Identify

To identify something means to recognize or establish its identity. This can involve comparing it to a known standard or reference, or using various clues or characteristics to determine what it is. For example, someone might identify a plant by its leaves, flowers, or fruit, or identify a person by their face, voice, or name. Identifying something can also involve assigning it a label or category, such as a particular type or class. The process of identification can be important for providing information, for making decisions, or for understanding the world around us.

 

 

US Office For Victims Of Crime Celebrates 20 years of Anti-Trafficking Programs
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US Office For Victims Of Crime Celebrates 20 years of Anti-Trafficking Programs

To mark National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the U.S. Office For Victims Of Crime (OVC) celebrated the 20th Anniversary of its Anti-Trafficking Programs on Thursday. The event highlighted the theme of Collaboration, Transformation, and Impact and how necessary grant funding has been for fighting human trafficking. “We will continue to bring the full force of…

Victim's Mother Shares Horrific Ordeal of Human Trafficking – NBC Boston
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Victim's Mother Shares Horrific Ordeal of Human Trafficking – NBC Boston

A teenager said she was drugged, sexually assaulted and trafficked after meeting a stranger on social media.  She’s one of the thousands of victims targeted across the country each year with cases happening behind closed doors in cities and small towns. The NBC10 Investigators spoke with the mother of the teen who survived this horrific…

Cellebrite and The Exodus Road Continue Combatting Human Trafficking in Brazil
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Cellebrite and The Exodus Road Continue Combatting Human Trafficking in Brazil

January 30, 2023 published at 12:00 PM Cellebrite and The Exodus Road Continue Combatting Human Trafficking in Brazil In 2022, nine operations resulted in the direct intervention of 152 survivors and arrests of 20 perpetrators of human trafficking Globe Newswire January 30, 2023 PETAH TIKVA, Israel and TYSONS CORNER, Va. and COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan….

Slavery In Suburbia – News 12 Westchester
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Slavery In Suburbia – News 12 Westchester

VIDEO: FULL SLAVERY IN SUBURBIA SPECIAL: You might not realize it, but January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month and this weekend, we’re shining the spotlight on the growing problem across the tri-state. The Turn To Tara team spent several months combing through new data, and it reveals some of the reasons why cases of human…

Local agencies work together to assist human trafficking survivors
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Local agencies work together to assist human trafficking survivors

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — There is a renewed push to stop human trafficking in Hampton Roads. January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The Hampton Roads area is high risk for human trafficking since so many people come here for work, coupled with the tourism opportunities. Shannon Taylor, Transitions Family Violence Services anti-human trafficking director, said the signs look…

Editorial: Yes, human trafficking happens in our community; let's be vigilant
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Editorial: Yes, human trafficking happens in our community; let's be vigilant

Editor’s note: January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. This editorial contains information originally published in 2021 and also earlier this month. The interstate that cuts through Tyler and other cities in the region has brought economic development, easy access to Louisiana to the east and Dallas to the west and likely innumerable other benefits….

Opinion: Human trafficking happens in CT – Darien Times
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Opinion: Human trafficking happens in CT – Darien Times

Human trafficking happens right here in Connecticut. In 2021, the Department of Family and Children received 241 reports of child trafficking in Connecticut. Since its inception in 2007, the Human Trafficking Hotline has identified 508 human trafficking cases involving Connecticut victims. And between the years of 2016 and 2021, Connecticut logged 456 arrests for human…

Prioritise human trafficking prevention – The Daily Star
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Prioritise human trafficking prevention – The Daily Star

The revelations of a report prepared by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) titled, “Trafficking in Persons 2022,” are chilling and concerning. According to it, only one person was convicted in a human trafficking case in Bangladesh in 2020, illustrating a shockingly low conviction rate in the country for such an egregious…

Florida among top three states for human trafficking response – WFTV
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Florida among top three states for human trafficking response – WFTV

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida is one of the top three states for human trafficking in the country, but as calls to the Human Trafficking Hotline increased, so did the state’s efforts to provide services to survivors. National experts say those efforts are starting to pay off. From the theme parks, to our beaches; as a…

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…