Sex trafficking: Lifelong struggle of exploited children - BBC News

Check out Ian Pannell's powerful report on the lifelong struggle of America's sexually exploited children.

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Statement on 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report | Polaris | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery

" We are disappointed to see countries like Malaysia upgraded in the report’s rankings in order to expand trade relations..."

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Human trafficking at airports: 7 warning signs - CNN.com

Human trafficking at airports: 7 warning signs - CNN.com:

Beyond Brothels: Farms And Fisheries Are Frontier Of Human Trafficking : The Salt : NPR

When the U.S. State Department released its annual human trafficking report on Monday, it told distressingly familiar tales of forced sex work and housekeepers kept against their will. But this year, one area got special attention: Slavery in the global supply chains of agriculture, fishing and aquaculture.

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U.S. softens view of Malaysia, Cuba in human trafficking report | Reuters

U.S. softens view of Malaysia, Cuba in human trafficking report | Reuters:

The Fight to End Sex Trafficking - Shared Hope International

Exposing Trafficking

Shared Hope International Founder Linda Smith recently had the privilege of exposing sex trafficking for the strategic and evil trap that it is at TEDx Portland:

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Human Trafficking: One of the Top Three Crimes Against Native Women - New America Media

“Every tribal community needs to become very educated and very aware about human trafficking. They need to understand the signs and report it to an advocate or law enforcement agency if they know or suspect that something is going on.”

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Community joins forces to educate minors and educators on human trafficking | Fort Bend Southwest Star Newspaper

The first line of defense for children against human trafficking is a teacher or educational administrator.

“These individuals are the ones who might see the ‘red flags’ and be in a position to ask the appropriate questions,” said Lamar Consolidated ISD Director of Support Services, Dr. Jennifer Roberts, Ed.

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The food sector braces itself for crackdown on modern-day slavery | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian

The food sector braces itself for crackdown on modern-day slavery | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian:

Survivors of modern-day slavery 'abandoned and risk being re-trafficked' | Law | The Guardian

Survivors of modern-day slavery 'abandoned and risk being re-trafficked' | Law | The Guardian:

A Bangladeshi Town in Human Trafficking’s Grip - The New York Times

A Bangladeshi Town in Human Trafficking’s Grip - The New York Times:

Grants | Administration for Children and Families

Trafficking Victim Assistance Program

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The 'boat people' crisis won't end until Burma stops persecuting the Rohingya | Global Development Professionals Network | The Guardian

The 'boat people' crisis won't end until Burma stops persecuting the Rohingya | Global Development Professionals Network | The Guardian:

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Social media, Rohingya and damn lies

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Human trafficking victim to challenge Hong Kong's laws

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Exclusive: U.S. poised to upgrade Cuba in annual human trafficking report -sources | Reuters

Exclusive: U.S. poised to upgrade Cuba in annual human trafficking report -sources | Reuters:

Grants | Administration for Children and Families

Demonstration Grants for Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking

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Opinion: Stop glamorizing pimp culture - CNN.com

"We must implement strong laws that hold exploiters accountable and provide protection to victims. But if we are going to eliminate exploitation -- if we are really going to end trafficking -- we need to change the culture. And that culture change starts with our kids."

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How a Human Trafficking Victim Shook This Sheltered American Girl to the Core | Rachel Pross

"A big part of catching traffickers is following the money, and that is where financial institutions can assist law enforcement by identifying and reporting the distinct transaction patterns of traffickers and their victims. That $150 billion in illegal profits has to be laundered and introduced to the financial system eventually, and we can catc"

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Selling Atlanta's children: What has and hasn't changed - CNN.com

"The image sticks in my mind: A female defendant is escorted into the courtroom with shackles around her ankles, making it difficult to walk... . She was 10."

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New Md. laws help victims of human trafficking - Herald Mail Media: Local News

"The Maryland General Assembly passed three bills during the 2015 legislative session on human trafficking in the state, each focusing on a different aspect of aid for victims."

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Trafficking in Rural America | Love146

"While providing care to survivors of child trafficking from rural areas of Connecticut, we’ve found that human trafficking in less populated areas has unique characteristics. From our experience in the field and our direct work with survivors in these types of locations, here are some patterns we have noticed:"


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Summer Camp Teaches Kids Dangers of Trafficking - World - CBN News - Christian News 24-7 - CBN.com

"For most kids, summer camp is a care-free time playing outside and learning to camp. But children in the Philippines are learning different kinds of survival skills -- how to keep from being victims of human trafficking."

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Rights groups urge U.S. to reconsider Malaysia human-trafficking rating | Reuters

"Melysa Sperber, director of the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking, a coalition of 14 U.S.-based human rights organizations, said a Malaysian upgrade would lack credibility, would undermine the State Department’s anti-trafficking reports and would be “purely political.”

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Trial of Australian Journalist and Colleague on Thai Charges Set to Proceed - Phuket Wan

The charges came about after the pair published an excerpt from a Reuters story about the trafficking and persecution of Rohingya refugees that implicated Thai ''naval forces''. 

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Outcry as Malaysia's human trafficking record brings praise from US | US news | The Guardian

"The United States is upgrading Malaysia from the lowest tier on its list of worst human trafficking centres, US sources said on Wednesday, a move that could smooth the way for an ambitious US-led free-trade deal with the south-east Asian nation and 11 other countries."

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‘Modern Day Slavery:’ 4 Charged In Forcing Illegal Immigrant Minors To Work At Local Farms | WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio

"Federal officials say they uncovered a ring involving forced labor- with underage victims that were deceived, isolated, and threatened.

They say the victims were housed and controlled in several trailers in the park, driven to work, and then brought home by the defendants."

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Elizabeth Echevarria: Stop human trafficking in Western Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Sex trafficking thrives in the shadows. It is our responsibility as a society to shine a light on those dark places, to drive out into the open the evils that thrive in our communities."

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Gov. Bryant receives human trafficking task force report - The Dispatch

 "Factors that lead to domestic minor sex trafficking are particularly prevalent in Mississippi, the report found. They include not only poverty and lack of education, but a high rate of police corruption, crime, runaway and homeless youth and demand for prostitution. The report also stated that domestic minor sex trafficking has become so common it's been normalized and, in some cares, glamorized by te"

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Visa joins MasterCard, AmEx in ending use for Backpage sex ads | The Bell Jar

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Study reveals the sad secret world of child prostitution | Scoop News

“It makes me angry on behalf of the children, angry that the child doesn’t have a better community.

“It’s not that the families didn’t care, it’s that they actually didn’t have the capacity to care for these kids. And the communities were turning a blind eye, so the schools didn’t notice.

“It made me wonder how someone can go to school every day while coming down off methamphetamine, having been out doing sex work the night before - and never have that picked up by anyone at the school?”

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FBI — Louisiana Motel Owner Pleads Guilty in Sex Trafficking Case

"According to evidence presented in court and documents filed in connection with the case, Patel acknowledged that, in his role as the former owner of the Riviera Motel, he regularly rented rooms to individuals who are charged as sex trafficking co-conspirators in connection with this case, knowing they were pimps who forced and coerced women to engage in prostitution. Patel admitted that although he never personally recruited, groomed or coerced any of the victims, he benefited financially from the sex trafficking operation."

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Book Offers Strategies to Protect Foster Youth from Online Predators | The Chronicle of Social Change

“The two main times in a foster child’s life at which they are the most vulnerable to fall prey to sexual predators are when the child is undergoing puberty and when the child is aging out of foster care,” Singleton said.

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