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Lawmakers want investigation, hearings into 'Wild West' of California cannabis and farm work
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Lawmakers want investigation, hearings into 'Wild West' of California cannabis and farm work

ByEyes on Trafficking News

California lawmakers are calling for a sweeping investigation into corruption in the state’s cannabis industry, legislative hearings on the exploitation of farmworkers and new laws to thwart labor trafficking in response to revelations of rampant abuses and worker deaths in a multibillion-dollar market that has become increasingly unmanageable. The proposals follow a series of Times…

Human Trafficking Month: Youth For Human Rights Gives Youth And Adults Vital Tips On Spotting And Avoiding Traffickers
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Human Trafficking Month: Youth For Human Rights Gives Youth And Adults Vital Tips On Spotting And Avoiding Traffickers

ByEyes on Trafficking News

(MENAFN– EIN Presswire) Youth for Human Rights materials can be delivered to your home or downloaded for free from www.youthforhumanrights.org Human rights training for youth with Youth for Human Rights volunteers delivering age-appropriate seminars on staying safe and protecting human rights. Human traffickers look for kids who lack self-confidence. Human rights education makes kids more…

Government rhetoric has “a chilling effect” on survivors of modern slavery, say UN experts. 
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Government rhetoric has “a chilling effect” on survivors of modern slavery, say UN experts. 

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Government rhetoric has “a chilling effect” on survivors of modern slavery, say UN experts as UK anti-slavery organisations urge the Government to end dangerous hostility  Today, UN experts expressed alarm at the UK Government’s use of unevidenced claims and sensationalist language towards survivors of trafficking and modern slavery, stating these attacks on the credibility of…

Journalists urged to build regional cooperation in the fight against human trafficking
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Journalists urged to build regional cooperation in the fight against human trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Journalists in West Africa have been advised to collaborate with other journalists across the sub-region in order to strengthen their fight against human trafficking. The advice was given by a press officer of the Nigeria National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, Vincent Adekoye, at an ongoing 5-day advance training workshop on human trafficking…

Taraba Govt assures NAPTIP of maximum support as taskforce on human trafficking …
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Taraba Govt assures NAPTIP of maximum support as taskforce on human trafficking …

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Secretary to the Taraba State Government, Mr. Anthony Jellason, and the NAPTIP DG, Fatima Waziri during the inauguration of Taraba State Task Force on Human Trafficking. By THOMAS AKASE, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, has promised a robust collaboration and support to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP)…

Missing Girl, 17, Likely Victim of Sex Trafficking, Located in Wakefield Motel
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Missing Girl, 17, Likely Victim of Sex Trafficking, Located in Wakefield Motel

ByEyes on Trafficking News

By SÍLE MOLONEY A NONPROFIT REPRESENTATIVE located a 17-year-old girl, who police say had been reported missing from Brooklyn, in the Metro Motel, located at 691 East 241st Street in the Wakefield section of The Bronx, on Saturday, July 23, 2022. According to the nonprofit representative, the teen is a likely victim of sex trafficking….