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Interview with Kate Mogulescu About Landmark Decision
The following is an interview with one of our members Kate Mogulescu who was involved in a landmark decision to free a human trafficking survivor under a new New York State Law. *Thank you to Patrice Smith for giving us…
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FNUSA Starts Emergency Survivor Relief Fund
In May 2020, Freedom Network USA (FNUSA) established a fund to help human trafficking survivors in the time of COVID. The FNUSA Human Trafficking Survivor Relief Fund provides emergency financial assistance to survivors who have been negatively impacted by…
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FNUSA Submits Feedback to Protect Trafficked Children
FNUSA submitted comments today in response to a request for feedback from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Trafficking in Persons (OTIP). The agency is attempting to revise the form that must be submitted for children who…
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Melinda Smith |
FNUSA Congressional Briefing Addresses Prevention and Services for Survivors
Freedom Network USA (FNUSA) hosted its first congressional briefing on Tuesday April 3rd in Washington, DC. The briefing, sponsored by Representative Don Beyer of Virginia, focused on a comprehensive approach to addressing human trafficking in the United States. FNUSA Executive Director,…
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Database Established: Legal Advocacy Resources for Human Trafficking Victims
Freedom Network member organization Advocating Opportunity has aligned with various expert organizations in justice and law to form the national Vacatur & Expungement Database. Advocating Opportunity provides legal services and whole person advocacy for human trafficking victims. The database provides…
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FN Member Org Safe Horizon Contributes to Huff Post
Ariel Zwang, the CEO of Freedom Network member organization Safe Horizon, has become a regular contributor to the HuffPost media site, sharing her expertise on human trafficking initiatives. Her most recently published article is entitled In Counting the Homeless This…
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FN Co-Chair publishes an op-ed in honor of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Freedom Network Co-Chair, Ivy Suriyopas, shared some of her thoughts on ways that everyone can help in the fight against human trafficking. In an op-ed recently published by truth-out.org, she outlines six key areas that are directly related to some…