Last week, the Connecticut Trafficking in Persons Council released their annual Traficking in Persons Council Annual Report 2010. Between the agencies that reported to the council, including a number of state agencies, the International Institue of Connecticut, and the Paul and Lisa Program, a total of 170 victims were identified and received services between 2009-2010. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘human trafficking’
Human trafficking in Connecticut – what do we know?
Posted: March 7, 2011 in Human Trafficking in Connecticut, UncategorizedTags: human trafficking, Human trafficking in Connecticut
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Event opportunities wherever you are!
Posted: March 3, 2011 in What You Can DoTags: Child Slavery, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Events, human trafficking, human trafficking events, Human Trafficking in America, modern day slavery, What you can do!
There are a couple of great opportunities you can participate in wherever you are in the country. First a webinar. Another event is one that you can organize in your church wherever you are! On March 13, 2011, churches around the world will be celebrating Freedom Sunday. This is the basis of the celebration: Freedom [...]
Two Connecticut residents plead guilty to sex trafficking of children
Posted: March 2, 2011 in Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Human Trafficking in ConnecticutTags: Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, human trafficking, Human trafficking in Connecticut, modern day slavery, prostitution, Slavery in America
On January 20, Jarell Sanderson and Hassanah Delia pled guilty to sex trafficking of minors in Connecticut. In July 2009, the two recruited two 14-year old girls and brought them to a hotel in East Hartford. The crime was investigated by both the FBI and the East Hartford Police. According to one source, both are [...]
The Connection Between Faith, Human Trafficking, and Immigration
Posted: February 28, 2011 in Forced Labor, modern day slavery, Take action, What You Can DoTags: Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Forced Labor, Human Rights, human trafficking, immigration, modern day slavery, Slavery in America, What you can do!
“Three Florida fruit-pickers, held captive and brutalized [sic] by their employer for more than a year, finally broke free of their bonds by punching their way through the ventilator hatch of the van in which they were imprisoned. Once outside, they dashed for freedom” (The Independent, 2007). Marino Lucas, Jose Velasquez, and Jose Hari had [...]
CALL TO ACTION – Funding for Foreign Aid
Posted: February 25, 2011 in Take action, What You Can DoTags: foreign aid, human trafficking, modern day slavery, policy, What you can do!
What are three of the key contributors to human trafficking in the world? According to Kevin Bales’ research, Poverty Corruption Lack of enforcement of existing laws What are the priorities of foreign aid? Disaster relief and humanitarian assistance Development assistance Security assistance As you can see, these conditions and priorities overlap. But as you may [...]
Missing females and slavery
Posted: February 21, 2011 in Child Prostitution, Child Slavery, Commercial Sexual Exploitation, human trafficking, modern day slaveryTags: Child Slavery, Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, gender inequity, human trafficking, modern day slavery, porn culture, prostitution, Sex Slavery, Slavery in America, videos
“Are there more males or more females in the world?” This is a question Sheryl WuDunn, co-author of the book “Half the Sky,” asked of an audience at the TED Global conference in 2010. How would you answer this question? If like me, you know there are more females in the US and developed world [...]
The anti-trafficking – immigration connection
Posted: February 15, 2011 in Forced Labor, human trafficking, slaveryTags: Forced Labor, human trafficking, Human Trafficking in America, immigration, modern day slavery
Many anti-trafficking advocates take it for granted that, when it comes to sex slavery, culture change is the way to go. They argue that, in order to eradicate sex slavery, our culture needs to change the way it views sex. (Though I would argue this doesn’t go far enough. Many countries that have problems with [...]
