By: EMILY SAUER Lee Andrew Paul is a self-proclaimed pimp that recruited teens to join his sex
Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery that occurs in every state, including Florida. The NHTH works closely with service providers, law enforcement, and other professionals in Florida to serve victims and survivors of trafficking, respond to human trafficking cases, and share information and resources.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has further assisted many non-governmental organizations in their fight against human trafficking. The 2006 armed conflict in Lebanon, which saw 300,000 domestic workers from Sri Lanka, Ethiopia and the Philippines jobless and targets of traffickers, led to an emergency information …
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Sexual slavery (sometimes known as sexual exploitation) is attaching the right of ownership over one or more persons with the intent of coercing or otherwise forcing them to engage in one or more sexual activities.
The Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons leads the United States’ global engagement against human trafficking, an umbrella term used to describe the activities involved when someone obtains or holds a …
Each year about 17,500 individuals are brought into the United States and held against their will as victims of human trafficking. Some estimate the number is …
According to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and ren (2000), trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of ren for the purpose of exploitation. It is a violation of their rights, their well
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The National Human Trafficking Hotline maintains one of the most extensive data sets on the issue of human trafficking in the United States. The statistics contained on this website are based on aggregated information learned through signals — phone calls, emails, and online tip reports — received by the Hotline.