Los Angeles Councilwoman Traci Park recently urged city departments to take measures to investigate and provide updated data on human trafficking among homeless youth, citing a 2016 Loyola University New Orleans study that found 10 percent of homeless youth in L.A. are involved in trafficking. Park, who represents the city’s 11th District, from the west…
Los Angeles Official Urges City to Investigate Trafficked Homeless Youth
Home Office to Decide Thousands of Asylum Applications Without Interviews
February 23, 2023
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Thousands of asylum seekers in the UK could have their claims approved without attending a face-to-face interview, according to a new Home Office guidance published on Thursday. In a bid to clear the soaring backlog of asylum applications, the Home Office is set to fast-track well-founded legacy claims made before June 28, 2022, when new rules…
San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force Arrests 48, Frees 8 Children
SAN DIEGO—A multi-agency anti-human trafficking task force arrested 48 individuals in a total of 17 recent operations conducted by state, city, and federal officers, San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan announced on Feb. 21. Officers with Operation Better Pathways also freed eight children—with some as young as age 13—through the operation that lasted several days, with…
Prostitution, Exploitation Worsening on Los Angeles’s Notorious ‘Blade’ After New California Law
February 19, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—At Figueroa and 69th Streets girls appearing as young as 15 stood in G-Strings and unbuttoned blouses, one Wednesday evening earlier this month, as cars idled in a small traffic jam under the weak glow of faded street lights. Even on a weeknight, Los Angeles’s busiest area for sex work—known colloquially as “The Blade”—has…
Republicans Call for US Military to Target Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorist Groups
February 16, 2023
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A 25-year United States Border Patrol agent and a Texas Sheriff told Congressional lawmakers that Mexican cartels are pushing illegal immigrants across the border in orchestrated surges to distract law enforcement from drug-smuggling operations targeting other sections of the border, contributing to the corresponding wave of deaths related to fentanyl poisoning. “Each and every day…
Senator Wants to Ensure Americans Stop Subsidizing Drug Smugglers, Human Traffickers
February 16, 2023
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said it’s time American taxpayers stopped financing the smugglers and human traffickers, and has introduced a “Stop Taxpayer Funding of Traffickers Act.” “This legislation will put an end to our tax dollars subsidizing traffickers,” Blackburn said at a press conference on Feb. 15. Blackburn said she, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss), and…
Anti-Human Trafficking Group Calls on Ottawa to Increase Actions in Rural Canada
A delegation of anti-human trafficking organizations is calling on the federal government to increase the action it is taking to counter human-trafficking crimes across Canada, particularly in the country’s rural areas. “It continues to be a real problem in Canada,” said Margaret Byl, president of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada, during a press conference…
LIVE 2 PM ET: Biden’s Interagency Task Force Talks About Human Trafficking
The U.S. President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF) holds a press conference at 2:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 13. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …
LIVE NOW: Biden’s Interagency Task Force Talks About Human Trafficking
The U.S. President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF) holds a press conference at 2:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 13. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …
Biden’s Interagency Task Force Talks About Human Trafficking
The U.S. President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF) holds a press conference at 2:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 13. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …
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