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January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month – WSFA
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January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month – WSFA

ByEyes on Trafficking News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness and encourage people to sound the alarm if they see anything suspicious. Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world, and it happens everywhere. That includes in Alabama. ”If someone is being victimized in…

Human trafficking awareness effort underway on roadways, at truck stops
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Human trafficking awareness effort underway on roadways, at truck stops

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Jan. 9—A combined effort to raise awareness and fight human trafficking is underway this week in Michigan and throughout the nation. With January designated as National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Michigan State Police motor carrier officers are teaming up with officers from across the United States, Truckers Against Trafficking, and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance…

Labor Trafficking Is Human Trafficking
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Labor Trafficking Is Human Trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Human trafficking is often thought of as only sexual activities, but a much larger population of victims is involved in labor trafficking. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) defines labor trafficking as: “The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or…