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Mental Health Disorders and Sex Trafficking
This blog post is written by Dr. Tasnova Malek, a primary care physician with extensive experience in diverse clinical settings …
The Opioid Epidemic, Foster Care, and Human Trafficking
As detailed in our interview with Dr. Hanni Stoklosa, the opiate/opioid crisis interacts with human trafficking in a number of …
Human Trafficking & the Opioid Crisis: An Interview with Dr. Hanni Stoklosa
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The Connection between the Mara Salvatrucha and Human Trafficking
The Mara Salvatrucha, better known by their acronym MS-13, is one of the largest and most violent transnational criminal organizations in the world. Their motto is “Kill, Rape, Control.” Since the 1980s, MS-13 members have typically engaged in a wide range of violent and criminal activity including, drug distribution, murder, rape, prostitution, robbery, home invasions, immigration offenses, kidnapping, carjacking/auto thefts, and vandalism. More recently there has been a rise in MS-13 engaging in human trafficking.
When Drug Trafficking Becomes Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is commonly referred to as the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world, second only to the lucrative …