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Local Organization Promotes Shopping To End Human Trafficking This Holiday Season

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ahead of Black Friday and the holiday shopping season, the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking is reminding ...

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Humanitarian Crisis In Ukraine Is Turning Into Human Trafficking Crisis: UN Envoy

New York [US], June 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is turning into a human trafficking crisis, warned Pramila ...

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Human Trafficking: UN Chief Calls For Action As Covid Leaves ‘Many Millions’ More Vulnerable

UN Secretary General António Guterres on Thursday urged States to take action against human trafficking, where a third of all victims are children.

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Human Trafficking: UN Chief Calls For Action As COVID Leaves ‘Many Millions’ More Vulnerable

UN Secretary General António Guterres on Thursday urged States to take action against human trafficking, where a third of all victims are children.

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New Un Report Reveals Impact Of COVID On Human Trafficking

A new study released on Thursday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) illustrates the devastating impact of COVID-19 on victims and survivors of human trafficking and highlights the increased targeting and exploitation of children during the course of the pandemic.

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Speaker: Pandemic Shines Light On Inequities Driving Human Trafficking

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on “overlapping inequalities” in society around the globe, said Good ...

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Traffickers Found Targeting More Children As COVID-19 School Closures Fuel Danger

Out-of-school children are particularly at risk of human trafficking during the coronavirus pandemic, U.N. says

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Shining A Light On Sexually Exploited Women And Girls Forced Into Crime

Trafficked and sexually exploited woman and girls can find themselves facing prosecution and conviction for those very same crimes, in some countries, a new UN report shows. The study aims to help prosecutors to better handle these complex cases, and protect the genuine victims.

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Exploited and Prosecuted: When Victims of Human Trafficking Commit Crimes

Vienna (Austria), 16 December 2020 — Women and girls, who are often themselves victims of human trafficking and are sexually exploited ...

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UNODC Supports INTERPOL to Target Migrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking

Vienna (Austria), 14 December 2020 — An INTERPOL-led operation against migrant smuggling has led to more than 200 arrests among criminal ...

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