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Robert Flynn: Ending human trafficking in Connecticut – Hartford Courant
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Robert Flynn: Ending human trafficking in Connecticut – Hartford Courant

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In a time marked by political, economic and social division, a remedy just may be to focus our collective attention on an issue upon which we all agree. An issue that impacts future generations. And one we can do something about. After all, besides the lowest of criminals, who can say they support human trafficking?…

Connecticut prosecutors launch regionalized human trafficking taskforce
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Connecticut prosecutors launch regionalized human trafficking taskforce

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The Regionalized Human Trafficking Recovery Taskforce has launched in Connecticut. The taskforce includes local and federal law enforcement, the Hartford State’s Attorney’s Office, the Department of Children and Families, and the Connecticut Children’s Alliance. The taskforce was created with a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime. Krystal Rich,…

CT launches task force to prevent human trafficking in Hartford area
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CT launches task force to prevent human trafficking in Hartford area

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In 2014, officials say Connecticut’s 17 teams of police and service providers dealing with child abuse across the state investigated or provided services for nine cases of child trafficking. By 2022, the number rose to 92, according to Krystal Rich, executive director of the Connecticut Children’s Alliance. “That number isn’t even scratching the surface,” Rich…

Task force to work to end human trafficking and provide trauma services to victims as numbers continue to climb
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Task force to work to end human trafficking and provide trauma services to victims as numbers continue to climb

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The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced a human trafficking task force in partnership with the Connecticut Children’s Alliance and law enforcement agencies on Wednesday morning in Rocky Hill. The federally funded task force is aimed at ending human trafficking in the Greater Hartford region and providing support for victims, according to Hartford State’s Attorney…

Reports of online predators are skyrocketing: Why sextortion is the ‘fastest growing crime’
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Reports of online predators are skyrocketing: Why sextortion is the ‘fastest growing crime’

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The Human Anti-Trafficking Response Team, a pilot task force launched this summer in Hartford, is designed to directly help those who have been victims of sex trafficking in Hartford, West Hartford, East Hartford, Bloomfield, Glastonbury, Windsor, South Windsor and Manchester, with a goal of creating a statewide model. As the task force develops its plan…

Division of Criminal Justice’s Regionalized Human Trafficking Recovery Taskforce of the Greater Hartford Region To Host Screening of Documentary “Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic” – CT.gov
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Division of Criminal Justice’s Regionalized Human Trafficking Recovery Taskforce of the Greater Hartford Region To Host Screening of Documentary “Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic” – CT.gov

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Press Releases 09/23/2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Hartford, CT) – The Division of Criminal Justice’s Regionalized Human Trafficking Recovery Taskforce of the Greater Hartford Region is hosting a screening of a new documentary about the rapid rise of “sextortion” crimes across the United States. A special screening of “Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic” will be held at 6 p.m….