National Security

National security refers to the measures taken by a government to protect the country and its citizens from external and internal threats. National security includes a range of activities, including intelligence gathering, military defense, border control, and cybersecurity. National security is a key concern for governments around the world, as threats to national security can come from a variety of sources, including foreign governments, terrorist organizations, and cyber criminals. Ensuring national security requires a combination of prevention, preparedness, and response measures. Governments may also work with international partners and organizations to address national security threats that cross national borders.

 

 

The threats and remedies of human trafficking – The Nation
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The threats and remedies of human trafficking – The Nation

Human trafficking includes unjust practices including recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving persons through the use of force, coercion, deception, or other means for the purpose of exploiting them. This exploitation can take many forms, be it sexual exploitation, forced labor, domestic servitude, forced marriage or even extreme measures like organ removal. This crime is…

Marcos tasks gov’t agencies to boost efforts vs human trafficking
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Marcos tasks gov’t agencies to boost efforts vs human trafficking

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ordered on Monday the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) to strengthen efforts in eradicating human trafficking. During a meeting at the Malacañang Palace, Marcos said human trafficking compromised the country’s national security and economy. “The IACAT and the PAOCC must take the lead…

DHS and DOJ Announce Historic Guatemalan Human Smuggling Extraditions
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DHS and DOJ Announce Historic Guatemalan Human Smuggling Extraditions

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security joined the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday to announce the first ever extraditions from Guatemala to the United States on charges of human smuggling resulting in death, and the first Guatemalan human smuggling extraditions to the United States of any kind in nearly five years. This announcement…

Liberia: Trafficking Victims Await Restitutions, as Ex-NSA Agent Appeals 25-Year Sentence
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Liberia: Trafficking Victims Await Restitutions, as Ex-NSA Agent Appeals 25-Year Sentence

The two women who, a Monrovia court in January ordered Arthur Chan-Chan, a former agent of the National Security Agency to pay restitutions for trafficking them to Oman say they’ve yet to receive their payments. By Anthony Stephens, with New Narratives The women have alleged that the government has done nothing about the payments. “Things…

Mercyhurst senior makes worldwide impact through Anti-Human Trafficking Club
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Mercyhurst senior makes worldwide impact through Anti-Human Trafficking Club

Samantha Strom is working toward becoming a real-life David Rossi. Or at least, she was inspired by the fictional FBI agent’s work on the crime drama “Criminal Minds” to pursue a career in federal law enforcement. “I loved watching all the crime shows growing up and I figured that was going to be a way…

Robert Flynn: Ending human trafficking in Connecticut – Hartford Courant
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Robert Flynn: Ending human trafficking in Connecticut – Hartford Courant

In a time marked by political, economic and social division, a remedy just may be to focus our collective attention on an issue upon which we all agree. An issue that impacts future generations. And one we can do something about. After all, besides the lowest of criminals, who can say they support human trafficking?…

Moot on combating trafficking in persons concludes with recommendations
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Moot on combating trafficking in persons concludes with recommendations

The two-day international conference, organized by Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO) in alliance with the US Embassy and Pakistan US Alumni Network (PUAN) with the purpose of reducing trafficking in persons and increasing direct referrals of victims for services or rehabilitation and advocating for prevention and prosecution of Trafficking in Persons came to an end…

Sustain fight vs human trafficking – ex-DoJ official
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Sustain fight vs human trafficking – ex-DoJ official

FORMER justice undersecretary Jose Vicente Salazar on Tuesday urged the government to keep the fight against human trafficking “at all costs” as he welcomed the Senate investigation on the reported human trafficking at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). He was referring to the Senate blue ribbon committee (BRC) probe on the alleged “new high-end”…

Briefing on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Countering Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Hearing
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Briefing on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Countering Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Hearing

Executive Summary Mexican Drug Cartels and Fentanyl Supply Chains Fentanyl precursors are transported from China to Mexico, where cartels produce fentanyl in labs and then typically traffic it to the United States through ports of entry at the border. Republicans and Democrats agree that the United States must work with China and Mexico to disrupt these…