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[8] According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC), in 2014, there were 452 reported cases of human trafficking and 1,876 calls made to the center. [9] Texas ranked second in the nation for number of tips to the NHTRC, with 2,236 calls, emails, or tip forms received by the center. [10]
Jan. 3—AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) on Wednesday encouraged Texans to educate themselves and their loved ones about the dangers of ...
The prevalence of Human trafficking in Houston, Texas is the worst of any U.S. city. Between 2007 and 2016 the city ranked first for reported trafficking cases, [1] while in 2019 the number of cases nearly doubled compared to the previous three years, [2] despite Mayoral initiatives, [3] due to the highly organized nature of this criminal business.
The Texas Association Against Sexual Assault: educates rape centers and domestic violence shelters throughout Texas about human trafficking. [ 215 ] Free the Captives is a Christian-based NGO that has objectives including educating the community, preventing, and intervening in the trafficking of at-risk teens, reducing the demand, and pursuing ...
The Corpus Christi Regional Transit Authority held a Human Trafficking Summit on Aug. 16, 2024, in downtown Corpus Christi to bring together law enforcement, victims service advocates and speakers.
In addition to the gang’s sex trafficking in New York, Tren de Aragua also took over the Gateway hotel in the West Texas border city, wielding guns and hatchets while also engaging in fights ...
Slavery Footprint, a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, that works to end human trafficking and modern-day slavery [23] Stop Child Trafficking Now, an organization founded by Lynette Lewis, an author and public speaker [24] Stop the Traffik, a campaign coalition which aims to bring an end to human trafficking worldwide
Anyone who is or who knows a potential victim in this, or any other case of sex trafficking or human trafficking or has any information regarding this or any other investigation can contact ...