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 | Jul 26, 2023 | Advocacy, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Resources
Every year, on July 30, human trafficking is acknowledged and discussed across the globe for World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. In 2013, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution declaring a global day of awareness about human trafficking. The resolution...
by Melinda Sampson | Jun 5, 2023 | Legislation and Policy
How much is a childhood worth? I learned about child trafficking at a missions conference in 2006, and like many people first learning about the issue, I understood two things: it was selling children for sex, and it happened in foreign countries. Since that time,...
by Madison Craft | Apr 7, 2022 | Legislation and Policy, Resources, Sexual Assault
Last month, the Biden administration reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act, just in time for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sexual violence is an issue that affects nearly half a million Americans every year, and it is not limited to in-person settings. In an...
by Madison Craft | Feb 10, 2022 | Legislation and Policy
In November of last year, 24 individuals were indicted in a massive human trafficking and fraud case. Each defendant faces several charges with the potential for life sentences in federal prison. The details in the case of USA v. Patricio et. al. are...
