By Emily Schmall - Yahoo! News
Susana Trimarco was a housewife who fussed over her family and paid scant attention to the news until her daughter left for a doctor's appointment and never came back.
Read MoreIn the news stories below, we illustrate local and global impact of human trafficking and the undeniable need to tackle these concerns through compassionate, collaborative action.
By Emily Schmall - Yahoo! News
Susana Trimarco was a housewife who fussed over her family and paid scant attention to the news until her daughter left for a doctor's appointment and never came back.
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Continually recognized as a "Best Place to Work," Hyatt aims to educate associates on importance of upholding human rights in daily lives, communities and the workplace.
Read MoreBy Eric Jaffe - The Atlantic Cities Place Matters
The town of Kennebunk, Maine, recently made headlines for releasing the identities of men charged with patronizing a Zumba instructor-turned-prostitute named Alexis Wright.
Read MoreBy Sara Hottman - The Oregonian
Chris Killmer once met a woman who had been enslaved as a laborer in Portland for 12 years.
Read MoreBy Amy Joi O'Donoghue - ksl.com
Salt Lake City - Girls as young as 14 were coerced into performing sex acts for Utah men who patronized the back rooms of three Salt Lake area "massage" parlors in an criminal enterprise top law enforcement likened to the mob.
Read MoreBy Elizabeth Aguilera - North County Times
A Mexican girl sent to America for a better life never saw the inside of a classroom. Instead, she became a human-trafficking victim in Oceanside.
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A 27-year-old Tacoma man was convicted in federal court Friday of seven counts related to the sex trafficking of juveniles and women, the U.S. attorney announced.
Read MoreBy Alexa Vaughn - The Seattle Times
Two abusive men who advertised women for sex using Backpage.com were sentenced to several years in prison in U.S. District Court today.
Read MoreBy Peter Rudegeair - Yahoo! News
Authorities on Tuesday broke up a $7 million three-state prostitution and money laundering ring, rescuing two human trafficking victims and arresting more than a dozen people, New York's attorney general said.
Read MoreBy Special to The Oregonian
The first stop for a child taken from home for protection is a caseworker's room in the Oregon Child Welfare office in East Multnomah County.
Read MoreBy Associated Press - Oregon Live
Snohomish County prosecutors have charged two men with trafficking girls as young as 13 for sex.
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