A crucial aspect of anti-trafficking work is respect and consideration for those who have survived trafficking

If you've been following our blog thus far, it will come as no shock to you that vulnerable people are the most at risk of being trafficked. In this sense, "vulnerable" can include people in a lower socio-economic group, those who struggle with their mental health, or those who lack social and physical power to stand up for themselves.

While Bri has always dedicated her life to helping others, she didn't start her journey in the anti-trafficking field until relatively recently. When Bri first became aware of the injustices of human trafficking, she immediately threw herself into learning all she could about the issue and how she could get involved in the fight against it.

Have you ever heard the saying, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure?" The man, who had introduced himself as Bastal, seemed to be a businessman with "insight and connections," and he crafted quite a compelling argument as to why he was trustworthy.

When most people think of human trafficking, they picture villains snatching young girls away from their families and selling them to the highest bidder. Instead, it typically looks like empty promises from an someone that was deemed trustworthy.

Join us as we tune in to hear Liliana Yanez, Director of the Center for Legal Services at My Sisters' Place, explains how traffickers take advantage of any potential vulnerability from language barriers to poverty.

Human traffickers prey on vulnerability. This is precisely what happened to Vannak Prum of Cambodia while he was looking for work to support his pregnant wife and pay for medical bills.

Fighting modern-day slavery isn't for the faint of heart. Meet Andrea Holtman the director of Weightless Anchor, a hospitality home run by BLOC ministries in Price Hill.

The importance of letting survivors tell their own stories. They're the ones who lived it, and they know what would or wouldn't be triggering for them.

Tune into this month's shared episode of the Ending Human Trafficking podcast by End Slavery Cincinnati which tackles an aspect of human trafficking that doesn't usually doesn't even cross our minds here in the United States: child and forced marriage.

One of the aspects of human trafficking that make it incredibly difficult to combat is that it is relatively invisible. In this post, you’ll learn about a fantastic organization that is doing their part in the fight against trafficking.

Samantha is a program manager at the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (IJPC) and is the Chair of End Slavery Cincinnati Public Education & Awareness Committee. Learn a little more about who she is and what she does in this post!

These words describe why we at Timbelo are so passionate about ending modern-day slavery.  They might sound cheesy, but it doesn't make them any less true.

One of the most important components of fighting human trafficking is education. In order to fix a problem, you have to understand it. The End Slavery Cincinnati Coalition is a local group that fights slavery on many different fronts, including providing education to the general public!

When you look around at how much work there is to do, how many problems there are to fix, it can certainly feel overwhelming, and the fight of ending human trafficking is no exception to this.