We have just received word that the Phoenix VICE Squad will not be subject to further budget cuts! This is a major victory for the cause to eradicate Child Sex Slavery in Phoenix.
We at BRANDED acknowledge that the power of YOUR collective voices influenced the leaders of our city into agreement. The political process resulted [...]
Virginia: Legislature Unanimously Passes Criminal Forfeiture Legislation! ?(Updated March 3, 2010)?Legislation requiring the forfeiture of vehicles used in human trafficking passed the Virginia General Assembly unanimously and now goes to Virginia Governor McDonnell for his signature. House Bill 1113 would permit the forfeiture of a vehicle used in the crime of abduction – which covers [...]
Alabama is one of only a few states with no law against human trafficking! Forty-three other states have passed human trafficking laws. Alabama legislators can take one step closer to eradicating human trafficking in Alabama by passing House Bill 432. House Bill 432 would create new human trafficking crimes and penalties; provide for mandatory restitution [...]
A crackdown on human trafficking has led to several arrests in Montgomery County. Police have arrested six people in three separate human trafficking incidents that all involved social networking Web sites. Please click here to read the full article and to learn more about how new technologies proliferate human trafficking in the US.
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Tucked away in a trailer park just a few miles outside the Columbia city limits was the center of South Carolina’s first human trafficking case. Inside was a 14-year-old child, smuggled into the US, then trafficked to a pimp and forced to service dozens of men a day in the Midlands. Please click here to [...]
Katherine Chon, from the Washington, D.C.-based Polaris Project, won the “DVF” People’s Voice Award today. Chon, president and co-founder of the nonprofit organization that battles human trafficking, will receive the $50,000 prize March 13, 2010, the closing night of The Daily Beast’s Women in the World Summit at the United Nations in New York City. [...]
For various reasons, the few statistics we have under-represent the severity of the issue. However, we know that Portland has the largest sex industry per capita in the country and that Oregon plays a major role in the lucrative Pacific coast trafficking circuit because of the I-5 corridor, our international airport and proximity to Canada. [...]
“International trafficking has excited a whole lot of interest,” says Raphael, a research fellow at the DePaul University College of Law. “We’ve been trying to say for years: We have the same thing happening to girls born and bred in Chicago.” Please click here to read the full article.
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Woman and children from all parts of the world are involved in sex trafficking or what’s also known as the modern day slave trade. Ron Childs says, “Approximately 27 million people are in slavery in the world today, and the issue isn’t overseas. It happens in Kansas too.” Please click here to read the full [...]
Authorities have busted up a sex-trafficking ring accused of forcing a 14-year-old girl to have sex with men throughout San Antonio and Corpus Christi. Linked to the ring is former Spurs guard and four-time NBA All-Star Alvin Robertson. Please click here to read the full article.
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There was a subcommittee hearing in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, February 24, investigating child trafficking in America. It is high time that our government shift gears and do something about this at the legislative level. DOJ must be the first to create and execute a national plan and do so quickly in order to save [...]
The rap artist, the Afghan immigrant in the import-export business and the Internet company owner are all pimps, Montgomery County police say, and they called a news conference yesterday to highlight their actions and ask for tougher laws in Maryland to combat human trafficking. Please click here to read the full article.
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A 27-year-old Salt Lake City man who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking was sentenced to the maximum term of five years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday. Please click here to read the full article.
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A long-time anti-trafficking advocate, Demi unleashed the power of her social media network to get out the vote for her cause to benefit GEMS. The Pepsi Refresh Grant will allow GEMS to train 10 former victims as outreach workers and employ them to go back to their community and refresh the lives of thousands of [...]
take risks By Ben Cooley
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