by Valerie Carter Smith | Jan 6, 2023 | Opinion
I begrudgingly left home in the dark on Christmas Eve because I had made a promise to a very lonely woman that she would not have to spend Christmas alone. Two years prior, at 1:00 am on a Friday night, we met Gail during our street outreach to women. On the night of...
by Jennifer Allmon | Jan 5, 2023 | Opinion
Human trafficking is big business. The United Nation’s International Labor Organization estimates that human trafficking generates $150.2 billion in profit annually. This modern-day slavery happens in many ways, sometimes hidden in plain sight. People are forced into...
by Pam Strickland | Jan 4, 2023 | Opinion
Sex trafficking operates on a market system. Where there is demand for commercial sex, traffickers capitalize on the opportunity to make an astronomical profit and supply that demand with human bodies for consumption. To a trafficker, commodification of a person is...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Aug 2, 2022 | News
Faith-based organizations and religious leaders around the world are working in cooperation with governments and NGOs to help trafficking victims and raise awareness about human trafficking. However, despite all the good work being done by religious communities to...
by Elket Rodriguez | Jan 7, 2022 | Opinion
Immigrants are particularly vulnerable to human trafficking. It is common for undocumented immigrants to be exploited in the U.S. Likewise, it is common for asylum seekers to be kidnapped, sexually abused and occupationally exploited on their journey to the...
