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  2. Human trafficking in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Related. v. t. e. Human trafficking in Texas is the illegal trade of human beings as it occurs in the state of Texas. It is a modern-day form of slavery and usually involves commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor, both domestic and agricultural. Human trafficking is particularly relevant to Texas because of its close proximity to the U ...

  3. Katherine Chon - Wikipedia

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    Katherine Chon is the co-founder of Polaris Project in the United States. [1] She started the organization immediately upon graduation with fellow Brown University student Derek Ellerman in 2002 after learning about the problem of human trafficking during her undergraduate studies. She has testified before Congress concerning the scope of human ...

  4. Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons - Wikipedia

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    The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons ( J/TIP) is an agency within the United States Department of State charged with investigating and creating programs to prevent human trafficking both within the United States and internationally. The office also presents the Trafficking in Persons Report annually to Congress, concerning ...

  5. Abbott recognizes January 2024 as Human Trafficking ... - AOL

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    Jan. 3—AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) on Wednesday encouraged Texans to educate themselves and their loved ones about the dangers of ...

  6. TxDOT urges Texans to join in the fight against human trafficking

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    Jan. 9—AUSTIN — TxDOT is raising awareness about the dangers of human trafficking and working with other state agencies to help stop this horrific crime. During National Human Trafficking ...

  7. Human trafficking in Houston, Texas - Wikipedia

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    The prevalence of Human trafficking in Houston, Texas is the worst of any U.S. city. Between 2007 and 2016 the city ranked first for reported trafficking cases, [1] while in 2019 the number of cases nearly doubled compared to the previous three years, [2] despite Mayoral initiatives, [3] due to the highly organized nature of this criminal business.

  8. National Institute on Drug Abuse - Wikipedia

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    nida .nih .gov. The National Institute on Drug Abuse ( NIDA) is a United States federal government research institute whose mission is to "advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health." The institute has conducted an in-depth study of addiction ...

  9. Polaris Project - Wikipedia

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    Polaris Project. 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 ...