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YONKERS, NY — Lawrence Grecco, aka Larry Ray, learned his fate on Friday, weeks after being convicted of unspeakable crimes against his daughter’s college friends. Ray, who was convicted in April of extortion, and forcing students he met at his daughter’s on-campus housing at Sarah Lawrence College into slave labor and prostitution, was sentenced to…
KOTA KINABALU: Efforts are underway to amend Sabah’s Native Court Enactment to put an end to child marriages. Former Sabah law and native affairs assistant minister Jannie Lasimbang said the Native Courts in Sabah will have to be prepared to deal with cases related to applications for marriages involving anyone below age 18 once the…
EDITOR’S NOTE: USA TODAY does not name victims of sexual violence. Massage workers in this story are referred to by their spa nicknames or their initials. Shirley had been in Baltimore for only a few weeks when she was arrested. She mostly remembers how loud the police were. How rough. She was living and working at…
The Southern Nevada Human Trafficking Task force held its first meeting of 2023 Wednesday afternoon at Metro Headquarters. The task force is an awareness and prevention resource fair, open to the public, which includes state, local and federal law enforcement, along with representatives from the hotel industry and victims’ resources. According to RISE program director…
Human trafficking is not just happening nationally or internationally, but something that takes place in Aiken. Crystal Ratliff, the dean of Student Services and Retention at Aiken Technical College spoke Wednesday during a lecture held at the collegeas part of National Human Trafficking Awareness month. It covered several examples of human trafficking including forced labor, how…
The status of women reflects a country’s social, economic, and mental health. In India, women have been seen as a representation of spirituality. Nevertheless, still women are denied equality and rights. They’ve been mistreated and treated unfairly compared to men. Socially negative factors like dowry, the sati-system, child marriage, and female infanticide are still very…
The ISU Gender Resource Center will host its 2023 Anti-Human Trafficking Symposium on January 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Wood and Little Wood River Rooms of the Pond Student Union. Human trafficking spans the United States and occurs in every state, including Idaho. There is a network of people that target…
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is releasing its first-ever National Strategy to Advance Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) Communities. The new strategy, which comprises action plans prepared by 32 federal agencies—including all 15 executive departments in the President’s Cabinet—builds on the Administration’s broader equity agenda and…
Human trafficking is the second-largest criminal activity in the world and the fastest-growing. Awareness in the United States has increased, but human trafficking continues to go underreported due to its nature of isolation, the misconception of the definition of human trafficking and the lack of awareness of its signs and indicators. Human trafficking occurs when…
GENEVA (16 January 2023) – UN experts* today expressed alarm at the reported rise in abductions, forced marriages and conversions of underage girls and young women from religious minorities in Pakistan and called for immediate efforts to curtail the practices and ensure justice for victims. “We urge the Government to take immediate steps to prevent…
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