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New Funding for Anti-Trafficking Projects

The UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced that the UK government is allocating £14 million (roughly €15,000,000) to tackle people trafficking. She made this announcement during her speech at a...

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EU Anti-Trafficking Day

Since 2007, European Anti-Trafficking Day has been marked by the European Commission, as well as activists and organisations across Europe working against this crime, on October 18th. This is an opportunity for...

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Free Online Course: Ending Slavery

A four week course, commencing on October 17th, is available free online for anyone interested in learning about contemporary forms of slavery and how we as a society can abolish...

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Award for McCain’s Anti-Trafficking Activism

Cindy McCain, wife of former US presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, is a business woman who is also a tireless campaigner against human trafficking for sexual exploitation. Speaking recently to almost 900...

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Warrior Women: Survivors Call for Action

APT members attended an important event this week to show support for the Sexual Offences Bill, which would criminalise the purchase of sex and remove penalties for those whose bodies are for...

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“Diablo” Tour 2016

Don’t miss the chance to see *Diablo *performed in one of five venues across Ireland next month. Presented by the Belfast-based theatre company Spanner In The Works, this powerful play explores the...

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New Anti-Trafficking Hotline in SA

A counter-trafficking organization called “The A21 Campaign” has set up a twenty-four hour, seven-day telephone line called “The South African National Human Trafficking Resource Line.” It is a facility which can be used...

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Mercy International Sex Trafficking Workshops

In a letter to one of her sisters, founder of the Sisters of Mercy, Catherine McAuley, called on her community to “never speak with contempt of any nation, profession, or class of...

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APT Interview with Soul Waves

Ruth Kilcullen of APT recently gave an interview to Soul Waves Radio about sex trafficking in Ireland today. Explaining the importance of the Sexual Offences Bill currently on its way through the...

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Trafficking in the Philippines

A few weeks ago, 69 Vietnamese victims of human trafficking were found in the Philippines. These migrants had been brought from Vietnam two at a time on a tourist visa by a...

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