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Tarrant County 5 Stones August 2023 Meeting
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Tarrant County 5 Stones August 2023 Meeting

ByBilly Joe Cain

Here is our recorded meeting link and chat notes for our August 2023 TC 5 Stones meeting! Our 5 Stones meeting this August consisted of some law enforcement updates and a presentation by Sonya Brooks, Unbound Now Director of Youth Prevention, as she discussed implementation of the HTYPE prevention education grant at FWISD. Link to the recorded meeting: https://youtu.be/Q-w6I3RxUgQ Presentation:…

Refuge for Women to host human trafficking awareness event – Cross Timbers Gazette | Southern Denton County | Flower Mound | News
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Refuge for Women to host human trafficking awareness event – Cross Timbers Gazette | Southern Denton County | Flower Mound | News

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Refuge for Women North Texas, a nonprofit based in Denton that provides a safe space for women who are victims of sex trafficking, wants to spread awareness about the issue in North Texas with a “Truth About Trafficking” community awareness event to be held next month. “Unveiling the Shadows: Peer into Dallas’ Human Trafficking &…

Task force seeks to raise human trafficking awareness
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Task force seeks to raise human trafficking awareness

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Today is World Day Against Human Trafficking in Persons, which aims to raise awareness about human trafficking and protecting victims.  “I think it’s really good that we can actually have a day that kinda draws attention to this issue of trafficking,” said Donita Stanage with the Human Trafficking Task Force of Garland County. The task…

Richland 2 safety summit: Addressing gun safety, community awareness, trafficking, and cyber security
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Richland 2 safety summit: Addressing gun safety, community awareness, trafficking, and cyber security

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Richland County School District Two parents and community members will have a chance on Monday to learn about new threats facing students and ways to keep the children safe. The school district’s safety committee will host a special summit titled “Stay Safe for the Summer” at 6 p.m. in the Richland Two Institute of Innovation…

FBI and Billings area law enforcement battle human trafficking – KTVQ
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FBI and Billings area law enforcement battle human trafficking – KTVQ

ByEyes on Trafficking News

BILLINGS – Federal officials warned the public Monday of a continuing crisis, human trafficking, in Montana. They met to raise awareness about the prevalence of the issue and to have more people tackling the problem. Human trafficking happens every day in Billings, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI. So they made a…

Human Trafficking Online Reporting Option Now Available – Greater Sudbury Police
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Human Trafficking Online Reporting Option Now Available – Greater Sudbury Police

ByEyes on Trafficking News

In the last year, the Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) has conducted 93 Human Trafficking-related investigations resulting in 20 Human Trafficking-related charges being laid. During this time, 71 Survivors of Human Trafficking have been identified however a number of these individuals are not residents of Greater Sudbury as Human Trafficking is a multi-jurisdictional crime where…

Lusail University launches two master programmes in collaboration with UN agencies
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Lusail University launches two master programmes in collaboration with UN agencies

ByEyes on Trafficking News

As part of Lusail University’s expansion of academic programmes at the master’s level, the university yesterday launched master programmes in International Criminal Justice and in International Affairs and Public Policy. The first is in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) while the second is in collaboration with the United Nations…

Combating Human Trafficking – AHLA Foundation
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Combating Human Trafficking – AHLA Foundation

ByEyes on Trafficking News

800K+ Employees Trained to Identify & Report Suspected Human Trafficking Since 2020 $2.5M Contributed to industry’s first-ever Survivor Fund “In 2021, 10,359 situations of human trafficking were reported to the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline involving 16,554 individual victims. Shocking as these numbers are, they are likely only a fraction of the actual problem,” said…

Kern County Human Trafficking Task Force hosted an Anti-Trafficking Volleyball Tournament
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Kern County Human Trafficking Task Force hosted an Anti-Trafficking Volleyball Tournament

ByEyes on Trafficking News

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — January is Human Trafficking Awareness month and that is why the Kern County Human Trafficking Task Force is hosting events to help spread awareness. Dozens of participants gathered at the Elite Fitness center to spread the word about human trafficking awareness month with their first ever Anti-Trafficking volleyball tournament. Brittney Skinner,…

Does the Super Bowl result in an increase in human trafficking? – ASU News
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Does the Super Bowl result in an increase in human trafficking? – ASU News

ByEyes on Trafficking News

February 7, 2023 ASU expert, who teaches Fundamentals of Human Trafficking class, weighs in January was Human Trafficking Awareness month. The Super Bowl, which historically has been linked to an increase in sex trafficking, will be played at State Farm Stadium on Feb. 12. What better time, then, to check in with Samantha Calvin, an…