The FBI estimates that well over 100,000 children and young women are trafficked in America today. They range in age from 9 to 19, with the average age being 11. And many victims are no longer just runaways, or kids who've been abandoned. Many of them are from what would be considere...
Traffickers feared discovery of abuse Some study subjects described situations where their trafficker refused to bring them to medical attention out of fear that this would be an opportunity for victims to disclose or escape. “The whole time I was trafficked, I did not get any medical attention...
Emma Seyram Hamenoo, and Sottie Cynthia Akorfa. "Stories from Lake Volta: The lived experiences of trafficked children in Ghana." Child Abuse & Neglect, 40(2015); [source on file].Hamenoo ES, Sottie CA. Stories from Lake Volta: the lived experiences of trafficked children in Ghana. ...
Emmarae Gervasi, Missing for 26 Days, Discovered Alive on Boat; Arrest Made, Father Believes LI Teen was Sex Trafficked By Chris Boyle January 07, 2025 Emmarae's father discovered his daughter on a vessel docked in Islip on Friday, January 3, after receiving an anonymous tip; a 65 ye...
Many sheriffs from all over the country attended, proving that this is not just a border state problem. These drugs and trafficked persons are sent throughout the country, forcing states to assimilate, feed, and supply medical service for them at taxpayer expense. A sheriff from Massachusetts sa...
President of Guatemala Bernardo Arevalorecently apologized to adopteeswho were trafficked as children from Guatemala to the United States. ”‘On behalf of the state…I apologize publicly for the events of which you were victims,’ President Bernardo Arevalo said at an event in Guatemala City. ...
We want to bring awareness to the public about human trafficking, bring support to those who are being trafficked along with family and friends and we want to bring empowerment to the victims and survivors. Most of all we want to share a message of HOPE through the recovery process and let...
Thai police say Chinese actor was trafficked to Myanmar to work in a scam operation BANGKOK (AP) — A Chinese actor who disappeared after traveling to Thailand and was found near the border of Myanmar in an area where online scam networks operate was a victim of human trafficking, Thai polic...
2.5 million people are trafficked every year, how can Microsoft solutions help tackle this issue? Click on the infographic for more details. Academia and technology companies must work proactively with those combatting human trafficking, helping to understand and address how technology is being abused...
“I was in a season where the idea of resting in the presence of God was all that I longed for.” A few years earlier she’d left her east Texas family to chart a new path. “I am a first-generation high school and college graduate. I’m carving my own path, but for the bette...