Preventing Human Trafficking

Preventing human trafficking is a complex and multi-faceted challenge. It involves a range of efforts to address the underlying factors that make individuals vulnerable to trafficking, as well as efforts to disrupt the activities of traffickers and support victims of trafficking. Some of the key strategies for preventing human trafficking include:

  • Strengthening laws and policies to prevent trafficking and provide support to victims. This can involve ratifying and implementing international conventions on trafficking, as well as developing and enforcing national laws and policies that address the crime.
  • Improving access to education and economic opportunities. Providing individuals with education and employment opportunities can help to reduce their vulnerability to trafficking.
  • Raising awareness of human trafficking and its signs. Educating the public about the risks and signs of trafficking can help individuals to recognize potential trafficking situations and seek help.
  • Collaborating with other organizations and agencies. Combating human trafficking often requires the coordination and cooperation of multiple organizations and agencies, both within and across national borders.
  • Supporting victims of trafficking. Providing victims with access to medical and psychological care, legal assistance, and other forms of support can help them to recover and rebuild their lives.

 

 

Editorial: Yes, human trafficking happens in our community; let's be vigilant
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Editorial: Yes, human trafficking happens in our community; let's be vigilant

Editor’s note: January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. This editorial contains information originally published in 2021 and also earlier this month. The interstate that cuts through Tyler and other cities in the region has brought economic development, easy access to Louisiana to the east and Dallas to the west and likely innumerable other benefits….

Prioritise human trafficking prevention – The Daily Star
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Prioritise human trafficking prevention – The Daily Star

The revelations of a report prepared by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) titled, “Trafficking in Persons 2022,” are chilling and concerning. According to it, only one person was convicted in a human trafficking case in Bangladesh in 2020, illustrating a shockingly low conviction rate in the country for such an egregious…

'Sextortion' Human Trafficking Prevention Month Topic – Defense.gov
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'Sextortion' Human Trafficking Prevention Month Topic – Defense.gov

In December President Joe Biden proclaimed January as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. “Together, we can combat human trafficking and its cruel consequences — creating a safer, freer and more just world for everyone,” the proclamation states. Biden encouraged people to report tips or seek help by calling the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888. The…

Task force to work to end human trafficking and provide trauma services to victims as numbers continue to climb
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Task force to work to end human trafficking and provide trauma services to victims as numbers continue to climb

The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced a human trafficking task force in partnership with the Connecticut Children’s Alliance and law enforcement agencies on Wednesday morning in Rocky Hill. The federally funded task force is aimed at ending human trafficking in the Greater Hartford region and providing support for victims, according to Hartford State’s Attorney…

Human Trafficking Awareness Month: How you can make an impact – The News Guard
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Human Trafficking Awareness Month: How you can make an impact – The News Guard

January is National Human Trafficking Awareness month. In commemoration, the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS), Child Welfare Division, is encouraging people in Oregon to be aware of the opportunities they have to make an impact in the lives of children affected by the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), one form of human trafficking. …

The Role of Community in Preventing Human Trafficking – Christianity Today
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The Role of Community in Preventing Human Trafficking – Christianity Today

When I first witnessed human trafficking, there wasn’t a name for it. At the time, I was working in Brazil as a missionary and living in its favelas (slums). The conditions that community endured would be foreign to most Americans. There, I met people who started their day walking across dirt floors and could only…

Sister Kanlaya aiming for a Zero Waste, Zero Human Trafficking world – Vatican News
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Sister Kanlaya aiming for a Zero Waste, Zero Human Trafficking world – Vatican News

In the heart of Bangkok, a woman religious inspired by a Buddhist monk is transforming a school into a 0 Waste facility, and at the same time offers jobs to refugees at risk of human trafficking. By Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp After 50 years in religious life, Sister Agnes Kanlaya Trisopa launched herself into…

Hard Rock announces expanded efforts to prevent human trafficking in the industry
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Hard Rock announces expanded efforts to prevent human trafficking in the industry

Hard Rock International marked January 11 as the National Human Trafficking Awareness Day by expanding action to strengthen the industry’s role in combating and preventing human trafficking.  Human trafficking, which includes commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor, is “a complex challenge for the entire global hospitality industry because it intersects a range of organized criminal…

Secretary of State encourages Iowans to wear blue for Human Trafficking Awareness Day
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Secretary of State encourages Iowans to wear blue for Human Trafficking Awareness Day

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – Iowans are being encouraged to wear blue on Wednesday in recognition of Human Trafficking Awareness Day. In a press release, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said the day is dedicated to increasing awareness and preventing the crime, in which men, women or children are forced to perform labor service…

Minneapolis Man Sentenced to 12.5 Years in Prison Child Sex Trafficking
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Minneapolis Man Sentenced to 12.5 Years in Prison Child Sex Trafficking

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Minneapolis man was sentenced to 150 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for sex trafficking a minor, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, in August 2020, Charles William Dexter III, 42, recruited a 14-year-old minor to engage in commercial sex acts…