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The Lao government demonstrated progress in its anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts and willingness to collaborate with other countries as well as NGOs and international organizations. Laos prohibits all forms of trafficking through Penal Code Article 134, which prescribes penalties that are sufficiently stringent and commensurate with ...
The investigation is ongoing, police said, and further charges against several other individuals are pending. Anyone who has information about this case or is a victim of human/labor trafficking ...
Jan. 3—AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) on Wednesday encouraged Texans to educate themselves and their loved ones about the dangers of ...
Labor trafficking plays a large role in Texas' economy, but still fails to receive sufficient attention in anti-trafficking legislation. [3] The number of instances of labor trafficking has increased with the growing globalization of trade and the accompanying desire to increase profits by minimizing labor costs. [12]
The man is accused of forcing people smuggled from Cuba to work at a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission-licensed business to pay off the smuggling debts. Cuban citizen arrested by TABC agents on ...
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act was renewed in 2003, 2006, 2008 (when it was renamed the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008). The law lapsed in 2011. In 2013, the entirety of the Trafficking Victims Protection was attached as an amendment to the Violence Against Women Act and passed. [2]
The owners and managers of Magnolia Cleaning Services in Williamsburg have been sentenced in an ongoing large-scale human trafficking case. In 2021, a tip from an acquaintance of one of the ...
Sex trafficking in Laos is human trafficking for sexual exploitation and slavery that occurs in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Laos is primarily an origin country for sexually trafficked persons. [1] [2] Sex trafficking victims in the country are from all ethnic groups in Laos and foreigners.