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ShotSpotter Partners with Anti-Trafficking International (ATI) to Help Improve Investigations

Precision Policing Technology Leader to Provide ShotSpotter Investigate to Enhance Multi-Agency Collaboration Newark, Calif. and Washington, DC, August 5, 2021 – Human trafficking is a prevalent and growing crime in the United States, estimated to generate more than $150 billion worldwide in illicit profits that threaten communities across the United States and the globe. The National Center for Missing and …

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A Look Inside the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report

Annually, the U.S. State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons publishes a report to address and educate others on the international advancements on human trafficking. This report is the Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). At Anti-Trafficking International, we review this report each year to analyze the international and domestic progress that has been made on human trafficking. …

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Human Trafficking Affects Communities of Color Differently? Yes, It Does!

How can that be? Interested members of the community learned the answer to that question at our recent Let’s Talk webinar entitled Understanding the Link Between Race and Human Trafficking, which occurred on June 17, 2021. This insightful program featured a panel of three survivor leaders in the field of human trafficking prevention who each brought their different perspectives to …

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Foster Care and the Pipeline to Human Trafficking

May is National Foster Care Month, when we celebrate one of America’s most admired institutions aimed at providing support, shelter, and a caring environment for children who do not have a safe, supportive environment within their own families. Unfortunately, foster care also serves as an unintended pipeline for crimes against children. Most people don’t realize that the foster care system …

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Increased Online Exploitation

COVID-19 Has Led to Increased Online Child Sexual Exploitation Human traffickers are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to prey on America’s children. It has provided traffickers with the perfect combination of more kids online at home and more distracted parents who have to juggle homeschooling and work. An increasingly tech-savvy population of minors, combined with millions of students engaged in remote …

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What Don’t We Know About St. Patrick?

In our July 30, 2020 post about St. Josephine Bakhita, we learned about someone who overcame slavery and human trafficking and decided to use what she learned from her suffering to dedicate her life to helping others. Bakhita is now the patron saint of Sudan, slavery, and human trafficking. Who are the other trafficking survivors who used their heartbreaking experiences …