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Personal View: Human trafficking is a community problem
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Personal View: Human trafficking is a community problem

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Since 2015, the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking has run ads and billboards with the message “It Happens Here, Too.” Recent local arrests as part of a human trafficking sting — including a former school superintendent — have really awakened people to the notion that human trafficking is not someone else’s problem. Since news of…

SC sees human trafficking reports increase in 2022, AG Wilson expands task force – WIS-TV
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SC sees human trafficking reports increase in 2022, AG Wilson expands task force – WIS-TV

ByEyes on Trafficking News

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – More victims of human trafficking were reported in 2022 than the year before across South Carolina, according to the state’s 2022 Human Trafficking Task Force Annual Report. Attorney General Alan Wilson released the 10th annual report during a press conference on Monday. “We will not stop with this crusade until we…

East Cleveland native hosts community event on human-trafficking to raise awareness
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East Cleveland native hosts community event on human-trafficking to raise awareness

ByEyes on Trafficking News

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — As of June of this year, Ohio ranks fifth for human trafficking cases. But the state’s rate of human trafficking is the fourth highest at nearly four victims per 100,000 citizens. That’s significantly higher than the national average. Those troubling statistics are among the reasons for a special event in East…

Cleveland, Ohio Moves to Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking – USA Herald
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Cleveland, Ohio Moves to Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking – USA Herald

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Across the United States, the societal plight of human trafficking continues to receive more attention than it has in previous years. This goes for both the general public and law enforcement. However, this iteration of modern-day slavery still requires much more work before its total eradication occurs. Today, human trafficking continues to impact the lives…

Tens of thousands of minors, adults sex trafficked in Sacramento County, study finds – KCRA Sacramento
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Tens of thousands of minors, adults sex trafficked in Sacramento County, study finds – KCRA Sacramento

ByEyes on Trafficking News

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — More than 13,000 people have been sex trafficked in Sacramento County in recent years, according to a first-of-its-kind study that also found teens are especially at risk. Most people in the county are unaware of the scope of the problem, the study said. It revealed about 13,079 minors and adults were…

GFEMS Announces New Award to Fight Forced Labor in Brazil
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GFEMS Announces New Award to Fight Forced Labor in Brazil

ByBilly Joe Cain

The Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (GFEMS) is launching a new partnership with the Program to End Modern Slavery at the United States Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons targeting labor trafficking in the coffee supply chain in Brazil.