To commemorate the month and in observance of January 11th as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, U.S. Attorney Dena J. King renewed the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s commitment to fight against human trafficking by bringing traffickers to justice, assisting trafficked victims, and enhancing public awareness through …
According to the data in the FBI, Black people in the U.S. are overrepresented among missing persons.
While Black people make up around 14 percent of the U.S. population, they represent 37 percent of the missing registered with the FBI’s National Crime Information Center. White people, who make up 75 percent of U.S. population, only accounted for 59 percent of missing people. The data does not distinguish for Latino/Hispanic origin.
Looking at differences in the age, race and sex of missing people in the U.S., younger people and especially younger women are also much more likely to be reported missing. While almost 380,000 individuals up until the age of 20 were registered as missing with the FBI, that number was only around 170,000 for persons 21 years.
January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month, a presidentially designated observance designed to educate the public about human trafficking and the role they can play in preventing and responding to human trafficking.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) theme for Human Trafficking Prevention Month 2024 is Activate Connections to Prevent Human Trafficking. This is an opportunity to highlight the importance of collaborating across multiple sectors to build human trafficking prevention initiatives that work.
This toolkit aims to educate and equip individuals and organizations to share information and resources to increase awareness, foster connections, and ultimately strengthen individuals, families, and
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