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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….
Sister Margaret Nacke of U S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking speaks to a group Wednesday night in Victoria. Photo by Cristina Janney/Hays Post By CRISTINA JANNEYHays Post Although human trafficking is illegal in every country in the world, it is the fastest-growing criminal industry, worth more than $152 billion a year. Margaret Nacke, a Sister of…
Every country faces their peculiar difficulties or challenges, however, Ghana’s case is a bizarre one. Ghana faces a wide range of challenges that can be grouped into different categories, including economic, social, political, and environmental challenges. Here are 66 challenges that Ghana faces, according to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) ChatGPT: Economic Challenges: High levels of poverty…
This has been revealed by a global report on human trafficking released late last month. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2022 report on human trafficking shows 52 women and girls were trafficked in Namibia between 2017 and 2020, while 43 men and boys were trafficked. Overall 95 Namibians were trafficked during…
“If it can end for one, it can end for all.” Kathy Givens, a Houston-based nonprofit founder and survivor of human trafficking, shared this message with attendees at the relaunch of the “Can You See Me?” human trafficking awareness campaign Jan. 26. The campaign, which first launched in Texas in 2019, spreads awareness about the…
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…
Mississauga human trafficking survivor Timea Nagy-Payne speaks at press conference on Jan. 10. Peel Regional Police will be the first police service in Canada to train all officers, both frontline uniform and investigative, with new anti-human trafficking intervention training. What makes the training unique is it has been developed in partnership with Timea’s Cause Inc….
Amid these challenging times, the people of Afghanistan desperately rely on humanitarian aid facing a catastrophic level of hunger, malnutrition, and food scarcity. According to the “Save the Children” report Afghanistan is still among the eight most hunger-hit countries including the Central African Republic, DRC, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Yemen. People in these…
More than 20 million children are facing the threat of hunger, thirst and disease, up from 10 million in July, as climate change, conflict, global inflation and grain shortages devastate the region according to UNICEF. Lieke van de Wiel, UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa said, “while collective and accelerated efforts have…
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY is observed every year on 10 December; it marks the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) back in 1948. The UDHR is a milestone document which proclaims the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being. Regardless of race, colour, religion,…
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