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Bill honoring abolitionist aims to expand human trafficking prevention

Two members of Congress have introduced a bill to expand successful trafficking prevention efforts in schools and businesses.

Fighting trafficking requires interventions of care, sisters say

Talitha Kum, the global network of women religious who advocate for and help victims of human trafficking, have launched a campaign to rally forces "to create long-term, sustainable change to dismantle the systems that enable oppression and exploitation."

Collaborative effort to end human trafficking takes shape in West Africa

Clergy, women religious and laypeople pledged to strengthen existing networks and build new partnerships to fight human trafficking in West Africa during a five-day conference.

Speaker: Pandemic shines light on inequities driving human trafficking

The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on "overlapping inequalities" in society around the globe, said Good Shepherd Sister Winifred Doherty.

Online ‘prayer marathon’ planned for day of prayer against trafficking

Organizers of the International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking are hosting a cross-continental "prayer marathon" Feb. 8 to pray for an economy free of exploited, trafficked persons.

Pope: Money from human trafficking stained with blood

The pope prayed "that the cries of our migrant brothers and sisters, victims of criminal human smuggling and human trafficking, may be heard and considered."

Catholic deacon awarded British Empire Medal for rescuing trafficking victims

SOUTHAMPTON, England (CNA/EWTN News)  — A Catholic deacon in the United Kingdom has been awarded the British Empire Medal for his work serving seafarers and rescuing trafficking victims over the last eight years.

Pope leads prayers for victims of ‘perverse plague’ of trafficking

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Human trafficking is “brutal, savage and criminal,” Pope Francis said, but often it seems like people...

From brainy tomes to advocacy: Academy joins anti-trafficking fight

For an international group of researchers and scholars, serving at the pleasure of popes had meant producing lots of papers on important topics. But with Pope Francis, they are moving from publication to advocacy.

Filipino sex trafficking confronted [VIDEO]

An Irish priest and a Filipino human trafficking survivor discuss their efforts in tackling the continuing exploitation of young adults and children in the Philippines.