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Criticism includes a lack of understanding of human trafficking issues, poor identification of victims and a lack of resources for the key pillars of anti-trafficking – identification, protection, prosecution and prevention. For example, Amnesty International has called the UK government's new anti-trafficking measures "not fit for purpose".
Major issues: Atlanta is now a major transportation hub when it comes to trafficking young girls from Mexico and is one of the fourteen U.S. cities with the highest levels of sex trafficking of children. [165] In 2007 the sex trade generated $290 million (~$411 million in 2023) in Atlanta. [162]
La Manda Broyles, executive director of TRM, sees firsthand just how big of an issue human trafficking is in the area. She said most of the human trafficking TRM encounters involves some sort of ...
An investigation by NorthJersey.com and The Record examines the issue of human trafficking in New Jersey. Find the complete coverage here.
Following the banning of immigrants during the 1920s, human trafficking was not considered a major issue until the 1990s. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The 1921 Convention set new goals for international efforts to stem human trafficking, primarily by giving the anti-trafficking movement further official recognition, as well as a bureaucratic apparatus to ...
Suspected human trafficking can be reported to The National Human Trafficking Hotline, 1(888)-373-7888, and the Georgia Trafficking Hotline, 1(866)-363-4842. Show comments Advertisement
Serbian legislative Article 388 explicitly defines the term "human trafficking" and makes it distinct from smuggling. This Article also places higher penalties on those found trafficking minors. [14] While Article 388 defines human trafficking, Article 390 explicitly states that trafficking and any other form of slavery is illegal in Serbia. [14]
Nationally, concerns about human trafficking were starting to catch on, with Republican President George W. Bush assembling the first national training conference on the issue in 2004 and warning ...