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Human trafficking is defined by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as “the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or ...
Those who’d like to report incidents of human trafficking can contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888 or call the FBI toll-free number at 1-800-CALLFBI (1-800-225-5324 ...
The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons was established in October 2001 as a result of the passing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.This enabling legislation required the President to create a bureau within the State Department to specifically address human trafficking and exploitation on all levels and to take legal action against perpetrators.
More than 260 people, most of them women and children, were reported victims of human trafficking in North Carolina at the end of 2020. The actual number of victims and survivors in the state ...
Human Trafficking is a 2005 television miniseries about an American Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent going undercover to stop an organization from trafficking people, and shows the struggles of three trafficked women. Nefarious: Merchant of Souls is a 2011 American documentary film about modern human trafficking, specifically sexual ...
The Polaris Project operates the National Human Trafficking Hotline, which according to its website is “one of the most extensive data sets on the issue of human trafficking in the United States.”
Human trafficking can occur both within a single country or across national borders. It is distinct from people smuggling, which involves the consent of the individual being smuggled and typically ends upon arrival at the destination. In contrast, human trafficking involves exploitation and a lack of consent, often through force, fraud, or ...
The Lenawee Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition is hosting a presentation and discussion about human trafficking Jan. 30 at the Adrian District Library.