Modeling

University of Alabama modeling helps law enforcement crack down on human trafficking
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University of Alabama modeling helps law enforcement crack down on human trafficking

Computer modeling developed by one University of Alabama (UA) research team to combat sex trafficking has led to more than 100 arrests in west Alabama over the last year. The team began working with local, state and national law enforcement in May 2019. They were able to offer them something that current “off-the-shelf” software could…

SD County DA seeing more younger victims of human trafficking – FOX 5 San Diego
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SD County DA seeing more younger victims of human trafficking – FOX 5 San Diego

SAN MARCOS, Calif. — The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office is asking for the public’s help in learning how to spot victims of human trafficking. The D.A.’s office says they are seeing an increasing number of younger victims of human trafficking. They are urging parents and the community to know the signs. “The fight…

Parents must ensure the safety of their children over the festive season – Alex News
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Parents must ensure the safety of their children over the festive season – Alex News

The Alex Kidz Clinic, which runs counselling and rehabilitation services for abused and neglected children, has issued a passionate plea to parents to always guard their children and to know their whereabouts at all times. Social worker and manager of the clinic Elizabeth Mokwena issued the plea as the township draws nearer to the festive…

Unsealed Epstein Docs Claim Mystery Friends Came to His Island to Meet Girls
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Unsealed Epstein Docs Claim Mystery Friends Came to His Island to Meet Girls

Public sex on a plane. A stable of young women “on rotation.” And allegations of a coerced menage a trois with a famed attorney—along with lurid questions about his genitalia. These are just a few of the new revelations included in a tranche of court filings unsealed by a federal judge on Monday night as…

Understanding, Preventing, and Responding to Human Trafficking
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Understanding, Preventing, and Responding to Human Trafficking

Listen to the original podcast here. Justice Today Podcast Human trafficking is an issue without a simple solution, but research on this problem is helping victims and developing tools and information to help better understand, prevent, and respond to trafficking. NIJ Scientist Mary Carlton joins host Josh Mondoro, Communications Assistant at NIJ, for a discussion…

Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili acquitted of domestic violence charges
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Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili acquitted of domestic violence charges

Court acquits tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili A court has found the leader of the Georgian tennis team Nikoloz Basilashvili not guilty on charges of physical, psychological, and economic abuse, in which his ex-wife, Nelli Dorokashvili, was the plaintiff. The decision was announced by Judge Khatuna Kharchilava. Nikoloz Basilashvili case One of the country’s most popular…

Fighting slavery: Human trafficking is target of NCSU computer modeling project
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Fighting slavery: Human trafficking is target of NCSU computer modeling project

  Editor’s note: Each week WRAL TechWire focuses its Innovation Thursday report on companies, people and technology that could make a big difference in our collective future. +++ RALEIGH – Researchers from North Carolina State University collaborated with a counter-human trafficking organization, Global Emancipation Network, to develop computational models that can help fight human trafficking. The models…

Choate Construction Combats Human Trafficking As 2022 Street Grace 5K Presenting Sponsor
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Choate Construction Combats Human Trafficking As 2022 Street Grace 5K Presenting Sponsor

Choate Construction Company announced it will be a presenting sponsor, along with Delta Airlines, of the 2022 Street Grace 5K on October 15th-16th. “Choate’s sponsorship and support is a key factor in the work to help protect vulnerable children from predators and bring freedom and restoration to those who have been exploited,” said Camila Zolfaghari,…

Dating App Safety Tips
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Dating App Safety Tips

Research shows that approximately half of the 18–29-year-olds in the United States are using dating apps to find love. This group of people is the equivalent of the entire population of Australia. While this method is successful for some to find their happily ever after, for others it has proven to be dangerous. Of the…