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Expand Your Knowledge and Impact this World Day Against Trafficking in Persons – Engage Together
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Expand Your Knowledge and Impact this World Day Against Trafficking in Persons – Engage Together

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Each year on July 30th, the United Nations and the international community commemorate the day as World Day Against Trafficking in Persons to raise awareness and encourage action. This year’s theme is “reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind.”  With over 50M victims, this is no small task.  And it will require every one of us to better …

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Can We All Agree that Child Trafficking is Wrong and Evil?
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Can We All Agree that Child Trafficking is Wrong and Evil?

ByEyes on Trafficking News

You would think that amidst countless disagreements between the Left and the Right, one vital area might see agreement: the welfare of children. You also would think that both sides would concur that luring children, grabbing them off the street, or snatching them at the border by those who sell them into sexual slavery, is…

What is the TIP Report?
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What is the TIP Report?

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is an annual status update on the state of global anti-trafficking efforts. Each year, the U.S. State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) releases the report with individual grades and summaries outlining the progress made by countries around the world. The TIP Office was…

20+ Sex Trafficking Statistics in 2023
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20+ Sex Trafficking Statistics in 2023

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Editor’s note: Reminder that all human trafficking statistics are difficult to gather, since it is a crime. We present the best information we can find, but data changes frequently and is often influenced by the group collecting the information and the amount of funding available.  Sex trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery that occurs…

Survivor-led training to give close look at effects of human trafficking
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Survivor-led training to give close look at effects of human trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

NILES, Ohio (WKBN) – A training this week in Trumbull County aims to put the audience in the shoes of a victim of human trafficking. A division of Mahonic County Public Health called The Mahoning Valley Pathways HUB will host a Survivor Led Human Trafficking Awareness Training on Friday. The event will last from 10…

MAKE A DIFFERENCE: Sidewalk Soldiers fight human trafficking
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MAKE A DIFFERENCE: Sidewalk Soldiers fight human trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

It’s big news that in February, this organization is opening Miami Valley’s first drop-in center to serve folks being sexually exploited or participating in survival sex. The Drop In Center is in the heart of its outreach area on Xenia Avenue. “Sidewalk Soldiers operates on a meager budget, because it can be a challenge rallying…

Ulysses from Ghana, a film inspired by Mohamed Ben Abdallah, screened in Paris
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Ulysses from Ghana, a film inspired by Mohamed Ben Abdallah, screened in Paris

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The South-South Cooperation Council for Sustainable Development (SSCC) has screened Docufiction Ulysses from Ghana at a film screening event held at UNESCO’S headquarters in Paris, France. Ulysses from Ghana is inspired by the play “Slaves” written by Ghanaian author and playwright Mohamed Ben Abdallah. The Transatlantic trade, depicted in the play, marked one of the…