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Ohio AG launches new service directory for human trafficking survivors
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Ohio AG launches new service directory for human trafficking survivors

OHIO — On Monday, Attorney General Dave Yost announced Ohio now has a directory of state-based services and resources for victims of human trafficking. What You Need To Know It’s called the Human Trafficking Victim Services Directory, and it’s a searchable database. Yost said all the agencies that appear in the database have submitted self-assessments to…

PBJ Learning contributes to the National Trafficking Sheltered Alliance’s Submission to the U.S. Department of State for the 2023 Trafficking In Persons Report
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PBJ Learning contributes to the National Trafficking Sheltered Alliance’s Submission to the U.S. Department of State for the 2023 Trafficking In Persons Report

Through their survey of 70 organizations across the country, the National Trafficking Sheltered Alliance identified both critical findings regarding the overall state of survivor service provision within America and areas for improvement within the anti-trafficking field. Download here. Submitted February 1, 2023 by the National Trafficking Sheltered AllianceCompiled by Anna Hagenbuch, Membership Program ManagerDesigned by…

Local organizations receive more than $1M to combat homelessness in Port Arthur
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Local organizations receive more than $1M to combat homelessness in Port Arthur

Published 12:40 am Saturday, March 18, 2023 The City of Port Arthur this week approved the disbursement of more than $1 million to four local organizations working to limit the number of residents experiencing or facing homelessness. James Gilleylen with J-Quad Planning Group said in December his organization submitted an allocation plan to the U.S….

Local human trafficking survivors share stories, guidance for how to protect youth
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Local human trafficking survivors share stories, guidance for how to protect youth

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Jasmine Myers’ trafficker was a family member, who repeatedly sold her to adult men for sex from the time she was 5 until she was removed from her home at age 17. Taylor Venezuela met her trafficker through a false modeling job, where he lured her into pornography when she was 19….

Mark Spisak, the head of Olivet Assembly, is being investigated for money laundering.
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Mark Spisak, the head of Olivet Assembly, is being investigated for money laundering.

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"Tommy Guns" Sentenced to Prison for Human Trafficking and Involuntary Manslaughter
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"Tommy Guns" Sentenced to Prison for Human Trafficking and Involuntary Manslaughter

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced that a Franklin County man has been sentenced to prison for providing a lethal dose of narcotics to a human trafficking victim. “Traffickers exploit vulnerabilities, leveraging addiction to control their victims – evil that will now be restrained by prison bars,” Yost said. Paul Chiles,…

The Salvation Army brings attention to human trafficking | News | thecourierexpress.com
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The Salvation Army brings attention to human trafficking | News | thecourierexpress.com

PITTSBURGH — The Salvation Army Western Pennsylvania Division’s LIGHT Project (Leading Individuals Gracefully out of Human Trafficking) is committed to serving people who have previously been or are currently a victim of human trafficking. The LIGHT Project is seeking to increase awareness this January during National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. The community is invited to…

Local Leaders Work to Promote Human Trafficking Awareness
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Local Leaders Work to Promote Human Trafficking Awareness

Several years ago, after Diane Yarus attended a presentation focused on human trafficking prevention in Montana at the attorney general’s office in Billings, she and Jeanne Parker, who was with the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office at the time, set out to launch a task force to provide more victim resources and facilitate awareness training in…

Church pastor, wife sentenced after using homeless for forced labor, stealing benefits
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Church pastor, wife sentenced after using homeless for forced labor, stealing benefits

A California pastor and his wife will serve time behind bars after pleading guilty to forcing homeless people to give up their welfare benefits and panhandle for up to nine hours a day, six days a week, in what federal prosecutors call a church labor trafficking scheme. Victor Gonzalez, the head pastor of Imperial Valley…