Human Trafficking Commission

Cooper designates January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month
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Cooper designates January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Content warning: This article includes mentions of sexual violence. Gov. Roy Cooper recently proclaimed January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month and Jan. 11 as Human Trafficking Awareness Day to promote the role of all North Carolinians in preventing trafficking and helping victims and survivors. “We applaud Governor Roy Cooper for proclaiming January as Human Trafficking…

On Human Trafficking Awareness Day, AG Nessel Announces New Arrest
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On Human Trafficking Awareness Day, AG Nessel Announces New Arrest

LANSING – Today, on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the arrest of Alexzonder Rodriguez, 32, of Detroit, for conducting a criminal enterprise comprised of sex trafficking and prostitution of numerous women in Detroit, Kimball and Port Huron. Rodriguez was arraigned January 7, 2023, in 36th District Court in Detroit…

NC organizations teach awareness and prevention on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
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NC organizations teach awareness and prevention on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — It’s National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, and North Carolina ranks within the top 10 states in the U.S. for human trafficking According to the North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission, 43 of 100 NC counties had at least one human trafficking, sexual servitude, or involuntary servitude charge from 2017 to 2021. Commissioner Angelica…

Hidden in Plain Sight: Survivors share stories to help combat human trafficking in Hampton Roads
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Survivors share stories to help combat human trafficking in Hampton Roads

Part 1: What is human trafficking? Watch related video here. Human trafficking is one of the most pressing human rights issues of our time. It’s a global issue, and Hampton Roads is not immune. The Polaris Project says 25 million people are being trafficked worldwide. A fraction of those victims are either trafficked through our…

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Human trafficking prevention bills assist local organizations in crime's hotbed – Fairfax Times

  Recently passed human trafficking prevention bills have been seen as all-encompassing combatants to the crime amid high regional activity, Northern Virginia-based prevention and education groups say. The seven bills, signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) in Richmond at the first Human Trafficking Commission meeting June 8, look to “eradicate” human trafficking in Virginia, he…

Youngkin signs bills concerning human trafficking and its survivors – CBS19 News
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Youngkin signs bills concerning human trafficking and its survivors – CBS19 News

RICHMOND, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — Seven new laws will be taking aim at human trafficking in Virginia and helping people who have survived it. Governor Glenn Youngkin signed seven bills on Wednesday and then witnessed the swearing-in for the new Commission on Human Trafficking Prevention and Survivor Support. “Today’s first Human Trafficking Commission meeting and…

AG Nessel Hosts Human Trafficking Roundtable to Raise Awareness – Michigan (.gov)
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AG Nessel Hosts Human Trafficking Roundtable to Raise Awareness – Michigan (.gov)

HOLLAND – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel was joined by elected officials and community leaders Friday to educate the public and business owners on the signs of human trafficking, which has the potential to increase as the summer tourism season nears. “Those victimized by traffickers face sexual, physical and emotional abuse – all for the…