Legal

Modern slavery and legal reform in the UK: what we’re calling forLegal refers to things that are in accordance with the law. In general, something that is legal is allowed or permitted by the law, while something that is illegal is not allowed or prohibited by the law.

Legal can also refer to the study or practice of law, as well as to the profession of a lawyer. In this context, legal may involve researching and interpreting the law, representing clients in legal proceedings, and providing advice on legal matters.

Human trafficking: Health care workers can be the first line of defense
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Human trafficking: Health care workers can be the first line of defense

Human trafficking cases have continued to rise in Texas since 2007. In 2020, a statewide survey by the Texas human trafficking council recorded the highest number of arrests related to human trafficking, with the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area accounting for 35% of the state’s commercial sexual exploitation cases. And these numbers only continue to rise….

Revealing the Horrific Truths About the Human Trafficking in Texas
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Revealing the Horrific Truths About the Human Trafficking in Texas

Founded in 2017, Abilene, Texas based Beyond Trafficking is a faith-based organization dedicated to raising awareness and educating Texans about human trafficking, as well as providing assistance to survivors through intensive care management. This care includes therapy services, counseling, crisis intervention, long-term and short-term housing, legal services, medical and dental care, clothing and hygiene provisions,…

Office of Attorney General’s Symposium at Temple University Sheds Light on Labor Trafficking
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Office of Attorney General’s Symposium at Temple University Sheds Light on Labor Trafficking

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General recently hosted its first annual symposium on labor trafficking, which brought together attorneys, law enforcement, social workers, advocates, and community members to share information on the signs of labor trafficking, and to collaborate on prevention and responses to it. The event at Temple University Beasley School of…

“When Seeing and Hearing is no Longer Believing” Melissa Dykes of Truthstream Media Breaks Down The Current State of the Art of AI Visuals and Audio and How it is Affecting Self-Awareness
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“When Seeing and Hearing is no Longer Believing” Melissa Dykes of Truthstream Media Breaks Down The Current State of the Art of AI Visuals and Audio and How it is Affecting Self-Awareness

Editor’s note: Melissa Dykes’ documentarian background and her extensive experience of researching very real psychological mind control techniques and their effects on a population should be taken into account (visit her IMDB page here) when watching this piece. She has a keen take on how people get manipulated by media, and this (user-generated self-images and…

5 Cumberland County massage parlors busted in human trafficking sting
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5 Cumberland County massage parlors busted in human trafficking sting

Complaints from the public led police to investigate the five massage parlors and discover that they were all connected to Min Dong. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — One person was arrested yesterday in a human trafficking investigation that linked five Cumberland County massage parlors offering illegal services, the county’s District Attorney’s office announced. OPERATION: Closed2Trafficking sought…

It’s Nearly Labor Day, and Congress Has a Chance to Abolish Prison Slavery
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It’s Nearly Labor Day, and Congress Has a Chance to Abolish Prison Slavery

Johnny Perez was arrested and incarcerated two days after his daughter was born, a heart-wrenching fact by itself. Perez wanted to be there for his daughter, but he was stuck at a state prison in Coxsackie, New York. He worked hard to save money, but his prison job sewing bed sheets started at 17 cents…

The Resurgence of Slavery in Pakistan: Implications of Climate Change
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The Resurgence of Slavery in Pakistan: Implications of Climate Change

The devastating floods that hit Pakistan last summer continue to have a lasting impact on farming families in rural Sindh and the Kacchi Plains of Balochistan. Despite six months passing since the floods, many fields remain underwater, and the soil is too damaged for planting seeds. The small tenant farmers, who are already burdened with…

Prevention Cohort LIVE Ep 8: HTE: Chapter 2: Prevalence, “What is Human Trafficking?” blog on Radical Empathy, Discussion about creating an online safety course for the game industry
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Prevention Cohort LIVE Ep 8: HTE: Chapter 2: Prevalence, “What is Human Trafficking?” blog on Radical Empathy, Discussion about creating an online safety course for the game industry

Welcome to the Prevention Cohort LIVE stream, sponsored by PBJ Learning Today, we go over the Prevalence of Human Trafficking, from Chapter 2 of Human Trafficking Essentials. We go over the interactive sections and I share some of the “why” the course is written and designed the way it is. Our second section is a…

Agency: 100 migrants from one Indonesian province have died abroad in 2023
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Agency: 100 migrants from one Indonesian province have died abroad in 2023

Illness and overwork have been blamed for the deaths this year of 100 migrants who ventured abroad from one eastern Indonesian province, the national workers’ protection agency said Wednesday. Ninety-seven of them had died since Jan. 1 in neighboring Malaysia, while the rest died in Laos, Papua New Guinea and Gabon, according to Benny Rhamdani,…