VANIER, Ottawa, Canada by CTV News (8/15/12) – Ottawa Police have arrested 16 men and laid 10 criminal charges after a two-day prostitution sweep in Vanier. Police said 12 of the men qualified to participate in “John” school, an educational program meant to teach the men about how prostitution affects the community. Four men were … More 16 arrested in Vanier, Ottawa, Canada prostitution sweep
Bismark, North Dakota, U.S.A. by Rapid City Journal (8/14/12) | A federal judge says a North Dakota man convicted of operating a drug and prostitution ring on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation must serve 45 years in prison. A jury in April found Dustin Morsette, of New Town, guilty on several charges, including sex trafficking, … More North Dakotan Man Gets 45 years in Drug-Sex Trafficking Case
We, at Hope for Justice, are thrilled to announce new doctorate recipient in clinical psychology (SPU), Dr. Stacy Cecchet, has joined Hope for Justice’s staff team as its newest member. Her dissertation was on The Psychological Experience of Child and Adolescent Sex Trafficking in the United States: Trauma and Resilience in Survivors, which she will … More Meet Hope for Justice New Staff Member, Dr. Stacy Cecchet
Wonderful news coming out of Washington State Legislature (Olympia, Washington, USA) as the most significant anti-trafficking legislation got signed into law by Washington Governor, Christine Gregoire. A ton of credit goes to the always abolitionist state senator, Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, the primary sponsor of this Senate Bill 6251, who said, “I am ecstatic this anti-trafficking … More Stopping Online Child Sexual Exploitation in Backpage.com
In November, a terrified 13-year-old girl pounded on an apartment door in Brooklyn. When a surprised woman answered, the girl pleaded for a phone. She called her mother, and then dialed 911. The girl, whom I’ll call Baby Face because of her looks, frantically told police that a violent pimp was selling her for sex. … More How Pimps Use the Web to Sell Girls
The Salvation Army has helped rescue three young women trafficked from Thailand and forced to work in a Sydney brothel. A Sydney brothel owner has been charged with human trafficking offences following raids by the Australian Federal Police (AFP)…they were tipped off by the Salvation Army, that had learned of the women’s situation and contacted … More Salvation Army rescues trafficked women
INDIANAPOLIS (1/30/12)— Indiana has its first new law of 2012’s legislative session: A crackdown on human trafficking, just in time for Sunday’s Super Bowl. Gov. Mitch Daniels signed the measure into law Monday, saying he hopes it will “put up the ‘Don’t Try It Here’ sign in Indiana” just in time for a game that Indiana … More Indiana Gov. Daniels Signs Bill Cracking Down on Sex Trade
Have you ever met someone where right away you sense something different about them as if they have this rarified aura of “other-ness?” Sheila Houston is that type of person for me. Sheila is not only a “finder of lost children” (title of a recent article in Seattle Met magazine) but also a healer of … More Sheila Houston, Finder of Lost Children
Buy Sex, Buy Rape is a sex trafficking prevention campaign to help end the demand of men buying sex in prostitution. Many reports reveal tens of thousands of prostituted girls and women are trafficked every year into the host city of the Super Bowl or other major sporting events such as the World Cup. In fact, … More “BUY SEX, BUY RAPE” Sex Trafficking Prevention Campaign Launches Website During Super Bowl Week
Faith Huckel, Co-Founder and the Executive Director of Restore NYC, a shelter in New York City for foreign national survivors from sex trafficking (and an Advisor for Hope for Seattle’s upcoming sex trafficking prevention campaign), “took her social-work skills and a heap of prayer to launch the city’s first and only long-term aftercare shelter for foreign-born … More Faith Huckel of Restore NYC Shows the Way as a Service Provider
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