By Wendy Hanson | VP for Community Impact
Supporting Survivors of Human Trafficking takes many forms, from the day-to-day support needed to meet their basic needs like food and shelter to the ongoing mental health support that is required for survivors to thrive. Support for Survivors includes educating the community so that when cases are brought to court, justice is served. This quarter United Way hosted two training courses for Law Enforcement Professionals in Cameron County. We know that we will never put human traffickers out of business without prosecuting them to the full extent of the law and disassembling their business model. The trainings helped law enforcement understand how to build cases against human traffickers, understand the information needed to build a case and gave them tips and techniques for investigating these cases in the hopes of disabling the entire trafficking network instead of just one perpetrator.
Gifts to GlobalGiving supported eleven trafficked survivors who testified at the sentencing of their traffickers this month. The voices of the survivors and work done by the legal team resulted in financial restitution to the survivors ($840,000) and jail time (360 months) for the traffickers. One small victory on a survivors long journey.
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