10 June 2010
Awareness Luncheon Informed and Brought People Together In Love
30 May 2010
Awareness Luncheon June 5th
On Saturday, June 5th from 12-2pm, the North Jersey Vineyard Love 146 Task Force will be holding an awareness luncheon at the North Jersey Vineyard Church at 370 North Street, Teterboro, NJ.
Our special guest speaker will be Faith Huckel, the Executive Director of Restore NYC.
It's free, so just come, eat, and enjoy!
Here's more information from Facebook
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Restore NYC is a 501c3 non-profit organization founded in 2004 to provide services for internationally sex trafficked women in New York City. -- http://www.restorenyc.org/
13 December 2009
Our First Annual Craft Sale is a Great Success!
For the past three weekends, the NJV Love146 Task Force has been holding its first Annual Craft Sale. Many people from the North Jersey Vineyard Church and beyond have donated their talent and time by creating items for the sale. So far, over $900 has been raised, and there is still one weekend left! Below are pictures of some of the items that have been for sale.
Hand-made greeting cards
Some of the knitted items, mostly made at the NJV's craft lifegroup
Some of the donated jewelry items
The whole set-up in the NJV Church's lobby
28 October 2009
Not Just in Your Backyard, but Right Under Your Nose
Trafficking in America? Really? Well, I guess that's believable, but maybe you'd think it can't be on a large scale, right? I mean, police would be all over that. Before it got to be too big, surely the bad guys would get busted?
Well . . . check out this recent article from The Los Angeles Times.
52 children rescued in nationwide sex-trafficking raids
Federal officials arrest almost 700 people, including 60 suspected pimps, in a three-day crackdown on child prostitution. The youngest victim was 10, authorities say.
By Joe Markman
October 27, 2009
Reporting from Washington
Federal officials rescued 52 children and arrested nearly 700 people over the last three days in a nationwide crackdown on child prostitution.
Almost 1,600 agents and officers took part in the raids, which followed investigations in 36 cities, according to the FBI, local law enforcement agencies and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Included in the arrests were 60 suspected pimps, according to the FBI and local police officials.
Authorities say the youngest victim was 10.
In Southern California, two children were rescued in Riverside, and four adults were arrested, said Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokeswoman. Four suspected customers of child prostitutes were arrested in Orange County.
"It is repugnant that children in these times could be subjected to the great pain, suffering and indignity of being forced into sexual slavery for someone else's profit," Assistant Atty. Gen. Lanny A. Breuer said in a statement. He added that the latest raids show that "the scourge of child prostitution still exists on the streets of our cities."
The sweep, dubbed Operation Cross Country, is part of the Innocence Lost National Initiative, started in 2003 to address child sex trafficking in the U.S.
The initiative has rescued nearly 900 children; led to the conviction of 510 pimps, madams and their associates; and seized $3.1 million in assets, according to the FBI.
"We're having an enormous impact on this business," said Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Most of the recovered children have been girls, who usually become victims of traffickers around age 12, Allen said.
He estimated that 100,000 children are still involved in sex trafficking in the U.S., adding that the problem is growing partly because of the recession.
joseph.markman@
latimes.com
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Well . . . check out this recent article from The Los Angeles Times.
52 children rescued in nationwide sex-trafficking raids
Federal officials arrest almost 700 people, including 60 suspected pimps, in a three-day crackdown on child prostitution. The youngest victim was 10, authorities say.
By Joe Markman
October 27, 2009
Reporting from Washington
Federal officials rescued 52 children and arrested nearly 700 people over the last three days in a nationwide crackdown on child prostitution.
Almost 1,600 agents and officers took part in the raids, which followed investigations in 36 cities, according to the FBI, local law enforcement agencies and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Included in the arrests were 60 suspected pimps, according to the FBI and local police officials.
Authorities say the youngest victim was 10.
In Southern California, two children were rescued in Riverside, and four adults were arrested, said Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokeswoman. Four suspected customers of child prostitutes were arrested in Orange County.
