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A survivor's story: Rebecca Bender escaped trafficking and now works to stop it | Local News
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A survivor's story: Rebecca Bender escaped trafficking and now works to stop it | Local News

By MIKE McINALLY Wallowa County Chieftain | Apr 11, 2023 ENTERPRISE — Don’t tell Rebecca Bender that human trafficking is just a big-city problem. She knows better. She’s lived it. For six years, Bender, who grew up in Grants Pass, was manipulated and controlled by her trafficker. They met in Eugene, where he persuaded Bender,…

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Prevalence of Familial Sex Trafficking in the US
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Prevalence of Familial Sex Trafficking in the US

The study “Domestic Minor Familial Sex Trafficking: A National Study of Prevalence, Characteristics, and Challenges across the Justice Process” aimed to explore the prevalence, characteristics, and challenges associated with domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) by family members.

For human trafficking survivors, "healing is a lifelong process" – Naples Daily News
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For human trafficking survivors, "healing is a lifelong process" – Naples Daily News

At an early age, Tammy Toney-Butler was a victim of human trafficking. “As a trauma survivor, we don’t have a whole lot of memories,” said Toney-Butler. “But I know that I was being victimized way back in kindergarten and probably earlier. My mother would have been considered my trafficker.” Toney-Butler, founder of A & K…

Silence around childhood abuse is breaking, but change requires further investment
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Silence around childhood abuse is breaking, but change requires further investment

For more information, reach out to Rehab Recovery directly at http://www.rehab-recovery.co.uk. Childline has published statistics revealing that it delivered 15,515 counselling sessions to children in 2022, of which 2,267 involved first-time disclosures of abuse. Compared to 2021, it saw a 20% increase in the number of children under 11 being counselled for sexual abuse and…

Meta Accused Of Human Trafficking and Union-Busting in Kenya – TIME
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Meta Accused Of Human Trafficking and Union-Busting in Kenya – TIME

Original article (with video) here. Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms, and its largest outsourcing partner in Africa are facing new allegations of forced labor, human trafficking, and union busting in Kenya. Daniel Motaung, a former outsourced Facebook content moderator, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Nairobi accusing Meta and outsourcing firm Sama of multiple violations of…

Health Care Providers Are Missing Signs of Human Trafficking / Modern Slavery
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Health Care Providers Are Missing Signs of Human Trafficking / Modern Slavery

“88% of nearly a hundred trafficking victims had contact with a health care provider at some point while being trafficked” Thousands of sex trafficking victims filter through the U.S. health care system each year. Words and Photos by Isabella Gomes This article appeared in print as “What Doctors Are Missing” in the Spring 2020 issue of Hopkins Bloomberg…