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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced this week that it has deported a number of illegal immigrants wanted in their home countries for crimes including homicide and human trafficking. ICE said its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in El Paso had deported two illegal immigrant fugitives wanted in El Salvador for homicide and for human…
HOUGHTON — The goal of National Human Trafficking month is to raise public awareness of its prevalence. However, Michigan is not immune. According to the Upper Peninsula Human Trafficking Task Force (UPHTTF) website, human trafficking affects individuals across the world and right here in Michigan. It is commonly regarded as the second largest criminal enterprise…
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Every year since 2010, the President has dedicated the month to raising awareness about human trafficking and educating the public about how to identify and prevent this crime. The U.S. Department of State raises awareness of human trafficking domestically and abroad, through U.S. embassies and consulates. “Trafficking in persons,”…
MIAMI – Two Venezuelan nationals wanted by law enforcement authorities in Mexico for human trafficking and sex exploitation were turned over to Mexican law enforcement authorities Dec. 28, by officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Miami. Arianny Paola Vega-Escalona, 24, and Yubisay Delimar Sandoval Sequera, 32, departed Miami International Airport to their destination of…
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) – The crime of human trafficking affects the safety, health, and dignity of millions of people around the world, including Alaska. Most of victims are women and girls, LGBTQI+ individuals, vulnerable migrants, and those in historically marginalized and undeserved communities, according to a press release from the White House. Awareness of human…
From 2010 to 2012, Keri Blakinger was incarcerated in state and county correctional facilities for possessing a “tupperware of heroin.” Since then, she has gone on to work as a prison reporter at the Houston Chronicle, The Marshall Project and, most recently, the Los Angeles Times. In June 2022, Blakinger published Corrections in Ink, a memoir about…
CINCINNATI — Human trafficking is the sale or exchange of people for forced labor or commercial sex work and investigators across Ohio have identified over 100 victims of the crime annually. “I mean quite prevalent,” said Jomel Spurlock, director of victim services for the Ohio Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Initiative. “You have traffickers that are…
THOMASVILLE, Ga. (WALB) – Each year millions of people become victims of human trafficking worldwide. January is human trafficking awareness month and one victim is trying to save others from that nightmare. Sula Lael said she has experienced human trafficking five times in her lifetime–the first time when she was just a toddler. Human Trafficking…
MIAMI – Members of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue underwent training Thursday at Miami International on how to identify human trafficking victims at the airport, a problem detectives said was a reality in South Florida. Florida ranks third in the U.S. in human trafficking cases reported by states, behind only California and Texas, according to the National…
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