Task force assembled to combat sex trafficking in No.Va. “In January of 2014, the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force created a website to inform citizens of the Commonwealth about this problem. The Just Ask Prevention Project is a website that features information that defines human trafficking, who is most vulnerable, how to recognize signs of human trafficking and resources …
“Human trafficking is a $32 billion criminal enterprise, making it the second largest criminal industry in the world behind the drug trade. According to the Department of Justice, 83 percent of sex trafficking victims in the United States are American citizens.” (From Shared Hope International.) What do you think?
https://www.loudountimes.com/news/northern-va-gang-members-charged-with-human-trafficking/article_1f969877-dc0f-5c70-bb72-313b9e19ce2f.html Right here. In Northern Virginia. Read this article to learn how gangs are engaging human trafficking. Just Ask’s own Detective Bill Woolf says “many organized gangs treat human trafficking like a legitimate business and run it with financial acumen, using established accounting principles that they apply to their newly adopted trade. “Many have done cost-benefit analyses and have found …
Human Trafficking: Under the Cover of Darkness Read this article posted on the Chantilly High School Student News Page. What do you think?
https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/congresswoman-comstock-human-trafficking-problem-northern-virginia-0 Congresswoman Comstock speaks out about the human trafficking scourge that exists right HERE in our back yards. Read this article, share it, and let us know what you think.
Please, please take a moment to watch this video about one amazing trafficking survivor who both values her freedom and feels she a responsibility to tell her story and raise awareness. In this compelling video, Jessa Dillow-Crisp quotes Eleanor Roosevelt to explain why she is speaking up to help other victims–“With freedom comes great responsibility”. Let us know what you …
https://www.pix11.com/2015/02/14/hero-trucker-saves-allegedly-tortured-sex-captive/ Read this story about Kevin Kimmel, a hero truck driver in New Kent, VA. When Mr. Kimmel saw signs of what he suspected could be human trafficking, he took action and reported his suspicions to law enforcement. As a result, two traffickers were apprehended and a young woman was rescued. Please share your thoughts.
Watch this video about a fascinating new tool law enforcement will have at their disposal to unearth sex traffickers and sex trafficking rings! DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is behind this promising new powerful search tool. What do you think?
https://publicpolicy.googleblog.com/2015/01/update-helping-human-trafficking-and.html BIG kudos to Google! Google has made it easier for human trafficking victims to contact organizations to get help! “According to the U.S. Trafficking In Persons Report, there may be more than 20 million trafficking victims at any time in the world, but only about 40,000 victims are identified each year. To connect victims of human trafficking to the …
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/09/brooke-axtell-survivor-of-human-trafficking-and-domestic-abuse-storms-the-grammys/
