Tag: human trafficking
Behind the Rise of Human Trafficking in the Birmingham Area
By Alaina Bookman | abookman@al.com
This is another installment in Birmingham Times/AL.com/CBS42 joint series “Beyond the Violence: what can be done to address Birmingham’s rising homicide rate.” Sign...
U.S. Attorney on Human Trafficking in Alabama
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations says 34 arrests were made for commercial sex and six arrests for human...
Human trafficking is a growing problem. Regions Bank on how we...
By Loren Spiller
www.doingmoretoday
Almost 25 million victims worldwide. A $150 billion industry. Today’s second-fastest growing crime, behind drug trafficking. These figures from the World International...
How Assistant U.S. Attorney Xavier Carter plans to fight human trafficking...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
When former U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance considered a new coordinator for the office’s Human Trafficking Task Force she settled...
$150 billion human trafficking industry flows through Birmingham
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Kathy Jackson was a typical college student in the mid-1980s when she went to Chicago for spring break to attend...
For three decades she was trafficked on every continent except two
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
She’s been on every continent except two and in every state except five.
Kathy Jackson, 55, has traveled the world—but not...
UAB prof explains why most in Alabama don’t know human trafficking...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Many Alabamians aren’t aware of the state’s role in human trafficking, said Robert Blanton, a professor in the UAB College...
Alabama lawmakers created a Human Trafficking Task Force in 2014
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Efforts are being made at multiple levels to stop human trafficking, said Gen. Charles Krulak, a co-chairman and ambassador for...
