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Preble Street awarded $2.5M grant to increase fight against human trafficking | Mainebiz.biz
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Preble Street awarded $2.5M grant to increase fight against human trafficking | Mainebiz.biz

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Preble Street will be increasing services, outreach and solutions to help fight human trafficking, thanks to a three-year, $2.5 million grant awarded in coordination with the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project and Pine Tree Legal Assistance. The funding, from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, will help provide training to law enforcement agencies, service providers and communities to better understand human trafficking, U.S. protections, and…

Human trafficking does happen in NWMO – Nodaway News
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Human trafficking does happen in NWMO – Nodaway News

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By Kathryn Rice January is “National Human Trafficking Prevention Month” and the thought that it only happens in large cities couldn’t be further from the truth, said North Star Advocacy Center personnel. North Star’s Executive Director Linda Mattson and Court Victim Advocate and Volunteer Coordinator Meghann Kosman discussed human trafficking and its similarities to domestic…

January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month || Understanding the forms of human trafficking – eParisExtra.com
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January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month || Understanding the forms of human trafficking – eParisExtra.com

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January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Every year since 2010, the President has dedicated the month to raising awareness about human trafficking and educating the public about how to identify and prevent this crime. The U.S. Department of State raises awareness of human trafficking domestically and abroad, through U.S. embassies and consulates. “Trafficking in persons,”…

January is human trafficking awareness and prevention month
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January is human trafficking awareness and prevention month

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Cat Sandoval January 11, 2023, 2:17 PM It’s called the blue campaign. “Wear Blue Day” is designated to raise awareness of human trafficking and that awareness continues throughout January. It’s led by the Department of Homeland Security. “Human trafficking is often a hidden crime. It often involves a use of force, fraud or coercion to some type of labor…

Human trafficking awareness initiative starts today
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Human trafficking awareness initiative starts today

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of people have been forced or coerced into human trafficking over the past few years in Missouri, including nearly 330 of them confirmed in 2021. According to data collected from the National Human Trafficking Hotline, there were 240 cases of human trafficking in 2021. Of those cases, 327 victims were involved…

Forced Cotton-Picking Earns Uzbekistan Shameful Spot In 'Slavery Index'
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Forced Cotton-Picking Earns Uzbekistan Shameful Spot In 'Slavery Index'

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A new report on global slavery ranks Uzbekistan and Pakistan among the five worst offenders in terms of the number of people forced into modern slavery. With its forced labor in the cotton fields, Uzbekistan also was estimated to be the world’s second-worst country when ranked by the prevalence of slavery in proportion to the…

2022 Trafficking in Persons Report – US Embassy and Consulate in Kazakhstan
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2022 Trafficking in Persons Report – US Embassy and Consulate in Kazakhstan

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KAZAKHSTAN: TIER 2 The Government of Kazakhstan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Kazakhstan remained…

Couple Forced Women Into Prostitution Through Violence, Posted Videos On OnlyFans
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Couple Forced Women Into Prostitution Through Violence, Posted Videos On OnlyFans

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A couple has been arrested on Tuesday at a home in Youngstown, both are currently in a New York City jail charged with running a human sex trafficking ring that operated in six states; they even reportedly post content on the website OnlyFans. Jonathan Ruiz, 29, and Charline Santiago, 27, appeared in a Mahoning County…

Two charged in 'abhorrent sex-trafficking scheme' spanning CT, N.Y., and elsewhere
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Two charged in 'abhorrent sex-trafficking scheme' spanning CT, N.Y., and elsewhere

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Jonathan Ruiz, also known as “Saiint,” 29, of Youngstown, Ohio, and Charline Santiago, 27, also of Youngstown, Ohio, were charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment after they forced multiple women in their mid-20s to engage in commercial sex acts in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Massachusetts, District Attorney Alvin…