Two States Take the Protected Innocence Challenge Head On

Posted by: Taryn on 2/15/2012 | 1 Comment
Last year, Shared Hope issued failing grades to over half the states for their legal provisions to protect America’s innocent against domestic minor sex trafficking. We challenged each state to raise their grade. They heard us! Taking this challenge head on, more than 30 states have introduced a total of 90 bills (and counting!) that will help combat human trafficking in their states. 
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Protected Innocence Initiative Part 6: Shared Hope’s Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Tools For to Effectuate Investigation and Prosecutions

Posted by: Taryn on 11/22/2011 | 0 Comments
Part 6, of Shared Hope International’s Protected Innocence Initiative, recommends policies in regards to law enforcement training to combat domestic minor sex trafficking and aid in the investigation of DMST cases.
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Part 5: Protective Provisions for Child Victims: Correcting laws to protect, not prosecute, child victims

Posted by: Taryn on 11/18/2011 | 0 Comments

Children exploited in the commercial sex industry may be misidentified and arrested and prosecuted as criminals for crimes to which they cannot legally consent. Read on to learn how Shared Hope International’s Protected Innocence Initiative will work to address protective provisions for child victims.

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Part 4: Hotels, Planes, and Taxis, Oh My! The efforts to stop facilitating child sex trafficking

Posted by: Taryn on 11/17/2011 | 2 Comments
The fourth component of the Protected Innocence Initiative is “Criminal Provisions for Facilitators.” Hotels are perhaps one of the most well recognized facilitators in the sex trafficking industry. At hotels young children are taken by their traffickers and sold to dozens of men a night. Airlines and taxis also act as facilitators in the sex trafficking industry.
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Protected Innocence Initiative Part 3: Protective Provisions for Traffickers

Posted by: Taryn on 11/15/2011 | 0 Comments
A major obstacle in the fight against sex trafficking in America is that state laws all across the nation provide inconsistent and potentially lenient sentences for the crime of selling America’s children for sex. Read more about how Shared Hope’s Protective Innocence Initiative is working to provide states with a blueprint of legislative action to start proactively and effectively combating trafficking by targeting traffickers.
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Protected Innocence Initiative Part 2: Criminal Provisions Addressing Demand

Posted by: Taryn on 11/4/2011 | 0 Comments
In 2005, Pennsylvania attempted to crack down on buyers looking to purchase sex at truck stops, specifically along the “Miracle Mile”. However, consequences for buyers were a mere slap on the wrist. The second component of Shared Hope International’s Protected Innocence Initiative will provide analysis and recommendations on legislation concerning criminal provisions for demand.
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United to Stop Modern Slavery

Posted by: Taryn on 10/26/2011 | 0 Comments
On October 22nd, 2011, D.C. Stop Modern Slavery held the 3rd annual Stop Modern Slavery walk with over 2,000 walkers and supporters. Shared Hope International, along with many other organizations and individuals, joined on the National Mall to support the anti-slavery movement .
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Part 1: Victims or perpetrators: Who goes free in the “Land of the Free”

Posted by: Taryn on 10/23/2011 | 0 Comments
Every year in the United States, officials estimate that 100,000-300,000 children are at a heightened risk for being forced into the sex industry, particularly children that run away or are abandoned by their families. In a country plagued by sex trafficking and modern day slavery, can American truly be labeled “The Land of the Free”? Learn more about how Shared Hope International’s Protected Innocence Initiative will work to strengthen states response through the criminalization of domestic minor sex trafficking.
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State Action, National Change: Protected Innocence Initiative

Posted by: Taryn on 10/21/2011 | 0 Comments
In 2000, the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) was enacted to provide a strong legal platform to bring justice to victims. Though this resource is a vital component in our federal legislative framework, most cases of domestic minor sex trafficking are declined for federal prosecution. That is why Shared Hope International launched the Protected Innocence Initiative.
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Coming up: Walk with us at the 2011 DC Stop Modern Slavery Walk!

Posted by: Taryn on 10/18/2011 | 0 Comments
On October 22, 2011 Shared Hope International and thousands of supporters of anti-slavery efforts will gather on the National Mall for the 3rd Annual DC Stop Modern Slavery Walk—and we want YOU to join us!!
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