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World Day Against Trafficking In Persons

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July 30 is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. This year’s theme is “Human Trafficking Is Organized Crime — End the Exploitation,” and we intend to do just that. Labor and sex trafficking is happening in your town, in your neighborhoods, online everywhere. So let’s organize to put a stop to it.

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As human trafficking continues to grow, the need for safe housing for survivors has become increasingly urgent. Without access to stable housing, survivors are vulnerable to homelessness, revictimization and increased difficulty accessing critical medical, mental health and legal support.

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Human Trafficking: The Fastest-Growing Criminal Enterprise

It starts with vulnerability. And traffickers are masters at finding and exploiting it. In a new study at the University of Pennsylvania, researchers used machine learning to analyze millions of online ads. They uncovered patterns that link deceptive job offers to sex trafficking networks. The bigger finding? That traffickers aren’t just recruiting in places where humans are exploited for sex and labor. They’re recruiting in small towns, in suburban communities, anywhere a person struggles to meet a need for physical or emotional needs. Read the article in Forensic Magazine. Contact LifeWay Network to schedule a free preventive trafficking presentation in your community.

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    Human trafficking isn't random—it’s a calculated crime. The myth of a white van belies the reality: Traffickers coordinating to lure desperate workers with false job promises and take their papers or passports. Traffickers collaborating to seduce vulnerable women and entrap them with blackmail or threats of violence. Join the movement against human trafficking. Learn. Act. Give.

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    LifeWay Network’s twofold mission tackles human trafficking with 1) safe housing that gives survivors space and time to achieve a life of independence, breaking the cycle of retrafficking that happens when a woman has no other options, and 2) education that helps young people avoid and recognize instances of human trafficking. How do you want to join us?

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The 2025 campaign theme leads us to a clear call to action: Law enforcement, prosecutors and the judiciary are essential in pursuing organized trafficking rings to attack the source of trafficking and break the systems that perpetuate trafficking. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) unequivocally urges coordinated international efforts to dismantle criminal structures. This year’s theme reframes trafficking not as a series of disconnected crimes, but as an organized enterprise that operates like other global criminal systems.

Human Trafficking Defined

Tactics to Tackle Organized Networks

Tips for Families to Avoid Trafficking

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Keeping kids safe online starts at home! Parents and caregivers: Creating a family media plan can help set healthy screen time and social media boundaries that actually stick. Not sure where to start? We’ve got you covered. Learn how to build a plan that works for your household.

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Not sure how to start the conversation about social media with your kids or students? We've got you. The Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health offers tools and tips to help young people navigate digital life—smartly and safely.

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Feeling scared because a nude image of you—or someone you know—is online? You’re not alone, and there is help. Take It Down is a free, confidential service that can help stop nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit images or videos of minors (under 18) from being shared online.

We believe in bringing people together to form a community and addressing a global issue with significant local impact. Human trafficking occurs around us. It affects people in our neighborhoods. We must join together to end trafficking today and empower survivors to reclaim a life of freedom.

Our safe housing program emphasizes an approach that provides services holistically. The support each woman receives connects her to health care, education, job skills training, legal aid and mental health services. Our education program has educated nearly 20,000 people on the realities of human trafficking. We want to stop human trafficking before it starts.

Please consider funding this work of hope. Your gift helps provide housing, meals, furnishings, personal supplies and healing resources for survivors.

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How LifeWay Network Combats Trafficking

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