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LETTERS: Expert to speak on human trafficking | Palm Coast Observer
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LETTERS: Expert to speak on human trafficking | Palm Coast Observer

Expert to speak on human trafficking Dear Editor: January is National Human Trafficking Awareness month, and the Flagler Tiger Bay Club welcomes Tomas Lares, award-winning advocate and leader of United Abolitionists, as our luncheon speaker at the Hammock Dunes Club on Thursday, Jan. 19. We don’t see much human trafficking in Flagler County, just like…

Montgomery, Berks and Chester counties among leading counties filing human trafficking charges
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Montgomery, Berks and Chester counties among leading counties filing human trafficking charges

NORRISTOWN — From January 2017 through December 2021, there were 259 human trafficking cases involving a total of 1,096 human trafficking-related offenses filed statewide and Montgomery, Berks and Chester counties were among those counties leading the state in the number of such filings, according to the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts. There were 116 human trafficking-related…

Twentieth-first Century Slavery: How to Stop Human Trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico Border
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Twentieth-first Century Slavery: How to Stop Human Trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, Europe, Africa, and the Americas exchanged enslaved people through the Atlantic Slave Trade. This trade exploited the labor of more than 10 million people. In 1957, the United Nations (UN) abolished slavery in all its forms, including indentured servitude and the slave trade. Yet, human trafficking has become a…

New York Adopts New Measures to Combat Human Trafficking
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New York Adopts New Measures to Combat Human Trafficking

For quite some time, the need for more anti-human trafficking laws and action has been readily apparent. After all, studies and data continue to show a rise in human trafficking, rather than a decline. Thankfully, more law enforcement bodies are engaging in sting operations to catch human traffickers, along with their buyers who are equally…

Authorities Warn: Human Trafficking Rises During the Holiday Season
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Authorities Warn: Human Trafficking Rises During the Holiday Season

Federal prosecutors said the fight against human trafficking, a crime that harms some of the most vulnerable members of society, counts among their highest priorities. “We are committed to vindicating the rights of human trafficking crime victims by bringing their traffickers to justice and working to ensure that survivors have access to restitution, services and…

More Than Meets the Eye: The Immense Web of Human Trafficking and Its Vast Implications
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More Than Meets the Eye: The Immense Web of Human Trafficking and Its Vast Implications

“The existing social order is a swindle and its cherished beliefs mostly delusions.” – George Orwell  Human trafficking is an issue that takes many forms and typologies across the world and society. Traditionally, human trafficking is thought of as falling into one of two categories: sex trafficking, trafficking in persons for commercial sexual exploitation, or…

For labor trafficked immigrants, T-visas are a life-saving but flawed relief – WGBH
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For labor trafficked immigrants, T-visas are a life-saving but flawed relief – WGBH

In 2018, the police came to a home in Saugus, Massachusetts, to rescue Anabelle Masalon, a Filipina housekeeper who had been essentially a prisoner of the family from the United Arab Emirates that employed her. She had been forced to work 21-hour days, earning no more than $400 a month, unable to leave the house…

Child Sexual Abuse: Role of Caretaker in Reaching Out for Help, What the Law Says About …
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Child Sexual Abuse: Role of Caretaker in Reaching Out for Help, What the Law Says About …

India has a large population of children, in fact one of the largest in the world whose rights and protection are guaranteed in the Constitution and with the country being a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. But, facts and figures paint a worrying picture of how vulnerable they are….

Irresponsible to Call DeSantis Migrant Flights Human Trafficking: Advocates – Newsweek
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Irresponsible to Call DeSantis Migrant Flights Human Trafficking: Advocates – Newsweek

Democrats are calling for an investigation into whether Florida Governor Ron DeSantis‘ decision to transport migrants from Texas to sanctuary cities in blue states constitutes human trafficking. But advocacy groups are cautioning DeSantis’ critics from making any accusations with limited information this early on. DeSantis’ decision to fly about 50 mainly Venezuelan migrants from Texas…

Understanding Trafficking Law in the Context of Texas and Florida’s Immigrant Relocation
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Understanding Trafficking Law in the Context of Texas and Florida’s Immigrant Relocation

Human trafficking is a complex and dynamic crime, federally defined as the use of force, fraud or coercion to exploit other people through sex or labor for financial or personal gain. Recently, national conversation has focused on trafficking within the context of governors sending migrants seeking asylum in this country to Martha’s Vineyard and Washington,…