News articles addressing issues of human trafficking:
ABC10: Group rallies for crackdown on human trafficking
International Business Times: San Diego Sex Trafficking: 22 Gang Members Indicted for Forcing Underage Girls into Prostitution
NBC San Diego: Cross-Country Prostitution Ring Recruited Girls from East County Schools: U.S. Attorney
UT San Diego: Feds: Gang lured schoolgirls to sex trade
LA Times: 22 indicted on charges of sex-trafficking girls in San Diego County
Reuters: San Diego- area gang trafficked girls as young as twelve, officials say
KPBS: 22 Arrested in Sex-Trafficking Case Involving East County Girls
Fox 5 San Diego: 22 gang members charged with luring teens into sex trade
PLNU in the news: Fox News – Christian College to Offer Free Education to Victims of Sex Trafficking
San Diego County Board of Supervisors backs efforts of Human Trafficking Advisory Council
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries: Growth of the Human Trafficking Movement in the Nazarene Church: http://ncm.org/wp-content/
Keloland.com: Faith-Based Community Addresses Human Trafficking
The Federal Bureau of Investigation: California Operators of MyRedbook.com Website Arrested for Facilitating Prostitution and Money Laundering
The San Diego City Beat: One Woman’s Struggle to Overcome a Life of Prostitution
The New York Times: Slavery and Shrimp on Your Plate (Thai Seafood Is Contaminated by Human Trafficking)
Pressenza International Press Agency: With Annual $36 Billion, Human Trafficking Ranks as World’s Third Most Profitable Crime
Grunion Gazette: Officials Turn Tide in Long Beach, Work to Stop Human Sex Trafficking, Psychological Warfare Propels Human Sex Trafficking World, Officialdom, Volunteer Groups Mobilize to Stop Trade
Washington Post: There’s No Such Thing as a Child Prostitute
Engage Magazine: Nazarene Grassroots Momentum Building Around Abolition Movement
KPBS: ‘Casa Del Jardin’ Offers Girls A Life After Prostitution
KPBS: Sex Trafficking Overtakes Drugs As San Diego County Gang’s Top Cash Source
Fox 5 San Diego: 24 San Diego Gang Members Indicted For Sex Trafficking
County News Center (CNC): Rescued From A Pimp
NPR: Escaping Forced Prostitution and Leaving the Shame Behind
NBC San Diego: Mission Valley Travelodge Hotel Prostitution Crackdown
Other Resources
Wesleyan Holiness Consortium Declaration for Freedom
Stop Trafficking: Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter
See current and back issues of the newsletter and resources from religious congregations and collaborating organizations.
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