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DOUGLAS USA Becomes Official Mississippi Businesses Against Trafficking (MBAT) Partner to Combat Human Trafficking
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DOUGLAS USA Becomes Official Mississippi Businesses Against Trafficking (MBAT) Partner to Combat Human Trafficking

COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, UNITED STATES, September 26, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — The DOUGLAS USA LLC – CONSULTANCY (DOUGLAS USA) announces it is an official Mississippi Businesses Against Trafficking (MBAT) partner to combat human trafficking. The MBAT website (https://www.sos.ms.gov/mbat) provides business owner partners with educational materials that identify types of human trafficking, warning signs, and ways to enhance…

Local bank donates to help raise awareness around human trafficking
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Local bank donates to help raise awareness around human trafficking

  The Union Bank Company supports She Has A Name Thanks to the continued generosity of The Union Bank Co. we can educate more kids about how to avoid exploitation that leads to human trafficking”— Courtney Schmackers, Executive Director of She Has A Name COLUMBUS, OH, UNITED STATES, August 31, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — Each month, The Union Bank Company…

Amerigroup Georgia Helps Micah's Promise Expand Services for Victims of Sex Trafficking
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Amerigroup Georgia Helps Micah's Promise Expand Services for Victims of Sex Trafficking

COLUMBUS, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Micah’s Promise, a non-profit organization that educates the public about prevention of youth sex trafficking and intervention and support for victims, unveiled its newest facility for young women at an event Thursday. Amerigroup donated $500,000 to help complete the second phase of the organization’s mission, creating a transitional housing facility for young women,…

More than 40 human trafficking lawsuits filed against hotel companies | 10tv.com
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More than 40 human trafficking lawsuits filed against hotel companies | 10tv.com

“It’s a problem that’s been in the hospitality industry forever,” Steven Babin, the attorney who filed the lawsuit, said. COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than 40 individual human trafficking lawsuits have been filed against hotel companies through attorney Steven Babin and his law firm, Babin Law. “This is one of the most horrendous things that’s happening…

Man sentenced to 40 years for exchanging drugs to sexually abuse children
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Man sentenced to 40 years for exchanging drugs to sexually abuse children

A man who prosecutors say “terrorized” rural communities in Scioto County was sentenced to 40 years in prison for a child sex trafficking operation. Larry Dean Porter, 72, of Wheelersburg, Ohio, and 11 other family members and associates were arrested and indicted in 2020. They were accused of using drug addictions to gain sexual access to children…

OSU students holding fashion show to combat human trafficking
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OSU students holding fashion show to combat human trafficking

A student organization at Ohio State University is holding a fashion show Sunday evening to combat human trafficking in Ohio. The Unchained OSU Fashion Show, organized by a student group of the same name, will use fashion to tell the story of a survivor of human trafficking and raise funds for a special scholarship for…

Morgan County man sentenced for child porn, human trafficking, sex charges
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Morgan County man sentenced for child porn, human trafficking, sex charges

A Morgan County man was sentenced to prison last month after being found guilty of trafficking a juvenile, creating child porn, having sex with juveniles and sharing explicit videos of child sexual abuse, according to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office. Rusty Campbell, 33 was arrested in August 2021 as a result of a joint investigation…

Door of Hope plans $52.5 million ministry expansion, hotel, conference center in Pea Ridge
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Door of Hope plans $52.5 million ministry expansion, hotel, conference center in Pea Ridge

Published 12:05 pm Tuesday, February 14, 2023      Fundraiser, groundbreaking are planned MILL SPRING–Neighbors in the vicinity of 2281 Pea Ridge Rd. in Mill Spring, about a mile from the Tryon International Equestrian Center, have been seeing and hearing activity on the 152-acre property for some weeks now. In seven phases over the next 15…

Truths about sex trafficking in Ohio – WTOL
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Truths about sex trafficking in Ohio – WTOL

From 2007 to 2021, The National Human Trafficking Hotline recorded 6,113 victims of human trafficking in Ohio. Mandie Knight is a survivor and this is her story. COLUMBUS, Ohio — From 2007 to 2021, The National Human Trafficking Hotline recorded 6,113 victims of human trafficking in Ohio. WTOL 11 had the chance to attend the…