by Doug Bardwell | Jun 22, 2021 | Resources
Victims Engagement and Services Line (VESL) has recently been formed to be an inclusive victim support system. Not only is the former president gone, so now is his divisive program referred to as VOICE – Victim of Immigration Crime Engagement. VOICE’s sole...
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...
by Doug Bardwell | May 11, 2021 | Be Aware
While Ashton Kucher has certainly had his share of successful and not-so-successful acting roles, the one thing that he’s an unequivocal success at is utilizing his technology investments to fight child sex trafficking. He has served as President of Human Rights...
by Doug Bardwell | Apr 28, 2021 | Things To Do
Would you consider learning to be one? Here’s another hotline number to add to those you keep on your phone. Give it to someone who you think needs help. – CrisisTextLine.org 741741 in the U.S. Crisis Text Line is the free, 24/7 text line for people in...
by Doug Bardwell | Apr 20, 2021 | Resources
They are not free and they are exploited for profit over and over again.It is a serious crime. And victims of trafficking can be men, women, and children. This happens in many locations including on fishing boats, on construction sites, on farms, in factories, in...
by Doug Bardwell | Apr 6, 2021 | Things To Do
This NBC report tells their wonderful, brave story like none I’ve seen Thanks to NBC News for this feature by Jake Whitman, Cynthia McFadden and Rich Schapiro. I’ve known for years that Catholic nuns are some of the most ardent fighters against human trafficking, but...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 23, 2021 | Be Aware
I recently read another case of high-ranking government officials not understanding the words they are using. I wrote about this almost two years ago, in “Human trafficking is not human smuggling” But, I suppose it bears repeating, especially when words...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 16, 2021 | Things To Do
South Dakota According to this piece on the NPR website by Kirk Siegler, things are bad and getting worse when it comes to missing and murdered women and girls on Indian reservations. After the lose of a friend’s 19-year-old daughter on the Rosebud reservation...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 8, 2021 | Things To Do
Forty-five of the United States have legislation to provide legal help to those victims forced to break the law by their trafficking captors. Four more states at least offer affirmative defense possibilities for their trafficking victims. Virginia stands...
