Human trafficking is a complex issue. It should come as no surprise that representing survivors in our current legal system presents many unique...

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Human trafficking is a complex issue. It should come as no surprise that representing survivors in our current legal system presents many unique...
Taushia Chacon is an empowered woman and devoted mother. She is also a sex trafficking survivor. In August 2020, her trafficker was sentenced to...
By: REBECCA JUN During this holiday season, every purchase will have a rippling effect. While bringing happiness to the gift receiver, purchases...
By: REBECCA JUN On October 29, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo presented the 2019 Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat...
By: ANITA ALVAREZ and JENNIFER GREENE When the United Nations passed the Palermo Protocols in 2000, combatting trafficking in persons became a...
By: NICOLE SMITH The Center for Mind and Culture (CMAC) recently released “Counter-Trafficking Top 40: Tools Against Child Trafficking,” a white...
By: MARIE MARTINEZ ISRAELITE and SULEMAN MASOOD Information’s Role in Empowering Victims At the beginning of a victim’s relationship with law...
By: MARIE MARTINEZ ISRAELITE and SULEMAN MASOOD Survivors of human trafficking experience devastating long-term effects from trauma related to their...
By: DOROTHY TAFT Every woman’s journey into and out of being trafficked is unique. Vulnerabilities vary. The impact of trauma varies. However, one...
Edited by: CASSONDRA (Cj) MURPHY and ALYSSA CURRIER A hallmark of human trafficking cases is the complex, long-term trauma victims experience during...
By: CASSONDRA (Cj) MURPHY In September 2018, the Human Trafficking Legal Center published its report, United States Federal Courts’ Continuing...
By: ELIZABETH RANADE JANIS For Harold D’Souza and his family, the complexity of finding and navigating assistance in the criminal justice and social...