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Rochester Regional Coalition
HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
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Upcoming RRCAHT Events
RRCAHT Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
8 am to 5 pm
St. John Fisher College, Cleary Auditorium in Kearney Hall
3690 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14618
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We have been closely monitoring the situation with COVID-19 or coronavirus. For the health and safety of our attendees, volunteers, and staff, we have decided to cancel the May 20, 2020, RRCAHT Inaugural Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference.
We appreciate your support, willingness to be a speaker, or to volunteer and we wish you all the best in this difficult time.
We plan to reschedule the conference for May 2021. We will keep you informed of any updates and changes.
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Emergency Contacts
If you need help or you think you have come into contact with a victim of human trafficking...
National Human Trafficking
Resource Center
call 1.888.373.7888 / Text HELP or
INFO to BeFree (233733)
Center For Youth
905 Monroe Ave
Rochester, NY 14620
(585) 271-7670 24 hrs
Emergency Contacts
If you need help or you think you have come into contact with a victim of human trafficking...
National Human Trafficking
Resource Center
call 1.888.373.7888 / Text HELP or
INFO to BeFree (233733)
Center For Youth
905 Monroe Ave
Rochester, NY 14620
(585) 271-7670 24 hrs
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Willow Domestic Violence Center
24/7 HOTLINE: (585) 222-SAFE
24/7 TEXT LINE: (585) 348-SAFE
What Is Human Trafficking?
Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others. As defined under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA)
Sex Trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or
Labor Trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
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For comprehensive information about Human Trafficking, including links to videos, refer to the Human Trafficking Awareness Manual of the Sisters of Charity of New York.
Featured news story
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Rochester human trafficking court to expand
(RochesterFirst.com - October 29, 2019
Yes, Here!
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Federal Jury Convicts Rochester Man Of Sex Trafficking
U.S. Attorney for the Western District, New York - November 15, 2018
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Irondequoit sex trafficker John Spencer sentenced to 17 to 21 years in prison
Democrat and Chronicle - April 20, 2018
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Sex trafficker John Spencer convicted of trafficking, promoting prostitution, assault
Democrat and Chronicle - March 13, 2018
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Human Trafficking as close as next door
Democrat and Chronicle - February 2, 2018
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Dozens of Rochester kids acknowledge they've been sold for sex
Democrat and Chronicle - February 3, 2018
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Violent sex trafficker Stephen Jones sentenced to 25 years in federal prison​
Democrat and Chronicle - December 21, 2017
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Slaughter pledges $600k to fight human trafficking​
Rochester Business Journal - October 11, 2017
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Husband And Wife Plead Guilty To Sex Trafficking​
U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of NY - August 2, 2017
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Man sentenced for sex trafficking of girl
Democrat and Chronicle - November 23, 2016
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Battle rages over human trafficking - Courts, nonprofits help local
Democrat and Chronicle - November 22, 2016
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Police: Massage parlor a front for prostitution
Democrat and Chronicle - November 3, 2016
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Sex trafficker suspected in new crime
Democrat and Chronicle - August 26, 2016
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Latest Traffic Report
Regional
How Do You Care for Sex-Trafficking Victims if You Can’t Hold On to Them?
New York Times - December 6, 2017
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House Democrats seek answers after ICE agents arrest possible victim of human trafficking​
New York Daily News - July 14, 2017
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Human trafficking 'a significant issue in Western New York'
Buffalo Law Journal - July 10, 2017
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Sex sting bust nets 12, including local school bus driver, Glens Falls radio DJ
WTEN, Albany - June 12, 2017
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Bill Seeks to Enlist New York Hotels to Help Fight Sex Trafficking
New York Times - April 16, 2017
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A Guardian Is Accused of Holding 2 Teenagers Captive in Queens for Years
New York Times - January 12, 2017
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The January RRCAHT Newsletter is now available.
You can read it here and you can join the mailing list for future editions by clicking here.
Thank you to the Vignelli Center for Design Studies at RIT for your sponsorship and contributions to our branding and Yes, Here. marketing campaign.
National
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Who buys a child for sex? Otherwise ordinary men
IndyStar - January 30, 2018
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Task Force In Santa Rosa County Focuses On Human Trafficking​
WUWF (NW Florida) - October 18, 2017
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Woman was trapped by sex trafficking life
Albuquerque Journal - July 17, 2017
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Services, funding for sex trafficking victims in short supply
Albuquerque Journal - July 17, 2017
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Helping sex trafficking victims is a challenge
Albuquerque Journal - July 16, 2017
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More than 1,000 police officers underwent human trafficking training in last fiscal year
Topeka Capital Journal - July 16, 2017
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Wisconsin Hospital Works to Educate About Trafficked Youth
WDIO-TV (Duluth) - July 15, 2017
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Chance encounter leads to prosecutions
Albuquerque Journal - July 15, 2017
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How Cleveland has become a leader in trying to eradicate human trafficking​
Christian Science Monitor - July 9, 2017
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21 Across U.S. Are Indicted in ‘Modern-Day Sex Slave’ Ring
New York Times - May 25, 2017
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Flight Attendants Fight Human Trafficking With Eyes in the Sky
New York Times - February 7, 2017
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International
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TIP ‘hero’ was eight when she first saw a child sex victim
The Nation - July 16, 2017
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Obama raises the stakes for multinationals to combat human trafficking
Huffington Post - July 13, 2016
Armenia among pioneers of fighting trafficking: U.S. State Department
PanArmenian.net - July 1, 2016
Japan short of ‘minimum’ standards on human trafficking: U.S. State Department
Japan Times - July 1, 2016
Myanmar decries demotion on US human trafficking blacklist
AP - July 1, 2016
Human trafficking in Ireland up 73 per cent since 2014
Irish Times - July 1, 2016