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The Human Trafficking Legal Center
1030 15th Street NW
#104B
Washington, DC 20005
https://www.htlegalcenter.org/
We work to hold traffickers accountable for their crimes. The Human Trafficking Legal Center, together with our pro bono (no fee) attorney partners, fights for justice for trafficking survivors. With pro bono attorneys by their sides, trafficking survivors can reclaim their lives.
Since 2012, we have trained more than 3,600 attorneys at leading U.S. law firms and placed 280+ cases for free legal representation. The Human Trafficking Legal Center and our pro bono partners have a 95% civil case success rate. Entire families can start life anew. Each victory emboldens more survivors. And traffickers face a powerful deterrent.
The Human Trafficking Legal Center Impact Report (https://www.htlegalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/HT_Pro_Bono_Impact_Report.pdf)
Jeffrey Epstein trafficked underage girls for 25 years, and he’s the most prolific American child trafficker ever acknowledged by law enforcement. The media has sanitized the Epstein trafficking network by ostensibly determining that the youngest Epstein victims were 14 years old, even though multiple accounts state that they were as young as 11 or 12 years old.
Epstein’s victims have courageously sought justice through civil litigation, but should the demand for justice fall solely on the shoulders of Epstein’s victims? No! And you can help. Please sign our Petition that is supported by seven Jeffrey Epstein victims, 40 anti-trafficking organizations and thousands of concerned citizens, demanding that the procurers and perpetrators in the Epstein trafficking network be brought to justice.
As a country dedicated to children’s safety, we must make a stand and pressure the government to bring the Epstein procurers and perpetrators to justice. We cannot send a message to the world that perpetrators in America who have wealth and power can molest our children with impunity. And if we allow the Justice Department to be apathetic and unresponsive to victims in a proven trafficking case, that sends a message to millions of victims that they have no voice and no hope for justice. Victims in the United States and around the world need to see that these child molesters are brought to justice.
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter,” said Martin Luther King, Jr.
Source: epsteinjustice.org
DID YOU KNOW. . .
Law authorities have led sting operations in connection with Super Bowl games. During the Super Bowl XLVIII, authorities arrested 45 pimps and rescued 25 child victims of human trafficking. During Super Bowl XLIX, authorities led a sting operation called National Day of Johns and arrested almost 600 people and rescued 68 victims. Publicity surrounding the Super Bowl provides opportunities for public awareness of sex trafficking. (Source: Wikipedia)
Safe Harbor laws protect victims of human trafficking
…from legal prosecution of crimes committed while under the influence of the trafficker and provide services such as counseling and housing and protect them from their exploiters.
Victims of trafficking are protected under federal law, but may still be charged under state law.
The federal Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2013 is a law that encourages states to pass safe harbor laws. It elevated the status of the National Human Trafficking Hotline and opened up the Job Corps program to sex trafficking victims. (Source: Wikipedia)
You may be able to file a civil Human Trafficking Lawsuit
…against businesses or institutions that should have been aware of the crime taking place on their property.
In an effort to crackdown on human trafficking, the government introduced the Trafficking Victim Protection Act of 2000 which gave survivors of human trafficking the ability to file civil lawsuits against parties that profited off of their trafficking.
Through their negligent actions, these businesses may have allowed these crimes to continue and in some cases could have been complicit in the crimes themselves.
Common examples of parties that may be considered liable for the damages suffered on their premises because of human trafficking include:
- Hotels/Motels
- Farms/Agriculture companies
- Massage businesses
- Casinos
- Nightclubs
- Restaurants
- Truck stops
- Theme parks
- Cruise ships
- Resorts
- Apartment complexes
Human trafficking can take place on the premises of these businesses right under the noses of those that operate the business as well as patrons.
While businesses are not always expected to be completely omniscient regarding what happens on their property, they are expected to exercise a certain degree of awareness when it comes to signs of human trafficking which many businesses negligently fail to act on or even recognize.
There are many new laws that mandate training for staff in the hospitality industry for recognizing signs of human trafficking that many businesses fail to provide which can make them liable.
Businesses may not always be direct participants but turning a blind eye and claiming ignorance is a defense strategy human trafficking lawyers encounter when filing lawsuits against these businesses.
Source: https://www.dolmanlaw.com/how-human-trafficking-lawsuits/
“We believe in a world free from sexual abuse and exploitation, so we work every day to build that world.”
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (“NCOSE”) has joined the Levin Law Firm to help lead the fight against human trafficking by supporting our clients’ claims that the hotel industry profits off the backs of victims by facilitating sex trafficking and prostitution on their properties. NCOSE has joined our law firm in filing lawsuits against hotel chains like Wyndham to help bring justice to survivors and to further the organization’s mission to hold corporations accountable for contributing to sexual exploitation. https://www.levinlaw.com/human-trafficking-lawsuit
World Without Exploitation (“World WE”) aims to put an end to modern-day slavery through education and outreach to provide help and resources for victims. Levin Papantonio has taken an important survivor-centered approach to combat human trafficking and has teamed up with several advocacy groups such as the National Center on Sexual Exploitation and World Without Exploitation.
Click to watch VIDEOS which include:
- Predators Targeting Minors With Dating Apps & Combating Hotels Profiting From Human Trafficking
- Banks Are Working With Law Enforcement As Human Trafficking Watchdog
- Judge Says Facebook Not Immune For Role In Human Trafficking
Source: Levin Law Firm
Many people have been affected by pornography, sexual abuse, sex trafficking and more either directly or through those they love and care about. Here are Resources to help understand the issues, and with both Prevention and Recovery efforts. (Survivor Resources, Prevention and Recovery, Ally Resources, Press Resources). Click Here for NCOSE Resources.
The Dirty Dozen List is an annual campaign calling out 12 mainstream entities for facilitating or profiting from sexual abuse and exploitation. Since its inception in 2013, the Dirty Dozen List has galvanized 1000’s of individuals like YOU to call on corporations, government agencies, and organizations to change specific policies to instead promote human dignity. This campaign has yielded major victories, including significant changes at Google, Netflix, TikTok, Hilton Worldwide, Verizon, Walmart, US Department of Defense, and many more. (Source: National Center on Sexual Exploitation)