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News Articles: Human Trafficking

These workers were promised green cards following Hurricane Katrina. Instead they were issued temporary visas that bound them to a single employer.

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Sold an American Dream, these workers from India wound up living a nightmare

After Hurricane Katrina in 2006, hundreds of workers from India were promised jobs in what labor organizer Saket Soni calls "one of the largest cases of forced labor in modern U.S. history."

January 23, 2023
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  • Dave Davies
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

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Hartsfield-Jackson asks passengers to be on lookout for human trafficking during holiday travel

With increased crowds funneling through the travel hub this holiday season, airport officials are cracking down on human trafficking threats.

December 28, 2022
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By:
  • Riley Bunch
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia David Estes speaks outside the United Way of the Coastal Empire in downtown Savannah on Dec. 8, 2022, about federal funding for Tharros Place.

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DOJ to help fund planned shelter in Chatham County for juvenile human trafficking victims

Opening in summer 2023, Tharros Place in Savannah will offer shelter and supportive services to girls between 11 and 17 who are child survivors of human trafficking.

December 27, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Molina Richards promised her friend that she wouldn't let anyone forget her daughter, Waniyetu Rose Loves War, who died in 2019.

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Human Trafficking Crisis In Indian Country 'Like A Pandemic'

Of the 109 people currently listed as missing in South Dakota, 77 of them are indigenous. The state's legislature passed a bill this week to address the alarming crisis on and off reservations.

March 12, 2021
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  • Kirk Siegler
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Former USA Gymnastics Coach Charged With Abuse Dies By Suicide

John Geddert, 63, who coached the women's gold medal team in the 2012 Summer Olympics, was charged Thursday with two dozen criminal counts. An official says he took his life later the same day.

February 25, 2021
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
In August. the U.S. Marshals Service led a two-week operation in the Atlanta metro area and Macon to find missing children.

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Georgia Today: Operation Not Forgotten — Separating Fact From Fiction

A series of raids across metro Atlanta and Macon stoked fears that child sex trafficking is more prevalent than we thought. Johnny Edwards, an investigative reporter with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, describes how the operation perpetuated a narrative of sex trafficking that doesn’t always square with the evidence.

October 22, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Pria Mahadevan
First Lady of Georgia Marty Kemp speaks on the rotunda about human trafficing during the opening day of the year for the state's general legislative session, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Georgia Governor, First Lady Unveil Anti-Trafficking Plans

Georgia’s Republican governor and first lady have announced a slate of legislative measures they want to see enacted this year to combat human...

January 22, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump listens as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks on the release of the State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons report at the U.S. Department of State on June 28, 2018.

In Atlanta, Ivanka Trump Says White House Will Work To End Human Trafficking

Ivanka Trump says the White House is committed to ending human trafficking, which she called “modern day slavery." President Donald Trump's daughter and...

January 15, 2020
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  • Associated Press

Department Of Justice Grants Georgia $153M For 'Public Safety'

Georgia will receive from the U.S. Department of Justice $153 million in grant money for what Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Claire Murray...

November 13, 2019
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  • Sarah Rose
A recent Georgia State University study found that more than half of all homeless youth in Atlanta have experienced some form of human trafficking.

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GSU Study Highlights High Human Trafficking Risk Among Atlanta Homeless Youth

More than half of all homeless youth in Atlanta have experienced some form of human trafficking. The ‘ Atlanta Youth Count ’ – a Georgia State...

October 30, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Pria Mahadevan

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OST Full Show: Abandoned Atlanta Photography, Homeless Youth Trafficking, Dacre Stoker's 'Dracul'

Halloween week might be a time for imaging run-down, decrepit buildings, but they don’t scare photographer Jeff Hagerman. Having ventured inside these...

October 30, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 6 more
Sonja Spoo, left, associate campaign director of Ultra Violet, leads chants during an R. Kelly protest outside Sony headquarters, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019.

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New Documentary 'Surviving R. Kelly' Highlights Broader Problems Of Exploitation, Abuse

The new Lifetime documentary, "Surviving R. Kelly," details the history of allegations against the singer. He's been accused of the sexual exploitation...

January 18, 2019
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By:
  • Elena Rivera and
  • Virginia Prescott
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's field office for the Atlanta area is in Chamblee, Georgia.

How The FBI Rescued 148 Children From Human Trafficking In Georgia

Every month approximately 374 girls are sexually exploited in Georgia. On average, they are 12-14 years old. Last month, the Federal Bureau of...

June 11, 2018
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By:
  • Summer Evans and
  • Virginia Prescott

Cracking Down On Online Sex Trafficking

Georgia ranks near the top nationally for having the most human trafficking cases. Data compiled by the National Human Trafficking Resource Center shows...

March 19, 2018
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By:
  • Adam Ragusea and
  • La'Raven Taylor
Kendrick Roberts

Was 'House Full Of Girls' A Business Or Criminal Enterprise?

A Georgia man forced women he held at a million-dollar mansion to get gang-related tattoos, collected all the money they made at a strip club and...

March 24, 2017
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By:
  • Kate Brumback and
  • Associated Press

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