Human Trafficking

Quinnipiac University is hosting its 6th annual Human Trafficking Prevention Week this week. WSHU’s Isabella Fabbo spoke with Sheila Hayre, a clinical law professor and advisor for the university’s Human Trafficking Prevention Project, to discuss misconceptions surrounding the issue.

Suffolk County has rolled out a new child advocacy program to overhaul the way they investigate human trafficking cases.

Sex trafficking in Connecticut has spiked since the COVID-19 pandemic. Isolation and the increased use of technology during that time are to blame.

The Regionalized Human Trafficking Recovery Taskforce in Connecticut will increase prevention efforts, provide victim advocacy and support, and educate and train the community to detect and report potential human trafficking activity.

More than a thousand children were referred to the state as possible victims of human trafficking between 2008 and 2020, according to a state task force.

The Suffolk County Police Department has joined with the FBI to tackle human trafficking on Long Island, an emerging threat which authorities have linked…

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy says the state will work with hotel chains and non-profits to fight human trafficking.Starting this year, hotel…

State officials say about 2,000 people pay for child prostitutes in Connecticut every year, but no one in the state has been charged with soliciting child…