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Breaking News

Five women file lawsuit against Tim Ballard, accusing the OUR founder of sexual assault

By Cate Ferraro
October 11, 2023 12:00 AM
Recent lawsuit alleges sexual assault claims against Tim Ballard
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Campus Events

Ballard Center dedicates January to human trafficking awareness

By Holly Cluff
January 26, 2021 12:00 AM
The Ballard Center for Social Impact kicked off 2021 with a month dedicated to spreading awareness of human trafficking and shared resources students can use to educate themselves on the issue.
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COVID-19

COVID-19 increasing vulnerability to human trafficking

By Karina Andrew
July 30, 2020 12:00 AM
COVID-19 has created circumstances in which the health and safety of victims and people vulnerable to human trafficking are at greater risk than usual.
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State

HB144: Bill would create online training to prevent sex trafficking

By Marina McNairy
February 19, 2020 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY — A bill proposed in the Utah Legislature would create a human trafficking education program and require sexually-oriented business employees to participate in the program.
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State

Attorney General task force, non-profit organizations fight local human trafficking

By Karina Andrew
September 19, 2019 12:00 AM
Human trafficking is a lucrative worldwide criminal industry. Millions of people are living in slavery today — even some in Utah County.
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Local

HB20, HB108 seek to strengthen human trafficking penalties

By Harriet Norcross
January 24, 2019 12:00 AM
Lawmakers will consider new legislation to protect vulnerable victims of human trafficking in the upcoming 2019 general legislative session. (Bryan Pearson)
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Campus Events

Summit Against Human Trafficking speakers educate and empower participants

By Elizabeth Nelson
February 14, 2017 12:00 AM
Patricia Miller shares her story as a sex trafficking survivor at the Summit Against Human Trafficking. Miller participated as one of 10 breakout session speakers at the event. (Maddi Driggs)
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Campus Events

BYU hosting human trafficking summit

By Elizabeth Nelson
February 11, 2017 12:00 AM
The BYU Anti-Human Trafficking club is hosting its second annual Summit Against Human Trafficking event on Saturday, Feb. 11, in conjunction with the Kennedy Center and the Ballard Center.
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Business

College students have a hand in fighting human trafficking

By Haley Hilton
May 24, 2016 12:00 AM
Students at BYU are taking initiative and getting involved in important issues such as anti-human trafficking. Many clubs exist to help provide these opportunities. (Natalie Stoker)
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Local

Human trafficking death penalty bill moves forward

By Mariana Chrisney
February 02, 2016 12:00 AM
Human traffickers might face Utah's death row if lawmakers pass a bill that will impose the death penalty in aggravated crimes.
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Local

Lawmakers open 2016 version of Utah's grand exercise in democracy

By Ryan Morgan
January 25, 2016 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah's House speaker told representatives to focus on political courage and cooperation as they and their Senate colleagues opened the 45-day legislative session on Utah's Capitol with pomp and speech making.
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Campus Events

Utah takes strides to combat human trafficking

By Alyssa Nielsen
January 19, 2016 12:00 AM
Attorney General Reyes talks to students in the Tanner Building on Jan. 9. January is National Human Trafficking Awareness month. (Ari Davis)
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World

Global supermarkets selling shrimp peeled by slaves

December 14, 2015 12:00 AM
In this Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 photo, a Thai soldier stands between abandoned work stations during a raid on a shrimp shed in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. One woman said she had been working in the peeling factory for eight years. Another man said he ended up peeling shrimp there after breaking free from an equally brutal site. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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Religion

Jamaican woman leaves successful job, extended family to attend BYU law school

By Abby Hobbs
December 02, 2015 12:00 AM
Former Jamaican Ministry of Justice employee Crystal Powell left Jamaica to attend the J. Reuben Clark Law School in Provo, Utah. As the only Latter-day Saint in her family, Powell left behind loved ones to fulfill her dreams to go to law school. (Maddi Driggs)
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Devotionals and Forums

Baroness Emma Nicholson speaks about global awareness

By Jessica Parcell
September 22, 2015 12:00 AM
Baroness Emma Nicholson speaks to BYU students and faculty at a forum Sept. 22, 2015. She covered many topics encompassing the idea of global awareness. (Natalie Bothwell)
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Local

Local and Colombian government officials join to stop human trafficking

By Allie Arnell
July 07, 2015 12:00 AM
Operation Underground Railroad (OUR) honored local and Colombian government officials for their collaborative efforts to end human trafficking at a screening of 'The Abolitionists' on July 1.
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Nation

BYU club raises human trafficking awareness

By Danica Baird
July 02, 2015 12:00 AM
A room of BYU students sat in silence when asked if they knew the signs of human trafficking.
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Local

'The Abolitionists' anti-sex trafficking film to get 2nd BYU showing

By Donovan Baltich
March 16, 2015 12:00 AM
'The Abolitionists' anti-sex trafficking film will show at BYU for a second time in the Joseph Smith Building auditorium on March 18. (Kirsten Baltich)
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