Branding

Branding — A tattoo or carving on a victim that indicates ownership by a trafficker / pimp / gang.

Ontario seeing more Newfoundlanders being trafficked, says Durham victim services – CBC
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Ontario seeing more Newfoundlanders being trafficked, says Durham victim services – CBC

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The executive director of victim services in one of Canada’s human trafficking hotspots says she’s seeing an increase in people from Newfoundland and Labrador in her caseload. Krista MacNeil is the executive director of Victim Services of Durham Region, encompassing the Greater Toronto Area towns of Ajax, Oshawa, Whitby and several smaller communities. As a Mi’kmaw woman born and raised in Stephenville, N.L., MacNeil said…

13 Red Flags Your Patient Could Be a Human Trafficking Victim – AORN
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13 Red Flags Your Patient Could Be a Human Trafficking Victim – AORN

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Having spent 21 years working in healthcare, Cynthia Aulds, BS, RRT, tries not to think about how many patients she’s encountered who were victims of human trafficking, including children. Now, Aulds is determined to save the victims she can help today as director of the Coalition to Combat Human Trafficking-Texas. The organization educates nurses and…

Child sex trafficking report shows cases tied to half of Mecklenburg's zip codes – WCNC
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Child sex trafficking report shows cases tied to half of Mecklenburg's zip codes – WCNC

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In the halls of Present Age Ministries‘ Concord offices, portrait after portrait lines the walls. At first, the pictures are unassuming — each one shows a girl, holding flowers. In some, the flowers cover the girl’s face. In others, the girl has her back turned to the camera. To the viewer, they…

LCMC Health opens up an emergency center for labor and sex trafficking victims – WDSU
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LCMC Health opens up an emergency center for labor and sex trafficking victims – WDSU

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Kacey Buercklin LCMC Health and Eden Centers for Hope and Healing announced the completion of the Eden Emergency Center, a safe environment for labor and sex trafficking survivors to begin recovery. The new center, housed at an undisclosed location for added security, will be available for adult survivors of labor trafficking, sex trafficking, and commercial…

Canton medical spa offers tattoo removal services for human trafficking survivors
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Canton medical spa offers tattoo removal services for human trafficking survivors

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CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) – Tattoos can be a traumatic reminder for human trafficking survivors. JDV medical spa in Canton is helping these people, especially with removing their branding tattoos. Matt and Theresa Phillips, the owners of JDV medical spa, are hoping they can help trafficking survivors have a fresh start. “It’s going on all around…

Opinion: Human trafficking happens in CT – Darien Times
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Opinion: Human trafficking happens in CT – Darien Times

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Human trafficking happens right here in Connecticut. In 2021, the Department of Family and Children received 241 reports of child trafficking in Connecticut. Since its inception in 2007, the Human Trafficking Hotline has identified 508 human trafficking cases involving Connecticut victims. And between the years of 2016 and 2021, Connecticut logged 456 arrests for human…

Officially GP On The Run After Being Indicted On Human Trafficking Charges – HipHopDX
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Officially GP On The Run After Being Indicted On Human Trafficking Charges – HipHopDX

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Officially GP (or Officially Got Paper) is reportedly on the run after being indicted last month on human trafficking charges. According to a report from Cleveland.com, the 42-year-old Cleveland rapper (who was born Thomas Bradford but later changed his name to Dawud Sami) was indicted in December on two counts of trafficking in persons, two…

Human trafficking continues to plague city – NY1
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Human trafficking continues to plague city – NY1

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January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. According to the Administration for Children’s Services, over two thousand young people in New York City are believed to have been sexually exploited or at risk for sexual exploitation in 2019. And while the pandemic led to a drop in those numbers, the issue remains a big problem….

Cleveland rapper accused of branding victims in human trafficking ring
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Cleveland rapper accused of branding victims in human trafficking ring

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Authorities are searching for Cleveland rap performer accused of operating a human trafficking ring in which he branded his female victims. Dawud Sami, 42, who was born Thomas Bradford and is also known as “Officially GP” (“Officially Got Paper”), was indicted on Dec. 7 on two counts of trafficking in persons, two…

Identifying Human Trafficking Victims in Healthcare Settings
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Identifying Human Trafficking Victims in Healthcare Settings

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This post is co-written by Brittany Blevins, an MPH Student at the University of Southern California. The pervasiveness of human trafficking juxtaposed with its concealed nature can often make it difficult for victims to be identified in a clinical setting. There is no single manifestation of symptoms or diagnostic tools available to readily alert providers…