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Zimbabweans on COS suffering in the UK: Part II
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Zimbabweans on COS suffering in the UK: Part II

Dr Masimba Mavaza Zimbabwean care workers are being tricked into coming to the UK by unscrupulous middlemen who withhold up to half their wages and force them to live in squalor. The scam, which plays on the acute shortages of nursing and care staff across Britain’s hospitals and care homes, has echoes of the debt…

DeSantis pledges Florida will use ‘every resource’ to end human trafficking
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DeSantis pledges Florida will use ‘every resource’ to end human trafficking

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged late Tuesday morning that his state would use “every resource at [its] disposal” to put human traffickers out of business and into prison. “So, all in, human trafficking across this country is a $150 billion-dollar illegal enterprise. And, I’m here to say that Florida – we want to use every…

Exploitative Child Labor Is Hurting Kids’ Ability to Stay in School
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Exploitative Child Labor Is Hurting Kids’ Ability to Stay in School

When Guatemalan immigrant Jose Velasquez was 13, he began spending his summers working alongside his mother in North Carolina’s tobacco fields. “I worked 10 to 12 hours a day, five days a week in the Goldsboro area,” he told Truthout. “I had to get up at 4:30 am. A rusty van would come by, cram…

Pastor pleads guilty to stealing $130K from church to pay gambling debts – Christian Post
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Pastor pleads guilty to stealing $130K from church to pay gambling debts – Christian Post

An executive pastor in New Hampshire pleaded guilty in federal court to using Journey Baptist Church’s debit and credit cards without authorization to pay off his gambling debts, according to U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young. Gregory Neal, 45, of Rochester, admitted to a “one-count information alleging wire fraud” during his appearance in court, Young said…

Editorial: Human trafficking in New Hampshire
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Editorial: Human trafficking in New Hampshire

Twenty-five million people around the world are suffering from it. It’s not a disease. It’s not an illness. It’s human trafficking. This is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, so we’re going to spend a moment talking about it. First, we need to be clear about the definition. Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. It’s a crime…

'We're here to help': Trafficking survivor supports community as resource center executive director
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'We're here to help': Trafficking survivor supports community as resource center executive director

BRATTLEBORO — Jean Marie Davis may not be a well-known name around town, she actually lives in New Hampshire. But she has an incredible story to tell. Davis is a mother, a 20-year survivor of human trafficking, and the executive director of Branches Pregnancy Resource Center at 26 Birge St. in Brattleboro. Branches is a…

With massage parlors unlicensed, human trafficking is difficult to police
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With massage parlors unlicensed, human trafficking is difficult to police

Federal law enforcement officers have discovered illicit massage parlors in every New Hampshire county, with victims of human trafficking being forced to have sex with customers. The National Human Trafficking Hotline identified 75 victims in New Hampshire in 2021, most involving sex in illicit massage parlors and spas. Law enforcement officers say the state’s lax…

Human Trafficking Statistics By Age, Venue, Type and Region – Enterprise Apps Today
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Human Trafficking Statistics By Age, Venue, Type and Region – Enterprise Apps Today

Introduction Human Trafficking Statistics: Today, we reside in a modern world but yet there is not a single day when illegal activities do not happen. Unfortunately, illegal activities are focused more on girls and women. Sexual violence in such cases badly affects their physical, emotional as well as mental health. And surprisingly, even developed countries…

This Girl Scout is a vocal critic of the Girl Scout cookies and is making her own | KERA News
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This Girl Scout is a vocal critic of the Girl Scout cookies and is making her own | KERA News

A Girl Scout, distressed that the cookies she was selling contained palm oil, went rogue and baked her own to raise money for her troop. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Girl Scouts rely on cookie sales like we rely on BJ Leiderman to write our theme music or public radio relies on pledge drives. This cookie…