UN Think Tank Urges Banks to Combat $150 billion Human Trafficking Business

UN Think Tank Urges Banks to Combat $150 billion Human Trafficking Business:

How Cleveland has become a leader in trying to eradicate human trafficking - CSMonitor.com

How Cleveland has become a leader in trying to eradicate human trafficking - CSMonitor.com:

Law Students In Maryland Help Human Trafficking Survivors Forget Their Past | Town of Morningside Maryland

Law Students In Maryland Help Human Trafficking Survivors Forget Their Past | Town of Morningside Maryland:

CMU startup company helps fight sex trafficking through facial recognition software | WPXI

CMU startup company helps fight sex trafficking through facial recognition software | WPXI:

NC budget provides no money to fight sex trafficking | Charlotte Observer

“This is not an issue that people vote on,” she recalled him saying. “And while it’s important to people, it’s not going to get representatives reelected.”

NC budget provides no money to fight sex trafficking | Charlotte Observer:

Human Trafficking a Hidden Toll of Indonesian Fisheries Wars

Human Trafficking a Hidden Toll of Indonesian Fisheries Wars:

Trafficking in Persons Report 2017

Trafficking in Persons Report 2017:

Airlines urged to train staff to help spot victims of trafficking | Global development | The Guardian

Airlines urged to train staff to help spot victims of trafficking | Global development | The Guardian:

Transportation officials have a role in human trafficking battle - Baltimore Sun

Transportation officials have a role in human trafficking battle - Baltimore Sun:

New NEXUS Study: Our Lives. Vulnerability and Resilience Among Indonesian Trafficking Victims (May 2017) | NEXUS Institute

New NEXUS Study: Our Lives. Vulnerability and Resilience Among Indonesian Trafficking Victims (May 2017) | NEXUS Institute:

Sex trafficking, child marriages linked, study of Mexico ...

Sex trafficking, child marriages linked, study of Mexico ...:

Special Report: The Texas Human Trafficking Trade | KABB

From how victims fall prey to how the public can be aware of the signs of human trafficking, Fox San Antonio's Yami Virgin delivers this in-depth report about the human trafficking trade in Texas.

Special Report: The Texas Human Trafficking Trade | KABB:

TRAFFICKING MONITOR: A comprehensive report by Yami Virgin. Well worth viewing.

Truckstop and Travel Plaza Group Partners With DHS To Fight Human Trafficking: Associations Now

Truckstop and Travel Plaza Group Partners With DHS To Fight Human Trafficking: Associations Now:

What is Men Standing Against Trafficking (MSAT)?

What is Men Standing Against Trafficking (MSAT)?:

Business can break slavery chains

Business can break slavery chains:

Fight Against Human Trafficking Extends To Hospitals « CBS Sacramento

Fight Against Human Trafficking Extends To Hospitals « CBS Sacramento:

Women often trapping girls, other women into human trafficking

Women often trapping girls, other women into human trafficking:

Immigration expert predicts human trafficking will surge under Trump | Daily Mail Online

Immigration expert predicts human trafficking will surge under Trump | Daily Mail Online:

(Reporting by Ellen Wulfhorst, Editing by Belinda Goldsmith; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Visit http://news.trust.org)

INTERVIEW - UK anti-slavery tsar says human trafficking from...

"Human trafficking by Nigerian crime gangs is one of the biggest challenges facing Britain's anti-slavery tsar who expressed frustration at seeing the numbers of Nigerian women likely to be trapped into sex slavery explode in the past two years."

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(Reporting by Ed Upright, Editing by Belinda Goldsmith; Please credit Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking and climate change. Visit news.trust.org)

Special Report: Sex trade battle is now an online war | Boston Herald

"Cops who once ran street-corner stings now fight the sex trade online — using social media campaigns to thwart sex buyers — and stake out the hotels, “massage” parlors and apartments where men buying illegal sex meet the girls that pimps are advertising online."

"They’re targeting “johns” and even young men who have never bought sex with facts about what they’re doing to opiate-addicted girls and women whose lives are controlled by abusive pimps."

"The twin strategies are to deny human traffickers the anonymity of the web, while making buyers aware of the consequences of their actions."

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