Business Steps Up to Fight Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is one of the world’s fastest-growing illicit activities, and with much of it taking place in the shadows, its true magnitude is difficult to measure, according to Polaris, a global…
Trafficking in Rural America
Rural Areas Create Vulnerabilities Rural areas are known for having fewer people and a thick country landscape. While envisioning a rural community, human trafficking may not come to mind for…
Human Trafficking: Recognizing the Red Flags (Tallahassee Chamber Podcast)
When you think about human trafficking, you don’t think about how it can be affecting your neighbors, your customers, and your community. On this week’s episode of the Tallahassee Business…
Human Trafficking Tool for Youth and at Risk
Attention Social Workers, Schools, and anybody who works around children and youth! Here’s a tool and brief rundown of great info so you can understand and approach young people when…
Supporting Human Trafficking Survivors: 2021 Florida Human Trafficking Legislation
The 2021 Florida Legislature passed a bill that reforms Florida human trafficking law by: creating a “human trafficking victim advocate – victim privilege,” broadening of the definition of human trafficking,…
Volusia County Council passes human trafficking awareness ordinance
Thank you to Volusia County for adopting this ordinance to enforce human trafficking hotline awareness info by posting the National Human Trafficking Hotline https://humantraffickinghotline.org/ info in English and Spanish so people can…
I Work at a Bank or Money Wire Service: What Can I Do to Combat Human Trafficking?
EVERYONE has a role in ending human trafficking – here’s how people working at banks and wire services can act. You can do something too: Ask if your financial institution…
Housing and Economic Mobility Virtual Resource Fair
HHS’ Office on Trafficking in Persons and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime will hold a virtual resource fair on Housing and Economic Mobility on May…
Wave of Sex Trafficking Lawsuits Implicates Hospitality Industry
Federal law and many states’ anti-trafficking laws create liability for businesses who “knew or should have known” that human trafficking was happening on their premises. Civil laws can protect and…
You can educate, empower and connect to help stop human trafficking
United Partners for Human Services re-ran its Tale of Two Tally’s article in March highlighting the inequities that exist in preventing all of our neighbors from achieving economic mobility and the impacts…