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MIAMI – Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle held an annual trafficking forum on Wednesday and this year’s focus was on missing children from human trafficking. CBS4 talked with a young survivor who’s trying to fight the stigma of reporting the abuse. “The entire time you feel really guilty about how things happened,” Seanna Martinez…
Jan. 30—WAMPSVILLE, N.Y. — Human Trafficking Awareness Month will end in February but Madison County officials continue to combat the national problem of human trafficking on a local level. Those seeking may call 315-366-2548 option 5, or ask to speak to a School and Youth Development Coordinator. County services include the Safe Harbour Program, which…
The issue of sex and labor trafficking in Alabama will take center stage in Montgomery. The ninth annual Alabama Human Trafficking Summit will feature speakers from law enforcement to victims’ support groups. The event is taking place just after West Alabama law officers arrested fifteen people during an undercover sting operation. David Pinkleton is with…
In December President Joe Biden proclaimed January as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. “Together, we can combat human trafficking and its cruel consequences — creating a safer, freer and more just world for everyone,” the proclamation states. Biden encouraged people to report tips or seek help by calling the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888. The…
EDITOR’S NOTE: USA TODAY does not name victims of sexual violence. Massage workers in this story are referred to by their spa nicknames or their initials. Shirley had been in Baltimore for only a few weeks when she was arrested. She mostly remembers how loud the police were. How rough. She was living and working at…
What is sex trafficking? Sex trafficking is the act of forcing or deceiving an individual into prostitution. Victims may be coerced into prostitution for an unknown period of time, while in other cases victims are coerced in prostitution until a debt is paid off, otherwise known as debt bondage. How does sex trafficking work? Sex…
The 2021 Federal Human Trafficking Report released Friday shows that more than half of all trafficking victims in the U.S. were minors last year. Of the nearly 450 human trafficking victims involved in new U.S. criminal cases in 2021, 57% were minors, according to the report from the Human Trafficking Institute (HTI). “The extensive data…
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