As a result, the innate sense of dan- ger involved with unlimited sexual license--a danger that previous generations felt strongly--has been in- creasingly marginalized. It is now much easier to se- duce or defraud women and children into prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation.by j...
A new weapon in the fight against human trafficking was unveiled yesterday in Mississauga. An online training resource established, in part, by the Women’s Trucking Federation of Canada (WTFC) is being provided to truckers who travel the 400-series highways and QEW in Mississauga, in addition...
The California Independent Oil Marketers Association (CIOMA), Sacramento, Calif., is working withTruckers Against Trafficking (TAT), an Englewood, Colo.-based nonprofit that was set up to educate the trucking industry about human trafficking. Half a million people in this industry are now trained ...
“[As] a nonprofit, we do really try to maximize our resources. And we know that every dollar matters, and that there's that difference between investing in IT or a survivor of human trafficking receiving aftercare, and that it supports each other and it's all really important. But there...
The fight against human trafficking has a David and Goliath aspect to it. Trafficking rings are a global scourge with an estimated 25 million victims and $150 billion in annual profits. Agencies and NGOs tasked with stopping the traffickers, however, are typically small and under-resourced. Rece...
An efficient transportation network is central to the success of any commercial enterprise, including those that aren’t legal. Our roads and bridges enable the scourge of human trafficking, but, in this clip from the latest episode of Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Think...
Or someone might be a talented artist, but not have the funds for a studio space or the time because of work commitments to pursue a career. A wealthy person may help to fund startups or an artist’s work in order to get them started in their career. To help fight hunger Sadly, hu...
For the first time, financial institutions were required to report cash deposits of more than $10,000, collect identifiable information of financial account owners, and maintain records of transactions. Additional legislation was passed in the 1980s amid increased efforts to fight drug trafficking, ...
Without it, security AI will lack a mission by which to protect the estate. Organizations who are vigilant about getting the underlying fundamentals of AI right can transform it from a potential risk into a powerful ally in the fight against cybercrime....
Prepaid mobile phones and websites are changing the nature of illegal sex trafficking in the United States. But tech giants like Google, Palantir, and Microsoft are all contributing resources to fight human traffickers worldwide.