by Media Contributor | Jun 10, 2021 | Human Trafficking in the News
THE MAJORITY OF VICTIMS WERE TARGETED WITH A FRAUDULENT JOB OFFER By CBS News Published: Jun 10th, 2021 7:05am Elizabeth Elkind – CBS News The majority of online recruitment in active sex trafficking cases in the U.S. last year took place on Facebook, according to the...
by Media Contributor | May 20, 2021 | Human Trafficking in the News
By Aaron D’andrea Thu., May 20, 2021 Marianna Benkartoussa, 22, and Joshua Oliver, 29, are pictured above. (Toronto police) Two people have been arrested and charged in a Toronto police human trafficking investigation. According to investigators, last month...
by Media Contributor | May 4, 2021 | Human Trafficking in the News
A Toronto woman is facing a slew of human trafficking charges after allegedly convincing another woman to work in the sex trade, then taking all her money. Officers say Rose Hejazi, 22, was arrested on Tuesday. According to police, Hejazi recruited another 22-year-old...
by Media Contributor | Apr 27, 2021 | Human Trafficking in the News
Algorithm designed to find organized activities in data may assist law enforcement PUBLISHED: 27APR2021 Researchers at McGill University and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have designed an algorithm that detects organized human trafficking activity in online escort...
by Media Contributor | Apr 27, 2021 | Human Trafficking in the News
Sex-trafficking can cause severe and unique forms of post-traumatic stress disorder; survivors reveal how they learned to cope and how they now help others. By RACHAEL DYAL APRIL 27, 2021, 2:32 PM ADT Sitting in her law office, Vanessa Tynes-Jass recalls...
by Media Contributor | Apr 9, 2021 | Human Trafficking in the News
“Sex traffickers are motivated by one thing,” Dr. Shively said. “They are trying to make money. It’s a market, a business, and the commodity is people. You only generate the supply—the people—if there is demand, and without demand, there is no motivation whatsoever to...
