by Doug Bardwell | Sep 20, 2021 | Be Aware
Two ways you can make a difference this week The week’s events will climax with the Vatican’s celebration of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sunday, September 26. In his letter announcing this year’s theme, Towards an ever wider “we”,...
by Doug Bardwell | Sep 1, 2021 | Be Aware
If you read the post of August 3, 2021 – “You can help these victims without leaving home”, you’ll recall that I asked you to write your senators asking for passage of S2040 – the bill that prohibits a consumer reporting agency from...
by Doug Bardwell | Aug 24, 2021 | Be Aware
In a rare turn of events, a former strip club in the city of San Diego is being remodeled into the San Diego Freedom Center – a non-profit center serving sex trafficking victims. Doesn’t that just smack of wonderful irony? In reporting by Dave Schwab on...
by Doug Bardwell | Aug 11, 2021 | Be Aware
Get ready for a pleasant tale about human trafficking In a show of combined action, 286 human traffickers and human smugglers have been arrested across the globe in just a five-day period (July 5-9). The operation was coordinated by INTERPOL and was reported by...
by Doug Bardwell | Jun 15, 2021 | Be Aware
Having multiple thoughts about human trafficking prosecutions I just finished reading this article in the Columbus Dispatch, by Bethany Bruner, where she tells about the first and second most active states prosecuting human traffickers in federal court in 2020. Since...
by Doug Bardwell | Jun 8, 2021 | Be Aware
I recently read in the Strongsville Post, the account of Alexis Martin, a 15-year-old sex trafficking victim, who was arrested and sentenced to 20 years for a crime she didn’t commit. Although others testified that she wasn’t in the room where the murder...
