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Payments to smugglers have exceeded $16 billion in the last 15 years…
Refugees pose an overwhelming humanitarian crisis for Europe. As hundreds of thousands seek safety, they are paying immense sums of money to smugglers. Europe’s crisis is not only an urgent humanitarian disaster, but it has also increased the incredibly lucrative industry of human trafficking.
A coalition of more than 50 anti-trafficking organizations has sued the Trump administration, accusing it of unlawful censorship that undermines the fight against human trafficking. The groups argue that Trump's ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts violate the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). "These policies silence survivors—and we will note self-censor," said Karen Romero, co-executive director of Freedom Network USA, the
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