Originally published in Polaris Network Newsletter on June 23, 2106 By Bradley Myles A few years ago, a 19-year-old girl named Jolene walked into a Boston emergency room late at night. She had an infection after a botched ear piercing. When the doctors and nurses examined her, they asked Jolene…
You thought slavery was over in America? Think again. Human trafficking — the illegal movement of people, typically for the purposes of forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation — is a $32 billion worldwide industry, and it is happening to thousands of people across the U.S. right now. Many people…
We know that human trafficking is a complicated crime. But sometimes, there are simple actions that can make a world of difference to a survivor. Last year, more than 1,600 survivors of human trafficking reached out to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline or Polaris’s BeFree Textline to get…
Originally published on MARKETPLACE.org on March 3, 2016 By Dan Gorenstein Note: This is the second of a three-part series about human trafficking and health care. You can find to the first part, about the challenges of identifying trafficking victims when they seek medical attention, here. Find the third part,…
