“How Do You Define And Measure Success?” “How do you define and measure success?” This question is asked in each Human Trafficking Investigations Law Enforcement Class by Rick Hoffman. Success and achievement can look different to different people. As a nonprofit whose focus is to stop human trafficking, a victim escaping their trafficker, the recovery […]
Roger DeHart, a Broward County Sheriff’s Court Deputy is taking steps, in fact, lots of steps to shine a light on the human trafficking epidemic in the U.S. Roger, the founder of First S.t.o.p Inc. – Saving Teens and Others from Predators, is making the journey to increase awareness in our communities. First S.T.O.P Inc. […]
08/16/2019 San Francisco, California, United States HackerEarth, a leader in developer assessment software and ERASE Child Trafficking, an organization that supports law enforcement through human trafficking investigations training, together announce the launch of the “Missing Hackathon”. The hackathon is aimed at developing technological solutions to tackle the issues around child abduction and trafficking. According to the FBI’s […]
Law Enforcement Learn New Approach to Investigate Human Trafficking Crimes Law enforcement professionals in South Carolina learned new skills to identify human trafficking victims and investigate human trafficking crimes. 148 dedicated officers and agents from 58 agencies attended the training. Officers from neighboring states, North Carolina and Georgia, also attended the human trafficking training. From […]
Police Officers Attend Human Trafficking Investigations Course ERASE Child Trafficking (ERASE) is a U.S. based non-profit organization focused on eliminating child trafficking. ERASE’s Law Enforcement Training Program provides several courses on identifying and investigating all forms of human trafficking. Courses range from introductory to advanced for patrol officers, investigators, detectives, federal agents, prosecutors, and judges. […]
On March 19th North Miami and Hialeah Gardens Police Departments hosted ERASE Child Trafficking’s human trafficking training. The training was held in the Gordon Center at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Local, State, and Federal law enforcement officers and representatives from seven different agencies completed the 24-hour Advanced Human Trafficking Investigations Law Enforcement Course. Major […]
Story of a Human Trafficking Victim It’s midnight. Officer Scott pulls his patrol car into the lot of a small, 24-hour convenience store. As he approaches, he peers through the decal-laden glass door to see a middle-aged man struggling to restrain an agitated 16-year old girl. The store owner had caught this young woman and […]
Child Sex Trafficking-Not My Child Mom shakes her head and Dad raises his voice. Their 16-year old daughter storms up the stairs. As the bedroom door slams, she collapses on the bed with phone in hand. She’s ready to vent her frustrations one status update at a time. With every angst-laden tap of the keyboard, […]
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons July 30th, millions of people all over the globe took part in the United Nations’ World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. For the entire day, individuals, businesses, and non-profits alike offered up their social media accounts to raise awareness about human trafficking. As a non-profit whose mission it is […]
We presented a panel of experts from areas where human trafficking is at its worse, southern Florida and southern California. We brought law enforcement and social media together at Summit Live to spread awareness about child trafficking to an audience that had the capabilities to reach hundreds of thousands of people…