by Melinda Sampson | Jul 31, 2024 | Advocacy, Labor Trafficking, Legislation and Policy
Domestic servitude is a crime in which the domestic worker is underpaid or unpaid, enslaved by his or her employer, and suffers abuse. This is a form of human trafficking. Domestic work is often unregulated, and the workers are undervalued. In a domestic servitude...
by Melinda Sampson | Jul 9, 2024 | Advocacy, Legislation and Policy
NC Stop Human Trafficking is pleased to announce the NC General Assembly passed and Gov. Roy Cooper signed H971, making solicitation of prostitution by a sex buyer a felony in North Carolina. Previously, solicitation of prostitution by a sex buyer was a misdemeanor,...
by Melinda Sampson | Apr 18, 2024 | Advocacy, Sexual Assault, Uncategorized
North Carolina cleared the rape kit backlog, finishing decades’ worth of rape kits on Tuesday, April 9. The Survivor Act, passed by the General Assembly in 2019, allocated funds to address more than 16,000 shelved tests, some of which were from the 1990s. Now...
by Melinda Sampson | Nov 29, 2023 | Advocacy, FAQ
A common question that comes up during our community education sessions, after we say that forcible kidnap by a stranger is not the typical start of human trafficking experience, is why don’t they just leave, then? The answer to that question is as complicated as the...
by Melinda Sampson | Nov 9, 2023 | Advocacy
NC Stop Human Trafficking denounces H.R. 2601 “National Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act.” This policy would require the National Human Trafficking Hotline to hand over information to state and federal law enforcement upon request. If this bill becomes law,...
by Melinda Sampson | Aug 23, 2023 | Advocacy, Mental Health
This month we are talking about all things back to school with the Pitt County Schools Director of Student Services Karen Harrington. Pitt County Schools has made large strides in implementing trauma-informed practices for students and staff, and Mrs. Harrington is...
