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Human trafficking in Texas is the illegal trade of human beings as it occurs in the state of Texas. It is a modern-day form of slavery and usually involves commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor , both domestic and agricultural.
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 1921 Convention ensure that protection from trafficking and sexual exploitation on the international level. The Article 6 states that "The High Contracting Parties agree, in case they have not already taken licensing and supervision of employment agencies and offices, to prescribe such regulations as are required to ensure the protection of women and children seeking employment in another ...
The state is the second-highest consumer of human trafficking in the U.S. ‘Sound of Freedom’ is a reminder of Texas’ disheartening role in human trafficking Skip to main content
Polaris is a nonprofit non-governmental organization that works to combat and prevent sex and labor trafficking in North America. The organization's 10-year strategy is built around the understanding that human trafficking does not happen in vacuum but rather is the predictable end result of a range of other persistent injustices and inequities in our society and our economy.
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 ...
Shared Hope focused its attention on eleven American locations, including cities in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, and New York, [5] examining the access to and delivery of services for child sex trafficking victims. This research resulted in the publication of The National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: America's Prostituted Children.
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 ...