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First Lady of Texas Cecilia Abbott and First Lady of Louisiana Donna Edwards have partnered in the past year to educate other first spouses along with key stakeholders across the country on anti-human trafficking efforts and resources they can bring back to their own states. The latest educational summit in October 2021 was hosted by the Texas Governor’s Child Sex Trafficking…
Here is our recorded meeting link and chat notes for our October 2023 TC 5 Stones meeting! Our 5 Stones meeting this October consisted of some law enforcement updates and a presentation by Kirsta Melton, Founder and CEO of the Institute to Combat Trafficking, as she discussed pimp culture and the normalization of sexualization within society. At the…
MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) – Attorney General Josh Kaul has announced the efforts of the Wisconsin Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force will continue for another three years with a newly awarded $2 million grant from the U.S. DOJ for Victims of Crime. WAHTTF is a statewide multidisciplinary task force comprised of federal, state, and tribal law enforcement…
Six North Augusta massage businesses searched during an Aug. 16 raid are suspected of allowing — even encouraging — prostitution and commercial sex activities, and they may be involved in human trafficking, according to search warrants. The investigation is ongoing, and the result of the searches is largely redacted from warrants. Each business had the same finding:…
TULSA, Okla. — The movie Sound of Freedom about human trafficking is surrounded by controversy and it’s become politicized. I went to go see the movie and I wanted to ask the co-founder of a local organization, the Demand Project, what she thinks. Sound of Freedom is based on the real story of Tim Ballard, a former…
Sarasota, Florida, Sept. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Florida is the #3 state for sex trafficking, and coupled with the timing of this past summer’s release of the blockbuster action drama film, Sound of Freedom that outperformed big-budget features like Mission: Impossible at the domestic box offices, what better time to honor the inspiration behind the…
The 2024 threat assessment from the Department of Homeland Security says domestic and foreign adversaries likely will continue to threaten the integrity of U.S. critical infrastructure—including the transportation sector—over the next year, in part because they perceive targeting these sectors would have cascading impacts on U.S. industries and the American way of life. “From attacks…
Officials said nine of the twelve victims found were minors. HOUSTON — Ten people were arrested in a multi-agency operation targeting human trafficking on Houston’s infamous Bissonnet Track, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Friday evening. The operation was focused on the sex trafficking of minors. ICE said four documented gang members and six…
Editor’s note: this is an example of news / commentary in America. A conservative women’s group rallied nearly 100 people last month to raise the alarm about the growing threat of human trafficking to local children — despite a dearth of local cases. “Human trafficking is all around us, we just don’t know it,” Alcinda…
Editor’s note: We present takes on border policy so you know what’s being discussed. Use this information to inform yourself. Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is calling out President Joe Biden for justifying open borders policies as “humanitarian” while an estimated 85,000 Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) “have disappeared” after their release into the…
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