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As I commemorated Martin Luther King, Jr. this week and thought about racial justice, one area we don’t talk enough about is the racialized reality of human trafficking. According to the Congressional Black Caucus, 57.5 percent of all juvenile detention prostitution arrests were of Black children, and 40 percent of sex trafficking victims identified as…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Attorney General Daniel Cameron emphasized the work Kentucky is doing to get rid of “illicit massage businesses that may be enabling human trafficking.” On Wednesday, he announced that the Office of Trafficking and Abuse Prevention and Prosecution (TAPP) has launched the H.O.P.E. Initiative. The initiative’s goal is to push back…
Australia’s Modern Slavery Act was introduced in 2018 to tackle labor exploitation in companies’ supply chains. The law is currently undergoing a review, but experts are calling on the government to go beyond big business and address its own role in creating vulnerabilities to forced labor and exploitation too. The Modern Slavery Act review The…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron says he is on a mission to fight human trafficking. He held a news conference Wednesday morning to announce the Human Trafficking Outreach Prevention and Education (or H.O.P.E.) Initiative. It encourages landlords and communities to identify illicit massage businesses in an effort to combat human trafficking….
Sen. Jodee Etchart, R-Billings, told the House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 11 that according to stats from the Department of Justice, human trafficking in Montana has risen roughly 300% from 2021 to 2022. Etchart said that is why she is sponsoring House Bill 112, which supporters say would address the issue and strengthen the state’s…
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is releasing its first-ever National Strategy to Advance Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) Communities. The new strategy, which comprises action plans prepared by 32 federal agencies—including all 15 executive departments in the President’s Cabinet—builds on the Administration’s broader equity agenda 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…
Working in Boston-area restaurants over the last 15 years, Billy often felt like a slave. He was caught in a seemingly never-ending cycle of labor and exploitation, striving to pay off debts, sick from stress and overwork, terrified about being turned over to immigration officials. The 41-year-old Salvadoran immigrant said he started his first restaurant…
Company continues to raise awareness of human trafficking during the month of January through continued support of Truckers Against Trafficking nonprofit organization BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — In honor of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Truckstop is making a charitable donation to Truckers Against Trafficking, a nonprofit organization that helps to educate, equip, empower…
Woman who escaped human trafficking using her trauma to helping others heal Benzii Diaz, 26, said she groomed into human trafficking by someone she knew in her hometown and was first molested at the age of eight. By the time Diaz was 13, she said she was involved with 30-40 men and was threatened to…
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