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Last week during a three day law enforcement operation, “Operation Cross Country”, 6 federal officers rescued 79 children and arrested 104 alleged pimps, the FBI announced Tuesday (here). The Operation took place over the weekend with more than 2,500 local, state, and federal officers working in 57 cities. This is an intensive law enforcement effort [...]
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New facility to help sex trafficking victims heal | abc13.com.
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Dear Friends, As a member of the Triple S Network, Global Centurion Foundation is encouraging its network of supporters to consider voting for another Triple S member the prestigious Stay Classy Award for Young Nonprofit Leader of the Year. Diana Mao for the past four years has volunteered her time as the president and co-founder of Nomi Network, [...]
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Media Contact Laura Lederer, President Global Centurion Foundation llederer@globalcenturion.org 703 276 3000 (office) 703 919 6828 (cell) Washington, D.C. (August 2, 2011) More than 1,000 people were arrested last week by Mexican police in a crackdown on human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Ciudad Juarez, a town just across the southern border of the U.S. [...]
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Media Contacts Laura Lederer, President Global Centurion Foundation Marisa Ugarte, Executive Director Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition 619 459 8559 703 919 6828 Washington, D.C. (August 8, 2011) Mass arrests of traffickers in Mexican human trafficking raids – what about the women? More than 1,000 people were arrested last week by Mexican police in a crackdown on human [...]
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A Roundtable Discussion on… THE LINK BETWEEN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND STREET GANGS May 5 2011 Presented by, Global Centurion Offices 2000 Clarendon Avenue, Suite #300 Arlington, VA 22209 RSVP By phone: 703 276 3000 Or email: sbt2g@mtmail.mtsu.edu
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Laura J. Lederer. 2010. “Addressing Demand: Why And How Policymakers Should Utilize Law And Law Enforcement To Target Customers Of Commercial Sexual Exploitation.” Regent UL Rev. 23: 297–447 URL: http://docs.google.com/open?id=0ByNbd6oCJbV1TXA0anNKaHYwX00
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Sun journalist honoured By JENNY YUEN, Toronto Sun Last Updated: March 28, 2010 1:09pm A Toronto Sun crime reporter is being honoured for her work on exposing Toronto’s human trafficking industry. Tamara Cherry, who has been covering the beat since January 2008, has won an award in the first annual Glendene and Jesse Awards Ceremony [...]
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Sexual violence in Haitian camps of the displaced, beyond the numbers By Chiara Liguori Caribbean researcher for Amnesty International Since the first days of the earthquake, many humanitarian and human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, have issued warnings about the increased risk of gender based and sexual violence. The risks are well founded. Thousands of [...]
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Our work with the Salvation Army, and others, in Combatting the Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) in Haiti is well underway. In our efforts to raise the awareness of the Haitian people on the perils of human trafficking and their rights, messaging campaigns (both Creole & English), such as the following food label project, are being [...]
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