Thanks to the efforts of Congresswoman Jackie Speier and former flight attendant Nancy Rivard, San Francisco International Airport will become the first hub in the country to have staff trained to identify and stop human trafficking. Rivard, who used to work for American Airlines, started the non-profit Airline Ambassadors after realizing that the airline industry has simplified the work of domestic sex traffickers and those who seek to exploit children.
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SFO Launches Anti-Human Trafficking Program
What's Your Slavery Footprint Number?
You may not think that slavery is still a major problem worldwide, and you'd be wrong. As Oakland-based Slavery Footprint can show you via their handy web-based survey, you might have as many as 53 slaves working for you (that was our number) right now! Luckily, this fine organization, along with two other non-profits with similar missions, have received a $1.8 million grant from Google.org to raise awareness of modern-day slavery and work to eradicate it in the United States and overseas.
Greenfield Man Accused of Selling Daughter for Cash, Beer, Meat
Located in the heart of the Salinas Valley, a Greenfield father is accused of trying to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage. And how much was his nubile daughter worth to him? $16,000, 100 cases of beer, and several cases of meat. Arrested on suspicion of human trafficking, father of the year Macelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, went back to the unidentified 18-year-old suitor because payment wasn't made as promised. Jesus. What's more, according to the MomLogic, "Police say arranged marriages involving underage girls have become a problem in this small Central Coast farming community." Who knew? Strange.
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