In 2007, a landmark Human Trafficking trial was held in the Hartford, Connecticut Federal Court. In the testimony of that trial the Hartford Advocate, a local newspaper that is typical of alternative weeklies across America, was mentioned over 70 times. W...
Continue ReadingDennis Paris Photo courtesy Vanity Fair (The following story is based on an excerpt from The Berlin Turnpike: A True Story of Human Trafficking in America.) The hypocrisy of human trafficking runs deep in America. A prominent “Vision” and “Values”...
Continue ReadingBrenden Duvey was just another guy on Facebook. He lived in Berlin, Connecticut, a suburb of Hartford, and chatted with lots of friends online nearly every day. Sometimes he arranged to meet his “friends” in person, usually at a motel on&nbs...
Continue ReadingStreet dealers and gang members aren’t just selling drugs anymore. They’ve found a bigger business that’s far more profitable. Now they’re selling young girls and teens for sex. How do we know for sure? Niine gang members have just...
Continue ReadingThis is the first in a series of articles by Raymond Bechard focusing on the reauthorization of the 2011 Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the behind-the-scenes political process that is threatening the law’s progress and strength. Having been...
Continue ReadingGang members are smart. The streets where they live give them a perfect view of how to profit from the worst urges of manhood. Over the past few years the really smart ones are getting out of the drug business. Now they’re offering an entirely new line ...
Continue ReadingTo the multitudes of anti-human trafficking charities in America, the news out of Google’s executive offices on Wednesday seemed like an enormous triumph. Even as they continue to push each other aside in a desperate effort to acquire ever decreasing do...
Continue Reading“The girl is the new drug,” declared Sergeant Detective Kelley O’Connell of the Boston Police Department’s Human Trafficking Unit. As I mentioned in a previous article on the topic, Sergeant Kelley refers to girls as a “prized commodity” among...
Continue ReadingAs a U.S. Taxpayer, you are funding human trafficking in Iraq, Afghanistan and hundreds of other locations across the globe because of American government contractor oversight and greed. And with the reauthorization of the Trafficking Victi...
Continue ReadingThis article is based on the dedicated research and writing of human rights advocate, William Hayes, of VillageVoicePimp.com. Ten underage girls are the latest to be victimized and sold online by Village Voice Media, the alternative weekly newspaper chain...
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