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Physicians for Human Rights. Polaris, a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that works to combat and prevent modern day slavery and human trafficking. PREDA Foundation, a charitable organization that was founded in Olongapo City, Philippines, in 1974. Prerana, a non-governmental organization ( NGO) that works in the red-light districts of ...
Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation. [1] Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally. It is distinct from people smuggling, which is characterized by the consent of the person being smuggled.
Terminology. Human trafficking is a form of slavery, involving the illegal smuggling and trading of people for forced labor or sexual exploitation. Trafficking is officially defined as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by means of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, or abuse of power from a position ...
For help, call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888 or text 233733.
It's called the blue campaign. "Wear Blue Day" is designated to raise awareness of human trafficking and that awareness continues throughout January. It's led by the Department of Homeland Security.
Polaris is a nonprofit non-governmental organization that works to combat and prevent sex and labor trafficking in North America. The organization's 10-year strategy is built around the understanding that human trafficking does not happen in vacuum but rather is the predictable end result of a range of other persistent injustices and inequities in our society and our economy.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is teaming up with ride-hailing company Lyft to prevent human trafficking and raise awareness on the issue, the department announced Wednesday. The ...
Habitual Security. Preventing crime from happening requires an active mind and body. It means paying attention to your instincts, to other people, and to your surroundings. It means constantly ...