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  • Representative photo of a young girl pressing her face and hands against glass | Photo by DANNY G on Unsplash

    The New National Anti-Human Trafficking Strategy: An Introduction

    February 9th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer On Friday, Feb. 4, the Justice Department announced that Aaron Crawford of Maryland had been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release. Why? For engaging in what Attorney General Merrick B....

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    Examining The Homeland Security Effort Against Trafficking Through The Blue Campaign

    December 16th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer In this piece, we look at the DHS Blue Campaign Enhancement Act, introduced in both chambers of Congress, which seeks to increase coordination between various components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and augment the Blue Campaign....

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  • The Fight Against Human Trafficking: The White House’s New National Action Plan To Combat Human Trafficking

    December 6th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer In July, Biometrica wrote about how human traffickers adapted to the "new normal" after Covid-19 and appeared to be increasingly targeting children online, even as the pool of vulnerable persons who could be recruited by these criminals grew,...

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    Combating Human Trafficking At Casinos — Red Flags & Actions

    November 30th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer The multi-billion dollar casino industry, possibly much like several other sectors, has sometimes been a target of unscrupulous characters who try and use the cover of a legitimate business to surreptitiously carry out criminal activities. When it comes...

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  • US Files Charges Against Filipino Pastor Who Said It Was ‘God’s Will’ That Minors Have Sex With Him

    November 30th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer U.S. prosecutors recently announced that they have filed sex trafficking charges against Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, the Philippine national who founded a church called Kingdom of Jesus Christ, as well as two U.S.-based administrators of that church. The superseding...

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    The 2003 PROTECT Act And Safeguarding Children From Sexual Exploitation

    October 28th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Aara Ramesh On Wednesday, Oct. 27, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a Virginia man, 26-year-old Zackary Ellis Sanders, had been convicted by a federal jury for producing, receiving, and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The DOJ alleges that...

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    Where Do Casinos Fit In The Fight Against Human Trafficking?

    October 26th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Deepti Govind Earlier this month, there were reports of a 12-state human trafficking, joint undercover sting, called Operation United Front, that led to the arrests of 102 people. Through the operation, 47 victims were rescued, including two minors. As part of...

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    How Truckers Might Be Uniquely Positioned To Help Law Enforcement Fight Human Trafficking

    October 4th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Early in 2015, Kevin Kimmel, a driver with Con-way Truckload, pulled into a truck stop in Virginia, hoping to catch some shut-eye. He happened to glance over at an RV and saw a “distraught-looking young girl” in the...

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  • ICE Announces First ‘Continued Presence’ Resource Guide To Help Victims Of Human Trafficking

    August 2nd, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced its first Continued Presence (CP) resource guide on Friday, July 30, targeted at assisting federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies nationwide with their human trafficking investigations and prosecutions. The CP...

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  • Representative black & white photo of a man wearing a human trafficking awareness hoodie | Photo by Kate Oseen on Unsplash

    Women, Children, Migrants: The Three Most Vulnerable Groups To Human Trafficking During The Covid-19 Pandemic

    July 19th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer The Covid-19 pandemic turned the whole world upside down in a manner of speaking, but for some sections of global society, the impact was darker and more pronounced. Last Tuesday, we gave you a brief overview of the...

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  • Texas Supreme Court Says Facebook Can Be Held Liable For Child Sex Trafficking On Its Platform

    June 28th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer In a move likely may have a far-reaching ripple effect, on Friday, June 25, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that Facebook can be held responsible for its users engaging in illegal sex trafficking activities on the site, regardless...

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  • Landmark Anti-Sex Trafficking Law From 2018 Barely Used: Accountability Watchdog

    June 25th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Aara Ramesh A landmark law intended to radically alter the landscape of sex trafficking online has had a limited impact in the three years since it was enacted, according to a recent report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)....

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  • Representative photo of a truck in a vast, deserted landscape |Photo by Alexander Naumann | Pixabay

    The Combating Human Trafficking In Commercial Vehicles Act: An Overview

    June 10th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Charlotte Spencer The Combating Human Trafficking in Commercial Vehicles Act (hereafter, the Act) is a relatively new law designed to help do exactly what its title suggests. The Act — S. 1536 — passed the House and Senate in 2017, and...

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  • Ms Wilson's life in a collage since birth.

    I Survived Child Sex Trafficking. So Can You. This Is My Story.

    April 14th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Barbara Jean Wilson I was eight years old when my mother’s boyfriend, “Uncle Bob,” as he asked me to call him, touched me, and told me not to tell anyone. He said he was doing what he needed to make me...

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  • Females Still Account For Around 70% Of All Trafficked Persons

    March 8th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Image Source: UNODC, based on the GLOTiP report One hundred and nineteen. That's the number of countries across the world that have never had a female leader. Women serve as heads of State or Government in just 21...

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  • Middle school teacher arrested on child pornography charges

    September 24th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer A middle school teacher from Fontana, California, was arrested on child pornography charges by special agents with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Josue Gamaliel Vidal Quintanilla, 28, who teaches mathematics at Shandin Hills...

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  • Philadelphia men charged with child sex trafficking

    September 4th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Three men from Philadelphia were charged for their roles in a sex trafficking operation that exploited numerous minors from 2016 through 2017 by a federal grand jury, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. Andre Michael...

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  • Crisis trafficking situations rose over 40% in April: Polaris data

    June 10th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    The number of crisis trafficking situations in the US increased by over 40% this April, when several states had already enacted a shelter-in-place order due to the Covid-19 pandemic | © Joshua Resnick - Dreamstime.com By a Biometrica staffer The number of...

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  • Security 101: In The Line Of Fire, Plan, Prepare, Persevere

    Security 101: In The Line Of Fire, Plan, Prepare, Persevere

    April 25th, 2017
    category: Feature Stories

    An Indian soldier on the India-Pakistan Line of Control in Kashmir. Picture © Oleg Doroshenko | Dreamstime.com For far too long, too many soldiers, paramilitary forces, and other security personnel have died because of a lack of planning or foresight. While there are any...

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