by Emma Ecker | Nov 1, 2021 | Belize, Breaking News, Our Stories, Stories from the Field
Two defendants in Belize were sentenced on October 28, 2021, for charges related to child trafficking after being convicted on September 28, 2021. Justice Antoinette Moore sentenced Jeffrey Perez to 12 years in prison for child sexual exploitation. Petrona Montejo was...
by Emma Ecker | Aug 18, 2021 | Our Stories, U.S. Updates
On August 9, 2021, a federal appeals court agreed with HTI’s recommendations submitted last year in an amicus curiae (or “friend of the court”) brief, or a legal document providing third-party assistance and background to the court. The Eleventh Circuit Court of...
by Kelli Ross | Dec 18, 2020 | In the News
In a December 17 Darling article, Fight the Fallacies: An Anti-Human Trafficking Expert’s Take on QAnon, Marie Martinez Israelite, Director of Victim Services, debunks a few of the most common falsehoods about human trafficking. Like many others in the...
by Kelli Ross | Oct 22, 2020 | In the News
Freedom Needs Truth is a coalition of organizations, including the Human Trafficking Institute, dedicated to fighting human trafficking, who are warning about the dangers posed by QAnon conspiracy theories. On October 21, 2020, Freedom Needs Truth posted an open...
