by Kelli Ross | Oct 22, 2020 | In the News
Freedom Needs Truth is a coalition of organizations, including the Human Trafficking Institute, dedicated to fighting human trafficking, who are warning about the dangers posed by QAnon conspiracy theories. On October 21, 2020, Freedom Needs Truth posted an open...
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 Emmylou Manwill | Apr 1, 2020 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: EMMYLOU MANWILL As public awareness of human trafficking has increased over the past few decades, human trafficking diversion courts have emerged in jurisdictions across the United States, from New York to Ohio to New Orleans and Los Angeles.1 “Human trafficking...
by Zachary Buchanan | Feb 21, 2020 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: ZACH BUCHANNAN Today, technology enables consumers to live stream TV shows, news, and conversations with loved ones; it also makes possible live streaming abuse of child trafficking victims. Earlier this month, the question of how to stop technology-facilitated...
by Rachel Geissler | Feb 4, 2020 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: RACHEL GEISSLER In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed the Louisiana coast with Category 3 winds and a record-breaking storm surge.1 Images of the breached levees of New Orleans and the catastrophic flooding of its low-lying wards are now etched into the...