"It is repugnant that children in these times could be subjected to the great pain, suffering and indignity of being forced into sexual slavery for someone else's profit," Assistant Atty. Gen. Lanny A. Breuer said in a statement. He added that the latest raids show that "the scourge of child prostitution still exists on the streets of our cities."
The sweep, dubbed Operation Cross Country, is part of the Innocence Lost National Initiative, started in 2003 to address child sex trafficking in the U.S.
The initiative has rescued nearly 900 children; led to the conviction of 510 pimps, madams and their associates; and seized $3.1 million in assets, according to the FBI.
"We're having an enormous impact on this business," said Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Most of the recovered children have been girls, who usually become victims of traffickers around age 12, Allen said.
He estimated that 100,000 children are still involved in sex trafficking in the U.S., adding that the problem is growing partly because of the recession.
joseph.markman@
latimes.com
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
30 September 2009
Problem of Child Sex Exploitation Makes It Onto Big Name Network TV Shows
http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/inside-investigation-alleged-sex-predators-cambodia/story?id=8579591
And also, Somaly Mam, a child sex trafficking survivor, will be on the Oprah show Thursday at 4pm EST.
And also, Somaly Mam, a child sex trafficking survivor, will be on the Oprah show Thursday at 4pm EST.
18 September 2009
11 August 2009
In Your Own Backyard
New Jersey cracks a case of 'modern-day slavery
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Trish G. Graber
STAR-LEDGER STAFF
From Newark to Atlantic City, he preyed on women at bus stations, train stations and nightclubs. He flashed his cash, proposed dinner dates in New York City and promised them a taste of the "good life."
He sought out women on drugs, and offered them more; those who were not yet hooked, he gave them a hit.
For nearly two decades, Allen Brown Jr., a k a "Prince," of Jersey City, allegedly lured scores of women into a life of prostitution, first confiscating their cell phones and any form of personal identification, and then forcing them to turn tricks until they made a nightly quota of up to $1,000, according to law enforcement officials who announced Brown's indictment by a state grand jury yesterday.
"This is a case about human trafficking which, put simply, is modern-day slavery," said Attorney General Anne Milgram.
Six others, including Brown's mother and niece, were also indicted in connection with the human sex trafficking ring yesterday on charges that resulted from an investigation by state and local officials, dubbed "Operation Red Light."
Milgram described the women's situation as "a living hell of addiction and prostitution."
Since 1990, officials said, Brown, 47, recruited women from Camden, Atlantic City, Elizabeth, Newark and Philadelphia. He brought them to living quarters he called "stables," in Jersey City, some which had locks that could only be opened with a key that few people held. His last known location was an upscale condominium in the Society Hill section of the city, officials said.
All of the women, ages 17 to 43, were required to make a certain amount of money each day, ranging from $500 to $1,000, or face beatings.
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Trish G. Graber
STAR-LEDGER STAFF
From Newark to Atlantic City, he preyed on women at bus stations, train stations and nightclubs. He flashed his cash, proposed dinner dates in New York City and promised them a taste of the "good life."
He sought out women on drugs, and offered them more; those who were not yet hooked, he gave them a hit.
For nearly two decades, Allen Brown Jr., a k a "Prince," of Jersey City, allegedly lured scores of women into a life of prostitution, first confiscating their cell phones and any form of personal identification, and then forcing them to turn tricks until they made a nightly quota of up to $1,000, according to law enforcement officials who announced Brown's indictment by a state grand jury yesterday.
"This is a case about human trafficking which, put simply, is modern-day slavery," said Attorney General Anne Milgram.
Six others, including Brown's mother and niece, were also indicted in connection with the human sex trafficking ring yesterday on charges that resulted from an investigation by state and local officials, dubbed "Operation Red Light."
Milgram described the women's situation as "a living hell of addiction and prostitution."
Since 1990, officials said, Brown, 47, recruited women from Camden, Atlantic City, Elizabeth, Newark and Philadelphia. He brought them to living quarters he called "stables," in Jersey City, some which had locks that could only be opened with a key that few people held. His last known location was an upscale condominium in the Society Hill section of the city, officials said.
All of the women, ages 17 to 43, were required to make a certain amount of money each day, ranging from $500 to $1,000, or face beatings.
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