. The…

Australia signs deal to counter scourge of human trafficking
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Australia signs deal to counter scourge of human trafficking

Singapore: Australia will on Wednesday complete a deal with Thailand to counter human trafficking as the Albanese government confronts disturbing revelations of sexual exploitation of migrants by a criminal operation on Australian soil. In Bangkok for the latest leg of her south-east Asian charm offensive, Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong will sign off on Australia’s…

‘Repulsive abuses of human rights’: Alleged human trafficking kingpin under investigation
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‘Repulsive abuses of human rights’: Alleged human trafficking kingpin under investigation

Human trafficking term: “visa rorting.” Visa rorting is a term used to describe the illegal or fraudulent use of a visa, or the abuse of the privileges granted by a visa. This can include using a visa to enter a country for a purpose that is not permitted by the visa, staying in a country…

Meta Campaign to Combat Sex Trafficking in the Philippines Reaches 10 Million Social Media Users
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Meta Campaign to Combat Sex Trafficking in the Philippines Reaches 10 Million Social Media Users

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – A new immersive virtual and augmented reality experience that takes users inside the world of people experiencing sex trafficking reached more than 1.2 million viewers in 24 hours since going live, International Justice Mission (IJM)’s Program Against Online Sexual Exploitation of Children is proud to announce. ‘Break Free to Fly’ – pioneered…