Human Trafficking Act

The Human Trafficking Act is a law in the United Kingdom that was passed in 2015. It criminalizes the act of trafficking individuals for the purposes of exploitation, including forced labor and sexual exploitation. The Act also provides protection and support for victims of trafficking, and allows for the prosecution of traffickers. It replaces and consolidates earlier laws on trafficking, and is intended to reflect the UK’s obligations under international human trafficking conventions. The Act also allows for the confiscation of traffickers’ assets and the creation of slavery and trafficking prevention orders.

 

 

Sister Of Minor Abused By Gurugram Couple Still Missing: Police – NDTV.com
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Sister Of Minor Abused By Gurugram Couple Still Missing: Police – NDTV.com

  Gurugram: The 17-year-old domestic help who was tortured by her employers in Gurugram has an elder sister who too was brought from her village for work and has been untraceable for the last several months, police here said on Saturday. The girl was brought for work last year by a Delhi-based agency and was placed…

Wauconda FBLA team tackles human trafficking – Illinois
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Wauconda FBLA team tackles human trafficking – Illinois

Wauconda’s FBLA Community Service Team — this year consisting of members Kylee Fedorowicz, Rachel Herrera and Daniel Estrada — are focusing their project on the effects of human trafficking on the community of Wauconda. In recent years, three businesses in Wauconda were shut down because they were participating in illegal human trafficking activity. The Community…

Sen. Mazie Hirono to bring Native Hawaiian sex trafficking survivor as State of the Union guest
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Sen. Mazie Hirono to bring Native Hawaiian sex trafficking survivor as State of the Union guest

A human trafficking advocate and former victim herself will be Sen. Mazie Hirono’s guest to the State of the Union address Tuesday night. The senator announced that she would be bringing Kalei Grant, assistant coordinator of the Hawai’i Department of the Attorney General’s Missing Child Center-Hawaii, to the annual event. Hirono told NBC News in…

Is China overlooking its neighbours' concern on rising human trafficking cases? – Mizzima
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Is China overlooking its neighbours' concern on rising human trafficking cases? – Mizzima

Mizzima/Shankar KumarIn China is a troublesome bugbear not only because of its avoidable territorial designs against its neighbours but also because of its human trafficking syndicates who lure away hundreds of people from Myanmar, Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand on the pretext of providing them decent jobs but force them to work in…

China's human trafficking syndicates lure away hundreds from Southeast Asian … – ANI News
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China's human trafficking syndicates lure away hundreds from Southeast Asian … – ANI News

Beijing [China], February 3 (ANI):In southeast Asian region, Chinese human trafficking syndicates operate in nexus with local authorities in countries for luring away hundreds of people on the pretext of providing them decent jobs but are forced to work in the illegal cryptocurrency business, brothels, and massage parlours, Mekong News reported. According to Mekong News,…

Coalition aims to combat human trafficking in SW La. – American Press
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Coalition aims to combat human trafficking in SW La. – American Press

Coalition aims to combat human trafficking in SW La. Published 4:28 pm Friday, February 3, 2023 The United Against Human Trafficking Coalition in Calcasieu Parish met for a special forum this week in honor of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. The topic of discussion: how to decrease demand. “Just like any business, if you stop…

Senate Passes 'National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month' Resolution
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Senate Passes 'National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month' Resolution

Washington—The Senate today passed unanimously a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) designating January as “National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month.” “We can’t ignore the fact that, even in our modern society, sexual exploitation and forced labor continue,” said Senator Feinstein….

DHS Helped 765 Human Trafficking Victims in 2022, Made Thousands of Trafficking Arrests
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DHS Helped 765 Human Trafficking Victims in 2022, Made Thousands of Trafficking Arrests

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released the second Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT) Annual Report, outlining the Department’s achievements in combatting human trafficking during the previous fiscal year (FY). As a global leader in the fight against human trafficking, DHS works to end sex trafficking and forced labor through a wide range of…

Child Trafficking Victim Could Be Sentenced to 20 Years
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Child Trafficking Victim Could Be Sentenced to 20 Years

Click a link below to jump to a particular article or scroll down to read the whole blog post. Court Hearing for Child Sex Trafficking Victim Pieper Lewis Rescheduled for March 23rd. Could be Sentenced to Serve up to 20 Years in Iowa Prison Des Moines sex trafficking victim Pieper Lewis, who got a deferred…

First Lady Abbott Relaunches Human Trafficking Awareness Campaign
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First Lady Abbott Relaunches Human Trafficking Awareness Campaign

January 26, 2023 | Austin, Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott today relaunched the statewide “Can You See Me?” human trafficking awareness campaign at the Governor’s Mansion in Austin. The multimedia campaign seeks to highlight the realities of human trafficking through a series of billboards displayed in public spaces and transportation hubs across more than 70…