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At an early age, Tammy Toney-Butler was a victim of human trafficking. “As a trauma survivor, we don’t have a whole lot of memories,” said Toney-Butler. “But I know that I was being victimized way back in kindergarten and probably earlier. My mother would have been considered my trafficker.” Toney-Butler, founder of A & K…
The United Nations Security Council votes to adopt a resolution to renew the authorization of vessel inspection and seizure off the coast of Libya to curb migrant smuggling and human trafficking at UN Headquarters in New York, on Sept. 29, 2021. (Ariana Lindquist/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua) In addition to reducing opportunities for human traffickers to…
CLEVELAND — January marks National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The observance helps raise awareness and educate the public about how to identify and prevent the crime. Ohio ranks fifth in total human trafficking calls to the National Human Trafficking hotline, according to data. In Cleveland, there is no official number of victims because many cases…
Law enforcement officers in Monroe County are being provided pocket field guides to help them spot indicators of human trafficking. Several of the guides were distributed last week during a joint meeting hosted by the Monroe County Anti Human Trafficking Coalition (MCAHTC) in observation of Human Trafficking Awareness Month. In attendance at the United Way…
This post is co-written by Brittany Blevins, an MPH Student at the University of Southern California. The pervasiveness of human trafficking juxtaposed with its concealed nature can often make it difficult for victims to be identified in a clinical setting. There is no single manifestation of symptoms or diagnostic tools available to readily alert providers…
Read FERGUS M. BORDEWICH’s original post, from January 14th, 2006. JOHN BROWN believed that God himself had ordained him to bring an end to slavery. Achieving his goal hinged on a radical and deeply secret scheme: the establishment of an “Underground Pass-Way” that would extend the Underground Railroad more than a thousand miles southward through…
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) – According to the Texas Department of Public Safety on Jan. 19, the Texas DPS Criminal Investigations Division (CID) conducted an Adult Prostitution Operation and Online Solicitation Operation in Midland. The goal was to target individuals seeking to exploit trafficking victims, as well as to identify and apprehend individuals suspected to be…
Photo by Jo-Anne McArthur on Unsplash At least 50 children were found working at a Midwest slaughterhouse, according to a recent investigation by federal authorities. The children, ranging in age from 14 to 17, were discovered cleaning the facility and performing other tasks, despite being underage and not legally allowed to work in such a…
Atlanta Community Press Collective Twitter Manuel Esteban Paez Teran Manuel Esteban Teran was an activist who was shot and killed by authorities in South River Forest on January 18, 2023, after being accused of shooting a Georgia state trooper at the site of the future Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. “The man who died in…
Addressing the wickedness of slavery in 1850, the great American abolitionist Frederick Douglass said the practice “violates the great law of liberty, written on every human heart.” Further, he said, it “contravenes the laws of eternal justice, and tramples in the dust all the humane and heavenly precepts of the New Testament.” In 1865, America…
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