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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.
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,…
A youth pastor. A high school teacher and football coach. And an operations director of a large hospital network. These were among the 46 men arrested in a massive undercover prostitution sting this month in Frisco and Southlake, local and federal authorities announced. Roughly a dozen law enforcement agencies participated in the operation Jan. 12…
In Osmani v. Universal Structural Restorations Ltd., an Ontario court dismissed a claim that an employer engaged in the tort of human trafficking in respect of a temporary foreign worker. Background The Plaintiff was born in Albania. He arrived in Canada in 2017 and started working for his employer in December 2018. He was initially…
On National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Senator John Cornyn, R-TX, partnered with law enforcement, elected officials and advocates in Dallas to shine a light on the need for additional assistance in efforts to abolish human trafficking. This call comes on the heels of Cornyn’s “Abolish Human Trafficking Reauthorization Act” which extends programs that combat this…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – More victims of human trafficking were reported in 2022 than the year before across South Carolina, according to the state’s 2022 Human Trafficking Task Force Annual Report. Attorney General Alan Wilson released the 10th annual report during a press conference on Monday. “We will not stop with this crusade until we…
Jan. 3—In observance of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, local governance and advocacy groups will host a series of events they believe will advance the public’s understanding of a complicated issue. “Human trafficking doesn’t happen in a vacuum,” said Dustin Contreras, co-director of Kern Coalition Against Human Trafficking, a local advocacy group composed of law…
On December 27, 2022, President Biden signed the “Countering Human Trafficking Act of 2022,” which codifies and expands the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT). The bill authorizes $14 million to carry out the Act and ensures that the CCHT is staffed with at least 45 employees to carry out…
WASHINGTON –Legislation to reauthorize the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, which has strengthened key programs supporting survivors of human trafficking and provided resources to law enforcement officials, passed the U.S. Senate this week and awaits signing by President Joe Biden. “For the last four years, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act has changed the lives of individuals…
MIAMI, Fla. (Gray News) – A human trafficking victim was able to sneak a text to her father on Thanksgiving, alerting him to her location. The 21-year-old woman’s father called the City of Miami …
MANILA, Philippines — A deep-dive investigation has been ordered by the chief of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) into the alleged use of fraudulent airport passes for human trafficking activities after four passengers masquerading as airport employees were arrested recently. “Following yesterday’s Senate hearing on trafficked overseas Filipino workers in Myanmar, MIAA General Manager…
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