Image Source: Instagram/PreetiSood March 4 was a usual Sunday in the life of 27-year-old actor Preeti Sood, a resident of Versova Mumbai until a series of events turned it into perhaps one of the most dramatic days of her life. It all began with a phone call. It was from a friend who [...]
Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi poses for a photo at a workshop about human trafficking and modern slavery run by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in New Delhi, India, March 5, 2018. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Kieran Guilbert The refugee crisis has exacerbated human trafficking and modern slavery with global action needed to tackle the criminal gangs [...]
Pope Francis greets the crowd as he begins his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Feb. 7. (CNS/Paul Haring) Pope Francis urged a global coalition fighting human trafficking Feb. 9 to examine how society has tolerated or even turned a blind eye to the exploitation of vulnerable people. In an [...]
Women and their children wait to receive relief food supplies near the Kakuma Refugee Camp, northwest of Kenya's capital Nairobi, August 8, 2011. Aid agencies and the Kenyan government set up a new settlement for refugees about 30 kilometers away, in the northwestern town of Kalobeyei, last year. Photo: Reuters Uganda must investigate [...]
Photo: Federal Express This month, FedEx Corp. is launching an educational training program on Truckers Against Trafficking for team members at FedEx Freight, its less-than-truckload unit. Truckers Against Trafficking is a non-profit that educates, equips, empowers and mobilizes members of the trucking and travel plaza industry to combat human trafficking. The education program [...]
