by Cherisse Francis | Jun 26, 2019 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: CHERISSE FRANCIS Throughout the world, the crime of trafficking in persons (TIP) is considered ‘the fastest growing type of organized crime’ and ‘the third-largest criminal activity in the world’.1 Until recent years, the threat of this multibillion-dollar...
by Marie Martinez Israelite | Apr 26, 2019 | Advocacy, Articles, Legal Blog
By: MARIE MARTINEZ ISRAELITE and SULEMAN MASOOD Information’s Role in Empowering Victims At the beginning of a victim’s relationship with law enforcement, the criminal justice process and expectations for the victim are often unclear. Immigrant victims may lack basic...
by Elizabeth Ranade Janis | Nov 13, 2018 | Advocacy, Articles, Legal Blog
By: ELIZABETH RANADE JANIS For Harold D’Souza and his family, the complexity of finding and navigating assistance in the criminal justice and social service systems is not an abstraction. In 2003, the D’Souza family arrived in the United States seeking hope and...