Rescue

Rescue is the act of saving someone or something from danger or harm. Rescue can involve a wide range of situations and contexts, such as saving someone from a burning building, providing medical care to an injured person, or rescuing an animal from cruelty or neglect. Rescue can be carried out by individuals, groups, or organizations, such as rescue teams, emergency services, or animal welfare organizations. The goal of rescue is to provide immediate assistance and support to those in need, and to help them recover from the danger or situation they were facing.

 

 

13-year-old rescued from sex trafficking during Canton traffic stop, authorities say – CBS 46 News
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13-year-old rescued from sex trafficking during Canton traffic stop, authorities say – CBS 46 News

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – A 16-year-old is under arrest and a 13-year-old is back with her family following a traffic stop in Cherokee County, according to police. Canton police posted to their Facebook page Wednesday with details of the traffic stop. According to the news release, just before 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, an officer conducted a…

Campaign To End Human Trafficking Introduces More Challenges For Migrating Nigerian Women – Eurasia Review
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Campaign To End Human Trafficking Introduces More Challenges For Migrating Nigerian Women – Eurasia Review

Human anti-trafficking campaigns rely on the “three p’s” of prevention, protection and prosecution. But a fourth one – preemption – has now resulted in a thorny controversy. A new book titled “Unmaking Migrants: Nigeria’s Campaign to End Human Trafficking” reveals how government agents have stopped thousands of women during the past 20 years from traveling out of…

Why don’t people being trafficked just leave?
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Why don’t people being trafficked just leave?

When first hearing about human trafficking, many people ask this question: “if people being trafficked are not physically restrained, why don’t they just leave?” The answer requires a compassionate and nuanced understanding of the multi-faceted nature of exploitation. Although the majority of trafficking survivors have not ever been chained up or kept locked in a…

15-year-old Girl Snatched from Basketball Game and Trafficked to Another State
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15-year-old Girl Snatched from Basketball Game and Trafficked to Another State

Click a link below to jump to a particular article or scroll down to read the whole blog post. Local and regional IA coalition updates Thanks to hotel employees, missing girl found, and Michigan man charged with trafficking Labor trafficking case exposes farmworker abuses Why the average

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Help combat modern slavery – GAWU Appeals | News Ghana
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Help combat modern slavery – GAWU Appeals | News Ghana

Edward Kareweh Mr Edward Kareweh, the General Secretary of the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), has called on stakeholders to come together to help eradicate child labour, forced labour and human trafficking to the barest minimum. He said, “…so we have been working in making sure that modern slavery which encompasses a number of areas…

Chinese government seeks to head off outrage over human trafficking – WSWS
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Chinese government seeks to head off outrage over human trafficking – WSWS

For months, the Chinese government has been trying to contain widespread anger over human trafficking. The issue erupted at the end of January, when a woman’s plight in Feng County of Xuzhou, in the eastern province of Jiangsu, sparked social media attention. Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Premier Li Keqiang vote during the closing…

4 teenage boys are free, 2 traffickers arrested in Thailand thanks to longterm investigations
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4 teenage boys are free, 2 traffickers arrested in Thailand thanks to longterm investigations

In this undercover investigation, the seeds of freedom were planted many months before they finally bloomed. During Operation Thread, investigators and police were able to track down multiple traffickers selling underage girls online. One of the girls was Maiah,* a Burmese 16-year-old. Although they later arrested one of the traffickers involved in her exploitation, they…

Carr: Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit Shares Tips to Help Educators Prevent, Report Trafficking
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Carr: Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit Shares Tips to Help Educators Prevent, Report Trafficking

JUNE 23, 2022 ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit recently participated in the Georgia School Safety and Homeland Security Conference to share with Georgia’s teachers and public safety personnel important information on how to recognize, prevent, and report trafficking. “Georgia’s teachers are in a unique position to not only recognize the signs…

Teen girl rescued from sex trafficking at Fort Worth motel, authorities say – WFAA.com
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Teen girl rescued from sex trafficking at Fort Worth motel, authorities say – WFAA.com

Author: Paul Livengood Published: 8:19 AM CDT June 23, 2022 Updated: 8:19 AM CDT June 23, 2022 FORT WORTH, Texas — Law enforcement have arrested a man and charged him with trafficking a 16-year-old girl, the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday. The sheriff’s office said that earlier this month its human trafficking task force got a tip…

Women are safer when they know their rights: Human trafficking survivor on initiative to protect others
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Women are safer when they know their rights: Human trafficking survivor on initiative to protect others

Favor left her parents’ household at a very young age due to bad living conditions. She went to live with an aunt hoping for a better life, unaware that it was just the beginning of her suffering. When she was only 15 years old, her aunt sent her to work as a vendor on the…