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House of Representatives Passes Critical Bill to Advance Efforts for the Prevention and Protection of Trafficking Victims

Washington, D.C. – Anti-Trafficking International (ATI) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passage of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022 (TVPRA). H.R. 6552 will reauthorize Congressman Smith’s landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) that lapsed in September of last year, and will enhance programs, strengthen laws, and add accountability to prevention, protection, …

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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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The Case of Chrystul Kizer: A Look at Child Trafficking Laws in Action

On June 5, 2018, then 17-year-old Chrystul Kizer was arrested and put in jail. She is accused of murdering her trafficker, Randall P. Volar III, setting his house on fire, and stealing his car. Prior to that day, Chrystul had been abused and sold for sex by her trafficker for two years. Police detained Volar several times during the period …

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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons – July 30

Press Release Mclean, Virginia (July 25, 2019) – The Just Ask Trafficking Prevention Foundation has reached out to the Town of Warrenton and the Fauquier Bank to join them to observe World Day against Trafficking in Persons on July 30, 2019, at 9 a.m. in The Fauquier Bank courtyard located at 10 Courthouse Square in downtown Warrenton. The United Nations …