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Collier County Sheriff’s Office hosts training to stop human trafficking
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Collier County Sheriff’s Office hosts training to stop human trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office hosted a targeted training to stop human trafficking in Collier County and beyond. On Wednesday, the sheriff’s office hosted the training for law enforcement and key stakeholders at Florida SouthWestern’s Collier County campus. Sheriff Kevin Rambosk said the community-based program brings awareness to human trafficking and, more importantly, how to…

For human trafficking survivors, "healing is a lifelong process" – Naples Daily News
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For human trafficking survivors, "healing is a lifelong process" – Naples Daily News

ByEyes on Trafficking News

At an early age, Tammy Toney-Butler was a victim of human trafficking. “As a trauma survivor, we don’t have a whole lot of memories,” said Toney-Butler. “But I know that I was being victimized way back in kindergarten and probably earlier. My mother would have been considered my trafficker.” Toney-Butler, founder of A & K…

ATEST Joins Movement-Wide Call Urging Senate to Pass Anti-Trafficking Act
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ATEST Joins Movement-Wide Call Urging Senate to Pass Anti-Trafficking Act

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November 28, 2022 • 10:28 am • Terry FitzPatrick November 28, 2022 Dear United States Senators: We, a community of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and anti-trafficking leaders working to end human trafficking, declare in solidarity that we strongly support the reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). We are grateful for the energy and attention…

INSTITUTE INDEX: Protecting the migrant workers who rebuild after climate disaster
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INSTITUTE INDEX: Protecting the migrant workers who rebuild after climate disaster

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Number of Venezuelan migrants in New York City — many of them bused there from Texas by state officials protesting President Biden’s immigration policies — who have hopped onto vans headed to Florida to pursue vague promises of private-sector jobs in the Hurricane Ian recovery, even though community organizers have warned of human trafficking and recruitment fraud:…

The United States’ Practice of Forced Labor at Home and Abroad: Truth and Facts (Part One)
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The United States’ Practice of Forced Labor at Home and Abroad: Truth and Facts (Part One)

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BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — The United States’ Practice of Forced Labor at Home and Abroad: Truth and Facts August 2022 Introduction Over the years, the United States has concocted the biggest lies of the century such as the so-called “genocide” and “forced labor” in Xinjiang, in an attempt to smear and contain China. It…