Trafficking Archive
By: Charmaine Santos Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), a nonprofit health system, has created a free, online educational course called “Addressing Human Trafficking in the Health Care Setting” to help clinicians in identifying and responding to human trafficking victims. The course …
County leadership in Los Angeles today passed a motion aimed at increasing protections for victims of child sex trafficking while also decreasing the stigma associated with this form of child abuse. A motion approved today by the Los Angeles County …
By: Janice Tjeng Edited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq. Unseen Chains is a film that tells the story of a young girl who is manipulated into a domestic minor sex trafficking ring. Domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) is the commercial sexual exploitation …
By: Sara KimEdited by: Sharon E. ChinIn order to expose the crime of minor sex trafficking in the United States, filmmaker Tim Matsui has created a documentary about the issue. Matsui has already been accredited for documenting and journaling sexual …
By: Charmaine SantosTwo years ago, U.S. authorities launched Blue Lightning, an anti-trafficking campaign that encouraged airlines to train their employees on how to identify possible traffickers and report suspicious behavior to police. Now U.S. flight attendants are asking the government …
By: Luis GayEdited by: Sharon E. Chin On May 14, 2015, sex slave survivor Minh Dang received the Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award from Womenspace in honor of her efforts to end human trafficking at the Hyatt Regency in Princeton. Dang …
By: Luis GayEdited by: Sharon E. ChinIn regions devastated by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal, which killed more than 7,000 people, hundreds of thousands people living in rural communities are now homeless and left without possessions. Human traffickers …
By: Sara KimSex trafficking occurs more frequently in America than many people assume, and takes form in diverse ways and areas throughout the country. One of the problems that sex trafficking victims face lies in the justice system, which does …
Jen Spry, a human trafficking survivor. (Photo: Russ DeSantis)By: Janice TjengJen Spry, a 42-year-old registered nurse, was once a victim of child trafficking. When she was 8, her neighbor caught her and the other children at her neighborhood, Norristown, Pennsylvania. …
