by Sydney Reed | Dec 30, 2021 | Case Law, Legal Blog
Introduction Survivors of human trafficking face many barriers to rebuilding their lives and avoiding revictimization. One such barrier is the ability to move forward financially. Human Trafficking — “the crime of using force, fraud, or coercion to compel someone to...
by Sarah Byrne | Sep 2, 2020 | Advocacy, Articles, Legal Blog
Taushia Chacon is an empowered woman and devoted mother. She is also a sex trafficking survivor. In August 2020, her trafficker was sentenced to life in prison and ordered to pay almost $2 million in restitution and fines after being convicted on 13 counts of human...
by Alana Broe | Jan 25, 2019 | Articles, Case Law, Legal Blog
By: ALANA BROE For human trafficking victims, freedom from their trafficker does not mean the end of their harm. Victims of human trafficking endure serious abuse that may plague them for the rest of their lives. They often find themselves penniless and in need of...
by Cassondra Murphy | Nov 20, 2018 | Advocacy, Articles, Legal Blog
By: CASSONDRA (Cj) MURPHY In September 2018, the Human Trafficking Legal Center published its report, United States Federal Courts’ Continuing Failure to Order Mandatory Criminal Restitution for Human Trafficking Victims.1 This report built on its 2012 study, When...
by John Richmond | Jun 5, 2018 | Advocacy, Articles, Legal Blog
By: JOHN COTTON RICHMOND Far too often the best resources evade our notice. In the fall of 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice provided a window into its perspective about many cutting-edge human trafficking trends. The DOJ dedicated an entire issue of the USA...