National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a nonprofit organization that works to prevent child abduction, abuse, and exploitation. It was founded in 1984 in response to the growing problem of missing and exploited children in the United States.

The NCMEC operates a number of programs and services to help prevent child abduction, abuse, and exploitation, and to support victims and their families. These programs include the National Missing Children’s Hotline, the CyberTipline for reporting online child sexual exploitation, and the Case Analysis Division for assisting law enforcement agencies with missing and exploited children cases.

The NCMEC also provides training and resources for parents, educators, and other members of the community to help them recognize and prevent child abduction, abuse, and exploitation. It also advocates for laws and policies to protect children and to hold offenders accountable.

Overall, the NCMEC is an important organization that plays a crucial role in preventing child abduction, abuse, and exploitation, and in supporting victims and their families.

Texas and Louisiana’s First Spouses’ Global Human Trafficking Summit – 10.14.21
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Texas and Louisiana’s First Spouses’ Global Human Trafficking Summit – 10.14.21

First Lady of Texas Cecilia Abbott and First Lady of Louisiana Donna Edwards have partnered in the past year to educate other first spouses along with key stakeholders across the country on anti-human trafficking efforts and resources they can bring back to their own states. The latest educational summit in October 2021 was hosted by the Texas Governor’s Child Sex Trafficking…

County supervisors OK policy to increase human-trafficking awareness in schools
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County supervisors OK policy to increase human-trafficking awareness in schools

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors this week approved a policy to increase human-trafficking awareness in public schools. As proposed by Supervisor Jim Desmond, board Chairwoman Nora Vargas and District Attorney Summer Stephan, the policy will apply to kindergarten through 12th grade. Currently, only seventh- and eighth-graders receive anti-trafficking education. According to Desmond’s office,…

San Diego County Supervisors OK Policy to Increase Human Trafficking Awareness in Schools –
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San Diego County Supervisors OK Policy to Increase Human Trafficking Awareness in Schools –

4 hours ago 9:46 AM KUSI Newsroom SAN DIEGO (CNS) – The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a policy to increase of human trafficking awareness education in public schools. As proposed by Supervisors Jim Desmond and Nora Vargas, and District Attorney Summer Stephan, the policy will apply to grades kindergarten through 12. As of…

Supervisors OK policy to increase human trafficking awareness in schools
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Supervisors OK policy to increase human trafficking awareness in schools

The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a policy to increase of human trafficking awareness education in public schools. As proposed by Supervisors Jim Desmond and Nora Vargas, and District Attorney Summer Stephan, the policy will apply to grades kindergarten through 12. As of now, only 7th and 8th-grade students receive anti-trafficking training. According to…

Global law enforcement collaboration leads to rescue of 6-year-old girl from online sexual exploitation
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Global law enforcement collaboration leads to rescue of 6-year-old girl from online sexual exploitation

An international investigation resulted in the successful rescue of a 6-year-old girl from online sexual exploitation, and the arrest of a suspected trafficker, on June 18, 2023, in Manila, Philippines. Another suspect in Manila was arrested on November 11, 2022. The operations were a result of international law enforcement collaboration between the Philippine National Police…

Internet Safety Month: New Reports, New Resources, and Actions You Can Take – Engage Together
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Internet Safety Month: New Reports, New Resources, and Actions You Can Take – Engage Together

June is Internet Safety Month, and with youth being out of school, at home, and online more often, we urge you to become aware of dangers facing kids and teens online as well as how you can address the topic of online safety with the youth in your life. At the end of May, which…

Woman arrested twice for trafficking teen girls convicted of trafficking 16-year-old DeKalb girl
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Woman arrested twice for trafficking teen girls convicted of trafficking 16-year-old DeKalb girl

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A College Park woman was convicted for human trafficking a 16-year-old girl from DeKalb County. Jahaundria Seabron, 27, pleaded guilty to trafficking the girl in December 2020. She was sentenced to 30 years, with 18 years in prison according to the Georgia Attorney General’s Office. Seabron pleaded guilty on May 15…

DPS: 30 children found in human trafficking operation
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DPS: 30 children found in human trafficking operation

MIDLAND-ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) – On Tuesday May 9, Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division (CID) ran a missing and exploited child operation and found a total of 30 children. The age of youngest child recovered was 13 years of age. Law enforcement’s goal was to find or recover children reported missing in Midland…

We’re Closer to Protecting Kids from Sexual Abuse Online
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We’re Closer to Protecting Kids from Sexual Abuse Online

Children need companies to design platforms for safety as effectively as they innovate for profit. Kids need governments to regulate the internet the way they regulate physical spaces—with protection and accountability as priority. And civil society organizations must play their role too, sharing promising models and practices while amplifying survivor leaders globally. These imperatives are…

Human trafficking: Survivors of sex trafficking counsel, advocate for others | VPM
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Human trafficking: Survivors of sex trafficking counsel, advocate for others | VPM

The U.S. State Department considers human trafficking a form of “modern slavery.” It happens when a person is forced to work or perform sex acts under threat of violence, often through coercion and fraud. Worldwide, over 27 million people are trafficked every day — and 90% of female victims are sexually exploited. In Virginia, the…