FIU’s Human Rights Law Association Panel Raises Awareness on The Crisis
Karyne Martins Araujo | Contributing Writer Human Rights Law Association and the Community Police Relations Foundation hosted at a Human Trafficking Crisis Panel to educate…
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FIU hosts community discussion on modern-day slavery and human trafficking
Paloma Pimentel | Contributing Writer In commemoration of National Human Trafficking prevention month, the Office of Social Justice and Inclusion at FIU collaborated with the…
Miami’s Sex Industry Drives Fastest-Growing Crime, Human Trafficking
Maya Washburn / Staff Writer Miami is the third city in the nation with the most human trafficking presence, according to Glory House of Miami,…
Forum Discusses The Hidden World of Human Trafficking
By: Jordan Coll / Assistant News Director “All of you live here in this world, we live in an underground world that you can’t even…
Human Trafficking In The LGBTQ Community Is Under-Reported And Putting Lives At Risk
Emily Sol/Contributing Writer Between the years of 2011 and 2015, the National Human Trafficking Hotline received over 240 calls from either transgender or gender non-conforming…
Post-Super Bowl Human Trafficking Is An Issue In Our Community
Samantha Garcia/Staff Writer The Super Bowl is an annual hallmark of American culture, bringing people from all cultures, backgrounds and socio-economic perspectives together to share…
Student leader calls activism a ‘continuum’
“Activism is not only you working toward something alone, but also inspiring the people around you to join you for this cause because the more people you have on board, the more effective in the end you will be.”
Student Thoughts: Freedom Week highlights human trafficking terrors
Last week, while walking through the Modesto A. Madique Campus, I saw a makeshift walk-through brothel displayed on the Graham Center Lawn.
A sign outside it read, “Girls! Girls! Girls! Only $35 for 15 min.”
Inside was a dirty bed on the floor with sheets that looked as though they hadn’t been washed in weeks. The dirty wooden walls were marked with stories from girls around the world who were victims of human trafficking.
One wooden plaque told the story of a girl from Albania who was trafficked in France and Italy.
It read, “…No one will ever know. If we succeed and go to police, bad things will happen to our families and everyone will know we are prostitutes. He asked what our family and friends would say if they knew how many men we have been with already.”
Alumna gives advice on helping victims of world’s second most profitable crime
Many of the victims were kidnapped or given false promises of acquiring a better life, but then trapped in dangerous conditions.
UNICEF@FIU named rising star club in national summit
Fresh out of the Big Apple, the University chapter of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund has reached a successful point – it was appointed the 2013 Rising Star Club of the Year award at the UNICEF Campus Initiative Summit.
