Polaris Project Launches TraffickingResourceCenter.org

Posted by NPNAdmin at 5/25/2009 1:12 PM
Categories: What You Can Do, Prostitution
We are pleased to share this May 22 press release from the Polaris Project:



Dear Supporters,

Polaris Project recently launched the first official website of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC).

The website provides information on the services offered by the NHTRC 24-hour hotline (1-888-3737-888), available training opportunities, and information and resources on human trafficking within the United States.

  • See our Know the Signs page to learn about how to recognize and report human trafficking to the NHTRC hotline. Many tips received by the hotline are called in by individuals like you who see something unusual in their everyday lives and want to do something about it.  Once tips are received, NHTRC Call Specialists connect victims with law enforcement and social service providers in their local area who can help them get out of exploitative situations and into safe environments where they have access to services, such as emotional support, health care, and legal services.
  • View our Training page for details on the range of training and technical assistance topics offered by the NHTRC.
  • Download materials to hand out at awareness raising events on our Information and Resources page.

Visit TraffickingResourceCenter.org to learn more about how the NHTRC can be a resource for you. 

To support the work of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, make a direct donation today.

Sarah Jakiel
Program Director
National Human Trafficking Resource Center

See also:

Hunt Alternatives Fund: Demand Abolition
Demand Abolition supports the modern-day slavery movement by combating the demand for sex trafficking. By conducting and disseminating research, convening key stakeholders to share best practices, and educating policymakers, Demand Abolition catalyzes systemic social change to reflect the dignity of all people.

MSNBC Investigates Human Trafficking and Prostitution in the US; Valley Advocate Advertises "Foreign Fantasies" Where "Everything Goes"
While MSNBC is busy investigating the sex industry, the Valley Advocate is busy making money from it. The Massage/Escort ads in the 1/10/08 edition below include an advertisement of "FOREIGN FANTASIES" where "Everything Goes"...



Polaris Project: "The Washington Post: A Paper Pimp?" (Part One)

Polaris Project: "The Washington Post: A Paper Pimp?" (Part Two)

O Tempora, O Mores: "CityBeat's Community Values" (6/22/08)
A month ago there was a major prostitution raid in Cincinnati, southern Indiana and northern Kentucky that shut down a number of Asian massage parlors. These establishments were well advertised in CityBeat.

The owners of the parlors/brothels were all of Asian descent. It was determined by law enforcement the owners had brought young women into the country for the sole purpose of prostitution. In an effort to give the appearance of legality the owners stated they were merely receiving 100% of the money the ladies obtained for the legitimate massage and any profiting by the women was up to those women. They further admitted that was the only way the ladies were paid...

What really bothers me is what touched off this debate. One of the indicted owners of the Asian massage parlors admitted to the police that she had driven 40,000 miles this past year delivering girls to massage parlors throughout the country...

These people are making a very large amount of money by dealing in human trafficking aka slavery. If CityBeat continues to run ads promoting this type of business, they are turning a blind eye to a shameful problem.

Pasadena Weekly: "Lives for sale"
“They’re always a point of concern,” Pasadena Police Chief Bernard Melekian told the newspaper. “We follow up on them fairly regularly. I have always been surprised that the [Pasadena] Weekly underwrites the exploitation of women to some degree.”

...“Asian Lovers: Best Young Girls in Town,” “Asian Girl: Pretty Apples,” “Grand Opening, Young Asian Cuties,” read several ads that appeared recently in the Weekly...

Ivy Suriyopaf, an attorney with the Asian-American Defense League, said that if an ad is suspicious, newspapers shouldn’t run it.

“Publications have a choice about whether to run certain ads,” said Suriyopaf. “If they have any reason to believe that businesses are conducting illicit activities, they have a social responsibility to report it to the authorities or, at the very least, not run the business’ advertisements.”

Press Release: Action Network to use RNC and Minnesota State Fair to Bring Attention to Problem of Sex Trafficking

New York Times: "The Girls Next Door"; Worldwide Sex Trafficking; Role of Porn

Gloria Steinem at Smith: Cooperation, Not Domination
...there are more slaves in proportion to the world’s population--more people held by force or coercion without benefit from their work--more now than there were in the 1800s. Sex trafficking, labor trafficking, children and adults forced into armies: they all add up to a global human-trafficking industry that is more profitable than the arms trade, and second only to the drug trade. The big difference now from the 1800s is that the United Nations estimates that 80% of those who are enslaved are women and children...

Abolishing Prostitution: The Swedish Solution - An Interview with Gunilla Ekberg by the Rain and Thunder Collective

 
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