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Girl Scouts of Connecticut honor its top achievers at award ceremony
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Girl Scouts of Connecticut honor its top achievers at award ceremony

Conn. (WTNH) — What does a human trafficking awareness bracelet, a trailhead kiosk, and a social media site for fostering dogs have in common? They represent some of the most community-enhancing projects created by several exceptional girl scouts, within the Girl Scouts of Connecticut. The statewide nonprofit recently honored 45 of its top achievers at…

Robert Flynn: Ending human trafficking in Connecticut – Hartford Courant
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Robert Flynn: Ending human trafficking in Connecticut – Hartford Courant

In a time marked by political, economic and social division, a remedy just may be to focus our collective attention on an issue upon which we all agree. An issue that impacts future generations. And one we can do something about. After all, besides the lowest of criminals, who can say they support human trafficking?…

Mexican Nationals Charged with Operating Lucrative Illegal Alien Trafficking Scheme
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Mexican Nationals Charged with Operating Lucrative Illegal Alien Trafficking Scheme

Editor’s note: Food for thought. We included this article to demonstrate how the term “illegal alien” can be used to manipulate public opinion, specifically surrounding human trafficking. The correct, legal, term is “undocumented person.” Do you think the article would still get the point across if it said undocumented person? Would the headline still have…

Connecticut prosecutors launch regionalized human trafficking taskforce
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Connecticut prosecutors launch regionalized human trafficking taskforce

The Regionalized Human Trafficking Recovery Taskforce has launched in Connecticut. The taskforce includes local and federal law enforcement, the Hartford State’s Attorney’s Office, the Department of Children and Families, and the Connecticut Children’s Alliance. The taskforce was created with a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime. Krystal Rich,…

CT launches task force to prevent human trafficking in Hartford area
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CT launches task force to prevent human trafficking in Hartford area

In 2014, officials say Connecticut’s 17 teams of police and service providers dealing with child abuse across the state investigated or provided services for nine cases of child trafficking. By 2022, the number rose to 92, according to Krystal Rich, executive director of the Connecticut Children’s Alliance. “That number isn’t even scratching the surface,” Rich…

Task force to work to end human trafficking and provide trauma services to victims as numbers continue to climb
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Task force to work to end human trafficking and provide trauma services to victims as numbers continue to climb

The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced a human trafficking task force in partnership with the Connecticut Children’s Alliance and law enforcement agencies on Wednesday morning in Rocky Hill. The federally funded task force is aimed at ending human trafficking in the Greater Hartford region and providing support for victims, according to Hartford State’s Attorney…

Boston man indicted for allegedly sex trafficking a young woman and a minor
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Boston man indicted for allegedly sex trafficking a young woman and a minor

A Boston man was indicted Friday for allegedly sex trafficking a young adult and a teenager, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts. Leon Blount III, 30, allegedly pressured, threatened, and transported the young woman over the course of about a year to take part in pornography and engage in commercial sex for his…

Boston Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking and Transporting a Minor with Intent to Engage in Commercial Sex
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Boston Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking and Transporting a Minor with Intent to Engage in Commercial Sex

BOSTON – A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment yesterday charging a Boston man with sex trafficking a young adult victim and transporting a minor to New York and Connecticut to engage in commercial sex. Leon Blount III, 30, of Boston, was charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and three counts…

Indictment: Restaurant Owners Smuggled Brazilians for Cheap Labor
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Indictment: Restaurant Owners Smuggled Brazilians for Cheap Labor

Editor’s note: the term “illegal” should be “undocumented,” as a person cannot be illegal. Being without documentation is a potential red flag of human trafficking, so in each case, these people may be in need of help. The sordid, sophisticated, and profitable business of illegal migration is exposed in the indictments of several people who…

Child-porn cases swamp Mahoning Valley court dockets – The Vindicator
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Child-porn cases swamp Mahoning Valley court dockets – The Vindicator

Prosecutors in the Mahoning Valley are talking about the outbreak of child pornography cases cropping up in area courts. Assistant Trumbull County Prosecutor Gabriel Wildman says there used to be a handful per year, but now he has 20 to 25 cases before him at one time. Wildman just in the last week had started…