Local Resources for Human Trafficking Victims

"...Refugee Services of Texas The RST Austin Survivors of Trafficking program works closely with law enforcement agencies to provide..."

June 19, 2015 News Feature

Abbott to Crack Down on Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking

Texas Rangers to have purview over investigations

"...proposal, Abbott also calls for tougher enforcement of sex trafficking laws, including mandatory jail time for offenders; allowing those..."

Feb. 6, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma

Bill of the Week: Human Traffickers Beware, Van de Putte Is Coming For You

Senator wants to protect children and nab traffickers

"...together aim to protect child victims and to put human traffickers out of business...."

Jan. 5, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Sanctuary Cities and the Ways We Fight for Human Rights

When community matters more than the law

"...detainer requests of individuals charged with murder, sexual assault, human trafficking, and certain other crimes. But the county policy..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Victoria Rossi

Texas Democrats and Republicans Disagree on Cause of Sex Trafficking Scandal

Twisted priorities at DFPS-contracted Bastrop facility

"...bells at several agencies even after concerns about sex trafficking came to the attention of supervisors...."

March 25, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Human Traffic

New rockumentary Call + Response aims to do something about modern slave trade

"...we told them that they were prime victims for trafficking, they did not want to hear it. They'd show..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

More to the Story

Advocates work to change the conversation around human trafficking

"...supervisor a year earlier to begin handling the district's human trafficking cases in addition to her caseload of family..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Lege Finds Even More Funds for Anti-Choice Grifters

Alternatives to Abortion program gets $100M in House budget

"...care for struggling low-income Texans and helped victims of human trafficking, Texas House members approved a record-breaking $100 million..."

April 23, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Trade

This drama about international sex trafficking is tremendously sincere but also brutal.

"...sincere but at times brutal drama about international sex trafficking faces two hurdles. First, Kreuzpaintner (Summer Storm) must make..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Call + Response

Documentary pairs celebrities with musicians to inform viewers about the issues of child slavery and human trafficking in the U.S. and around the world.

"...Russian translator who awakened him to the horrors of human trafficking, an astonishingly profitable industry that includes child labor..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mardaani

In this Hindi film, a female cop tangles with a human-trafficking ring.

"...young girl leads her into the sordid underworld of human trafficking. Reportedly, the film's final cut had to make..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Eden' Gets Domestic Distribution

Drama about human trafficking premiered at South by Southwest

"...Indiewire reports that Eden, a drama about human trafficking and the sex trade that premiered at South..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Monica Riese

The Whistleblower

The international crime of human sex trafficking is the subject of this melodramatic and often harrowing drama.

"...Rayisa Kondracki and Anna Anissimova. The international crime of human sex trafficking is the subject of this melodramatic and..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Feds Shut Down Backpage.com

Alt-weekly founders charged with facilitating sex trafficking

"...which historically included adult-oriented ads, knowingly facilitated child sex trafficking, and concealed the evidence through various measures including deleting..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Holly

Ron Livingston plays a lost soul in Cambodia who rescues a 12-year-old Vietnamese girl, who has been sold as a prostitute by her parents.

"...on anything as simple as a stray act of human kindness. Watching him drag himself through streets filled with..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Breaking the Chains

Slavery may be illegal, but it's not eradicated

"...Maurice Allen Scott was arrested in November 2014 on trafficking of persons charges, after he admitted to prostituting a..."

June 19, 2015 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Border Violations

What happened to the thousands of unaccompanied children who crossed the U.S. border last year?

"...The William Wilberforce Trafficking Vic­tims Protection Re­authorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA), which President..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Finding Allies Against Slavery

Anti-slavery summit meets in Austin

"...Calculated to bring weight to the formidable issue of human trafficking, the phrase carries an emotional punch. Many well-meaning..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• "It's not incorrect to refer to [human trafficking] as modern-day slavery," says Texas Association Against Sexual..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Trafficked

The global network of human trafficking is examined in this drama

"...vastness is ripe for Texas being a hotspot for human trafficking, a fact that three young girls – skittish..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Nguyen Le

Reefer Roundup 2/11/11

Your roundup of drug war news

"...week we've got news of a big APD bust, human handlers affecting the work of drug-scent dogs, a proposed..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Corp. each made the highest possible score on the Human Rights Campaign's 2004 report card on the treatment of..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

APD's Sleep Disorder

The APD praised a longtime officer – until she claimed a disability

"...recruited for an investigative post with the newly created human trafficking/vice squad – a coveted spot within the APD's..."

Aug. 24, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Abbott's First Good Crackdown

"...proposal, Abbott also calls for tougher enforcement of sex trafficking laws, including mandatory jail time for offenders; allowing those..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Sex Tape

Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel have escapades while trying to retrieve their sexcapade.

"...sex video on an electronic device that no other human will ever see, ever...."

July 25, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

One Dem Run-Off: Sage vs. Montford

A hard-fought race heads to the finish line

"...for the bench. She's handled complex white-collar cases and human trafficking cases. Trafficking cases would land in federal court..."

April 2, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

La Promesse

"...question his father's absolute authority. Roger's livelihood comes from trafficking in illegal aliens, whom he provides with doctored papers,..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Life of a Search and Rescue Drone Pioneer

How retired Air Force medic Gene Robinson found new purpose looking for missing persons

"...states and three countries. He's helped break up a human trafficking ring in Tijuana, Mexico, and traveled nearly 7,000..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Cat Cardenas

Requiem for a Dream

Portrait of a young junkie – and those he loves.

"...and Marlon Wayans. In Darren Aronofsky's sophomore effort, the human spirit does not prevail; it barely even endures. By..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Health Care: Diminishing Returns

GOP legislators look for additional cuts to health care

"...mandate (HB 416) abortion facilities complete training on detecting human trafficking clients – although providers like Planned Parenthood already..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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