Tagged: human trafficking

December 23, 2019 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CipherTrace, an established provider of cryptocurrency-related intelligence and blockchain security solutions, recently revealed that it will team up with the newly-formed Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative (ATII), in order to further the organization’s efforts related to fighting global human trafficking. Pamela Clegg, director of financial investigations… Read More

July 31, 2017 @ 9:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

OpenInvest, an impact investing platform empowering individuals to drive social change with their dollars, today announced the launch of the first impact investing category that works to end forced labor and human trafficking. The platform stated that by using data and analysis provided by JUST… Read More

February 12, 2016 @ 2:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, media company Hidden Tears Project launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds for the film, Daddy Issues. The Hidden Tears Project is notably dedicated to raising awareness and funds to help end human trafficking in America. Chicago Fire actress, Monica Raymund, has teamed… Read More

October 23, 2015 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Academy Award-winning director Jeffrey Brown, alongside Producer Jane Charles and two-time Oscar-winning Executive Producer Emma Thompson, recently launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for his first feature film, Sold.  The film was created to spread awareness about human trafficking and protect children from being trafficked. It… Read More

August 27, 2014 @ 7:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wellesley resident, social scientist, and human trafficking survivor, Kate Price, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise funds so she may pursue a Ph.D. in Sociology at University of Boston. According to The Swellesley Report, Price hopes by using crowdfunding for her schooling,… Read More

October 30, 2013 @ 11:28 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Joseph Kony is a wanted man. He is the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan guerilla group accused of abducting tens of thousands of children and forcing them into becoming sex slaves and soldiers. Kony’s profile went nuclear in 2012 with the… Read More