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Russia and China use human trafficking, it’s not just a human rights issue—it’s a global security issue – The Hill
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Russia and China use human trafficking, it’s not just a human rights issue—it’s a global security issue – The Hill

ByEyes on Trafficking News

July 30 is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, and as the West builds its strategies to counter Russia and China’s increasingly coordinated military aggressions and invasive intelligence operations, we would do well to take a closer look at how human trafficking fuels both of these state-controlled economies—and revisit a human rights tool that could help us address security threats by hitting…

Secretary of State Blinken to Host the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report Launch Ceremony – United States Department of State – Department of State
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Secretary of State Blinken to Host the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report Launch Ceremony – United States Department of State – Department of State

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will release the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 12:00 pm EDT in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the U.S. Department of State. The TIP Report is the U.S. government’s principal diplomatic and diagnostic tool to guide relations with foreign governments on…

PBJ Learning Joins National Center on Sexual Exploitation Amicus Brief
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PBJ Learning Joins National Center on Sexual Exploitation Amicus Brief

ByBilly Joe Cain

PBJ Learning joins 9th Circuit Amicus Brief to support trafficking survivor whose case against Craigslist was dismissed on CDA 230 grounds AUSTIN, Texas – June 23, 2022 – PRLog — NCOSE Law Center welcomes PBJ Learning’s support of its Amicus Brief to support victims harmed by actions on Craigslist. “This precedent-setting case will impact whether…

'Enough is enough': Nebraska medical organizations issue statement on hospital violence
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'Enough is enough': Nebraska medical organizations issue statement on hospital violence

ByEyes on Trafficking News

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – The Nebraska Hospital Association and the Nebraska Medical Association have issued a joint statement on an increasing trend of violence in hospitals. The statement follows a recent string of mass shootings across the country, including one at a hospital campus in Oklahoma. “We continue to grieve for our children and our…

The wicked problem of drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere
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The wicked problem of drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere

ByEyes on Trafficking News

How to address the ongoing threat of illegal drug use in the United States remains a persistent challenge. The activities of increasingly sophisticated transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) exacerbate that challenge for the whole of the Western Hemisphere. The incoming Biden administration should be especially wary of the likely inevitable growth of fentanyl shipment through maritime…

The impact of COVID-19 on human rights
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The impact of COVID-19 on human rights

ByEyes on Trafficking News

I want to focus on how COVID-19 has changed the structural environment in Latin America and what this means for human rights. Also, what it means for crime and anti-crime policies and consequently on human rights issues. Let me first start with those structural changes. Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an effect so far…