sex trafficking
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Athens-Clarke County
Sex Trafficking Survivors Seek Support from Athens Tattoo Parlor
3 Ravens Tattoo & Piercing in downtown Athens is offering free cover-up tattoos to sex trafficking survivors. Many survivors are marked with a tattoo that identifies them as “property.” “A lot of the victims have body shame, you know, because they see this marking on themselves and they are constantly…
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Athens-Clarke County
Documentary on Sex Trafficking, Athens Group Raise Awareness of ‘Modern-Day Slavery’
Producer and filmmaker John Carter visited the University of Georgia to premiere his documentary: American Exploitation: The Slaves Among Us. The documentary examines the world of sex-trafficking in the United States. Athena McNair is a senior majoring in journalism in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at…
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Athens-Clarke County
Game Day Attracts Investigators to Athens
University of Georgia game days can be considered fun, but they can also be dangerous. This is what drew the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to Athens. As part of Operation Cross Country X, organized by the FBI, the GBI along with the Athens-Clarke County police department attempted to stop child…
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Athens-Clarke County
Free The Girls Creates Opportunity for Victims of Sex Trafficking
For some reason, we love to hold on to items we don’t need and let’s face it, your underwear drawer is home to many of these items. What if there was a way to donate your old camisoles and bras with the opportunity to help empower victims of human trafficking?…
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Athens Man Charged With Sex Trafficking
An Athens man is still on the loose for taking children and selling them for sex. Reporter Brendon Mitcham says President Obama is addressing this issue.