On 10/17 there is a hearing before DC City Council on a bill that fully decriminalizes buying sex and stash houses, which often involve significant amounts of coercive exploitation. The proposed amendments to the current laws on the sex trade are also contradictory and create confusion around what is and is not enforceable – laws…
The Center for Court Innovation is currently working on a project funded by OVC, to create a package of informational materials for child trafficking survivors, to support them during their justice system involvement. As part of the project needs assessment they are conducting a nationwide survey to gather more information from practitioners in the field. Feedback from…
When survivors come forward, it is difficult and sensitive, and the way media covers, and we talk about, Demi Moore’s experience is important. Familial trafficking is rampant and sometimes the hardest trafficking to detect. At least 41% of people recruited into trafficking are recruited by their family members according to IOM – UN Migration and CTDC. Familial…
We are proud to announce that Collective Liberty is a Top Finalist startup for the MassChallenge Texas in Austin 2019 accelerator program! Our programming and technical solutions are the future of criminal justice approaches toward human trafficking, ensuring offender-focused data collection and intelligence analysis and supporting the rapid adoption of victim-centered best practices. Of the 74 other…
DC City Council is hosting a hearing today for over 170 witnesses testifying for an against legalizing the sex trade in the District of Columbia, under DC Bill 318. Many sex workers are sharing their stories of marginalization, and how criminalization is an impediment to their housing and economic stability. Many trafficking survivors are testifying to…
Our CEO Rochelle Keyhan was honored with the International Association of Financial Crimes‘ annual “Cyber Crime Investigations Contributor of the Year” award at this year’s conference. She presented on human traffickers’ financial crimes and fraudulent behavior at the conference on Monday to a standing room only filled room of passionate, global investigators from 4 separate continents. On…
Our training Institute in Waco, TX last week was a huge success! In partnership with the Heart of Texas Human Trafficking Coalition, Unbound Waco, and various faculty from across Texas, we trained 30+ officers and prosecutors from 20 US jurisdiction (18 across the state of Texas), on national best practices for eradicating human trafficking. This included sections…
Did you know that a 10 lb bag of chicken quarters cost $4.99 in Austin, TX the day ICE arrested 680 at poultry processing farms – farms where people were responsible for hand cutting each quarter? Our demand for cheap goods is a contributing factor to the exploitation in the poultry processing industry. Did you…
“This approach ensures that every future operation represents another step away from repetitious low-level arrests that typically only penalize potential victims, towards a future where traffickers are held accountable and our communities become inhospitable to them.” –Rochelle Keyhan, Former Director of Disruption StrategiesZach Newman, Aurora Colorado Channel 9 News Our CEO Rochelle Keyhan’s work is…
A large part of our work with partners in Europe has been learning the ins and outs of the different partial decriminalization models that exist. Overwhelming our European partners agree that the Equality Model is the most effective in allowing for strong anti trafficking programs while standing with survivors and minimizing harm to sex workers.…