by awkolaw2 | Jun 7, 2019 | Chelsie Warner, Human Trafficking, Mary Liu, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault
Like most businesses these days, the illicit enterprise of human trafficking uses technology to recruit workers, secure customers, advertise services and facilitate payments. According to research conducted by Thorn, an organization dedicated to combatting child sex...
by awkolaw2 | Jun 3, 2019 | Chelsie Warner, Human Trafficking, Mary Liu, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault
She starts to give her name to the emergency room receptionist, but the man by her side interrupts her. She stands silent, eyes downcast, as he relays her personal information to the front desk person, pulling her ID out of his wallet. He explains that they are in the...
by awkolaw2 | Jun 1, 2019 | Chelsie Warner, Human Trafficking, Mary Liu, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault
They were lured from Mexico to the United States with promises of work on a Georgia farm. But they were duped. According to federal prosecutors, the laborers were shipped to a farm in Wisconsin, housed in overcrowded motel rooms, forced to work up to twelve-hour...
by awkolaw2 | May 9, 2019 | Chelsie Warner, Human Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Mary Liu, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault
Prostitutes are not human trafficking victims. That is the assertion of opponents to a bill recently passed in the Florida Senate. The legislation aims to curb the rapid growth of trafficking by mandating awareness education for employees in trafficking hotbed sectors...
by awkolaw2 | Apr 10, 2019 | Chelsie Warner, Human Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Mary Liu, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault
Human trafficking occurs in almost every country in the world, claiming millions of victims, and netting billions for traffickers. Yet only a small percentage of perpetrators are held accountable in courts of law. According to global statistics cited on...
by awkolaw2 | Apr 6, 2019 | Chelsie Warner, Human Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Mary Liu, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault
Sex sells. Human traffickers know this and have capitalized on this fact: according to UNICEF, human trafficking is the second largest criminal enterprise in the world; the United Nations Office of Drug and Crime reports that 79% of human trafficking involves sexual...