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Human trafficking is defined by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as “the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or ...
Human Trafficking is a 2005 television miniseries about an American Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent going undercover to stop an organization from trafficking people, and shows the struggles of three trafficked women. Nefarious: Merchant of Souls is a 2011 American documentary film about modern human trafficking, specifically sexual ...
Following the banning of immigrants during the 1920s, human trafficking was not considered a major issue until the 1990s. [ 39 ] [ 29 ] The 1921 Convention set new goals for international efforts to stem human trafficking, primarily by giving the anti-trafficking movement further official recognition, as well as a bureaucratic apparatus to ...
Human trafficking can occur both within a single country or across national borders. It is distinct from people smuggling, which involves the consent of the individual being smuggled and typically ends upon arrival at the destination. In contrast, human trafficking involves exploitation and a lack of consent, often through force, fraud, or ...
SHREVEPORT, La. – A new report details human trafficking prosecution, arrest, and sentencing data provided by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.The report uses information collected by state law ...
Newspaper clip "Wanted 60,000 girls to take the place of 60,000 white slaves who will die this year" The Mann Act, previously called the White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910, is a United States federal law, passed June 25, 1910 (ch. 395, 36 Stat. 825; codified as amended at 18 U.S.C. §§ 2421–2424).
Those who’d like to report incidents of human trafficking can contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888 or call the FBI toll-free number at 1-800-CALLFBI (1-800-225-5324 ...
If you or someone you know is experiencing human trafficking and is in need of support, contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline by calling 1-888-373-7888, by texting 233733, or online via ...