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A migrant child in Thailand, some of the most vulnerable to trafficking.© 2012 World Vision
We often say or read that human trafficking is a $32 billion industry and the second largest illegal trade after the illegal drug trade. $32 billion is a huge number. I don’t know about you but when I hear numbers that large I think, “Wow, that’s a lot”, but find it difficult to understand what that means, especially for vulnerable or enslaved men, women, and children. So let’s put this number in...
Trickery cuts a wide swath in India’s impoverished communities. People often leave home in search of work, and many find themselves being trafficked instead.
FTS frontline partner MSEMVS aims to change that. And young people are at the heart of the strategy. The goal of the Trafficking Prevention Plan is to stop migration from becoming a road to slavery.
To do that, MSEMVS targets schools in some of India’s most vulnerable villages. Using case studies, posters and pamphlets, they teach students...
The Junior League of Westchester County invites you to attend a Legislative Breakfast and discussion on human trafficking and modern day slavery in New York.
When: Friday, May 24, 2013, 9 – 11 AM
Where: Greensburgh Town Hall, 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY
Register at: jlnw.org
Special guest panel will feature presentations by:
Amy Paulin, NYS Assembly Member
Allison Boak, IOFA
Dorchen Leidholdt, Sanctuary for Families
David Ryan, Pound Ridge Police Department
Carol Smolenski, ECPAT USA...
Not For Sale celebrates justice served, following the arrest of a notorious sex trafficker and drug dealer in South Africa. Cape Town officials are naming the arrest one of the most significant recent breakthroughs in the local fight against human trafficking.
The man in question is the second West African male to be charged this month. He and his brother, who was earlier taken into custody, are considered to be the driving force behind sex trafficking of local South African girls from Durban,...
Girl in Cambodia. Photo: © 2012 Jon Warren/World Vision
Today we share a special post from Jill Hansen in the WOV Colorado chapter. A poet, Jill used her talent to write “Abduction”, a poem which describes the anguish of trafficking and the hope found in Jesus. Jill describes how the poem came to her and how she has shared it.
I woke up one morning in December 2011 and it was as if a seed had been planted. I knew a poem was coming, but I didn’t know what it was going to be...
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