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Begging refers to the act of asking for money or other forms of assistance from others, often on the street or in public places. Begging can be a result of poverty, homelessness, or other forms of disadvantage, and may be a survival strategy for some individuals. However, begging can also be seen as a form of exploitation, particularly when children or vulnerable individuals are involved.
DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, Greg Harris, says human trafficking is a $150-billion dollar business worldwide. But it’s not just a big city problem, its happening right here in central Illinois. “It’s not just the big city, it’s the small towns, it’s the rural areas. It’s really everywhere,…
A teenager said she was drugged, sexually assaulted and trafficked after meeting a stranger on social media. She’s one of the thousands of victims targeted across the country each year with cases happening behind closed doors in cities and small towns. The NBC10 Investigators spoke with the mother of the teen who survived this horrific…
January 30, 2023 published at 12:00 PM Cellebrite and The Exodus Road Continue Combatting Human Trafficking in Brazil In 2022, nine operations resulted in the direct intervention of 152 survivors and arrests of 20 perpetrators of human trafficking Globe Newswire January 30, 2023 PETAH TIKVA, Israel and TYSONS CORNER, Va. and COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan….
Our investigations team was recently informed of Asha*, a female en route to Kuwait for promised employment. Her husband, Sitaram*, was a mason in their village in South Asia, but due to chronic leg pain, he was unable to walk properly and struggled to provide for his family. Their economic situation was dire as they…
A California pastor and his wife were sentenced to prison time earlier this month after pleading guilty to a charge related to what federal prosecutors described as a church labor trafficking scheme that victimized the homeless. Victor Gonzalez, the head pastor of California-based Imperial Valley Ministries (IVM), was sentenced to six months in prison and…
Human trafficking is the second-largest criminal activity in the world and the fastest-growing. Awareness in the United States has increased, but human trafficking continues to go underreported due to its nature of isolation, the misconception of the definition of human trafficking and the lack of awareness of its signs and indicators. Human trafficking occurs when…
THE CHALLENGE Ukraine has been a source, transit, and destination country for human trafficking since the early 1990s. Men, women, and children are trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and begging and sexual and other forms of exploitation. The main countries of destination for trafficked Ukrainians have been the Russian Federation, Poland, and Turkey,…
Saudi Arabia and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Monday signed an agreement to build a legal and institutional framework to combat human trafficking crimes. President of the Saudi Arabia Human Rights Commission (HRC) Dr. Hala bint Mazyad bin Mohammed Al-Tuwaijri stressed that the Kingdom has strived to build a legal and institutional…
In recently released data, it was revealed that 1,569 children, including 1,034 girls, went missing in the last three years in Uttarakhand. Out of these kids, the police has till now successfully recovered 1,454, with 115 still said to be missing. Data from 2020 to Oct 31, 2022 The data comprises figures for 2020, 2021 and…
This article is reprinted from its original location at Hope for Justice‘s website. It was pulled from their RSS feed for your education. Visit Hope for Justice’s news page by clicking here. Two years ago, Hope for Justice received two sisters into our Cambodia Lighthouse after they were rescued from exploitation on the streets. During…
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