sex-trafficking

A global network begun by women religious in the 1990s to assist victims and fight sex trafficking laid the groundwork for young people in Rome to film a promotional video promoting awareness.

Experts differ over the Super Bowl’s impact on human trafficking, but overall data shows that the problem has risen sharply across the globe. 

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation has quintupled in size to 35, in the past 10 years as the organization’s executive director, has been named its CEO.

Human trafficking can affect any number of vulnerable individuals, such as incoming immigrants from the so-called “Northern Triangle” countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, but also vulnerable people inside the United States, including those in tribal communities, said panelist Hilary Chester, associate director for the USCCB’s Anti-Trafficking Program.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Through a $100,000 matching grant the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph has helped the Exchange Initiative and two developers create TraffickCam, […]