Human Trafficking

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  How Does Sex Trafficking Intersect with Domestic Violence?

  Traffickers first groom victims, brainwash them into believing they’re in a consensual relationship | In a case out of Wisconsin, a young sex trafficking victim named ... read more

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  Should Sex Work Be Legalized?

  Advocacy groups debate over how best to help sex workers, many of whom are survivors of abuse and violence | Leaving abuse can mean that while survivors may be safer, ... read more

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  Hospitals on the Lookout for Human Trafficking

  A southwest healthcare group is training everyone from surgeons to security to spot human trafficking red flags | She might appear malnourished, fearful or confused ab... read more

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  What a Flight Attendant Learned About Human Trafficking

  I suspect it’s happening in my own, affluent, oceanside neighborhood | A few years ago, on board a flight from Los Angeles to New York, a group of young girls wore no... read more

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  23 Signs of Human Trafficking

  It may be happening in your community | By definition, human trafficking is the act of recruiting, transporting, transferring or keeping and receiving an individual... read more

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  Training to Spot Abuse

  New Illinois law makes domestic violence awareness part of beauty professionals’ education | A new law that went into effect Jan. 1 requires licensed beauty profess... read more

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  Bought and Sold: How One Woman Survived Human Trafficking

  Human trafficking is often intertwined with domestic violence | Lee* met her trafficker when she was just 18 years old. He was 28. She told him she wanted to get into ... read more