Child Trafficking, COVID-19, Exploitation, Human Traffickers, Human Trafficking, Online Safety, Sex Trafficking
Ashden Brooke Robinson: undergraduate student: B.S. majoring in Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-Saint Louis (UMSL); Gateway Human Trafficking Intern. Edited and updated by Eryn Borders. Note: This article was originally written by Ashden Brooke Robinson and...
Child Abuse, Exploitation, Human Traffickers, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking
By Andrea Nichols, Ph.D., Professor, St. Louis Community College Forest Park; Lecturer, Washington University in St. Louis; Gateway Alliance Against Human Trafficking Member. Very few research studies specifically examine people who sex-traffic others. The available...
Domestic Violence, Exploitation, Human Trafficking
By Dora Fichter; Program Committee Member, Gateway Alliance against Human Trafficking Human trafficking and domestic violence share many common characteristics. The perpetrators of both crimes use similar tactics to control their victims, but the abuse occurs in a...
Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, Child Abuse, Child Trafficking, Exploitation, Human Trafficking, Labor Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Working Children
By K. Omin Jih Victimization of human trafficking remains the most urgent crisis in the modern Native American community. Several risk factors that originated from the beginning of colonization are still influencing the Native population negatively and consistently;...
Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, Exploitation, Human Trafficking
Honoring National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People – May 5, 2024 By Jatonya Clayborn, Program Director, Gateway Alliance against Human Trafficking Indigenous people have long suffered the disproportionate impact of human trafficking on...
Child Abuse, Child Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Online Safety
Christine Sylvia, Program Committee Member, Gateway Alliance against Human Trafficking In our modern society, where safety and protection should be paramount, a threat preys upon our most vulnerable: our children. Human trafficking thrives within the borders of the...
