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5 Ways to Encourage Sports Organizations to Recognize and Fight Human Trafficking

Education, Labor Trafficking, Prevention, Sex Trafficking, Super Bowl

Sporting events provide us with gathering places, camaraderie, and common cause. National and international events, like the Super Bowl, the World Cup, and the biennial Olympic Games draw tens of thousands of people ready to cheer on their teams and engage in friendly competition. It can be easy to get caught up in the convivial nature of the events and miss the trade that is happening in the shadows. Large sporting events concentrate the demand for both sex and labor trafficking and the high […]

Human Trafficking, It’s a lucrative crime!

Human Trafficking, It’s a lucrative crime!

Education, Labor Trafficking, Sex Trafficking

The International Labor Organization estimates that human trafficking makes $150 billion annually. But what are the risks?The table below shows the Global Enforcement Data from the 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report. It describes the estimated amount of human trafficking prosecutions and convictions around the world each year.As you can see- the number of prosecutions is shockingly low for an industry that victimizes 20-30 million people around the world. Lasting legal consequences for human […]

Human Trafficking in Door to Door Sales.

Human Trafficking in Door to Door Sales.

Education, Labor Trafficking

Your sitting at home comfortably on your couch when the doorbell rings. You look out the window and see a young person standing at your door, they may be collecting money for a charity, or selling something, but you pretend your not home and go back to your couch, never realizing that you just missed an opportunity to save the life of a human trafficking victim. Door to door sales crews often recruit vulnerable individuals, how do I know I was one of them. I was recruited to sell encyclopedias […]