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Understanding Human Trafficking
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Understanding Human Trafficking
Sounding the Alarm: Why the Fight Against CSAM Can’t Wait
ARLINGTON, Texas — Sex crimes against children are surging online, creating a backlog of digital evidence piling up faster than police officers across the US can sort through. Cyber tips for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) cases have tripled nationwide since 2020. This leaves police departments facing a logjam of…
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The Transformative Shift in Prosecuting Sex Trafficking and Child Exploitation
Learn how survivor-centered approaches are transforming justice systems, with groundbreaking results in Tarrant County, Texas. As the conversation around human trafficking gains urgency in the public eye, a transformative shift puts survivor care at the center of the process, from the first intervention on the streets all the way to…
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Understanding Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking Statistics and Facts In 2024
From high profile cities in the United States to remote locations around the world, human trafficking is a relatively silent epidemic that impacts communities everywhere.
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Understanding CSAM: Equipping Communities to Protect and Prevent
Child sexual abuse material (CSAM), commonly known as child pornography, is a crime plaguing lives on a global scale. To date, Google has reported 2.8 million instances of CSAM to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Learn more about this growing issue here.
What Is Sextortion?
Sextortion is a growing problem for young people today. At Our Rescue, we want you to be empowered to keep predators out of your homes via the internet. This free guide helps individuals understand sextortion and how to address the topic with children and teens.
Our Rescue Perspectives
Candid discussions with Our Rescue experts about the challenges in combating sex trafficking and child exploitation. Together, we can bring about change through action and advocacy.
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Our Rescue Donates Digital Forensic Device and Helps Stop Abuse of Minors
For a 26-year-old man from Middletown, New York, TikTok wasn’t an entertainment site. It was a hunting ground and a place to meet girls under the age of 18. Even though he knew the explicit texts and FaceTime calls he instigated with a 15-year-old were illegal, that didn’t stop him…
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Mission Update: Survivor from First Our Rescue Operation in Europe Reclaims Future with New Business
**In this story, the survivor’s name has been changed to protect her identity. Two years ago, Our Rescue worked alongside authorities to help dismantle an international trafficking ring preying on vulnerable women from Latin America and Africa. The traffickers lured them to Greece with false promises…
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Redefining the Future: A Survivor’s Path to Entrepreneurship
**In this story, the survivor’s name has been changed to protect her identity. Tsehay thought the opportunity to go to Lebanon and become a domestic worker would be a good way to provide for herself and her family. Instead, Tsehay suffered traumatic abuse at the hands of her employers,…
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Our Rescue Joins Rotary VTT Team in Australia to Combat Sex Trafficking: A Global Effort for Change
In March 2025, member of the Our Rescue Training & Prevention team embarked on a transformative month-long journey to Western Australia, invited by Rotary District 5300 as part of Rotary International’s Vocational Training Team (VTT) program. This initiative, backed by a Rotary Foundation grant, allows professionals from around the world…
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Online Sextortion Targeting Teens Surges Nationwide
A Q&A with two detectives on the frontlines of this growing crime ARLINGTON, Texas — The crime of online sextortion is surging across the nation, increasingly targeting teenage boys and in some tragic cases, the young victims have taken their own lives after being blackmailed with compromising…
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Our Rescue Donates Digital Forensic Device and Helps Stop Abuse of Minors
For a 26-year-old man from Middletown, New York, TikTok wasn’t an entertainment site. It was a hunting ground and a place to meet girls under the age of 18. Even though he knew the explicit texts and FaceTime calls he instigated with a 15-year-old were illegal, that didn’t stop him…
Our Rescue announcements
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Arctic Quest: 8,000-Mile Motorcycle Ride Honors Indigenous Women and Girls Our Rescue, Mental Health Tech Company and First Nations Advocate Unite to Raise Awareness and Funds for Trafficking Survivors
Minneapolis, MN (May 2, 2025) – To mark National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on May 5, Our Rescue, a global non-governmental organization dedicated to combating sex trafficking and child exploitation, is partnering with First Nations advocate Esther Howard from the…
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Our Rescue Elects Two New Board Members
Leaders Bring Expertise in Homeland Security and Fortune 500 Global Operations Minneapolis, MN (April 17, 2025) – Our Rescue, a global non-governmental organization dedicated to combating sex trafficking and child exploitation, announces the appointment of two distinguished leaders to its Board of Directors: Jim Dinkins, President…
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Our Rescue Partners with Spave® to Fuel the Fight Against Sex Trafficking and Child Exploitation
Spave Mobile App Turns Everyday Spending into Life-Saving Donations MINNEAPOLIS (March 19, 2025) – Our Rescue, a global non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to combating sex trafficking and child exploitation, is partnering with Spave®, a mobile app that allows users to transform everyday purchases into micro-donations. The collaboration…
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Washington County Commissioners Set Public Hearing on Parks, Accept Sheriff’s Office Donations, and Declare National Awareness Weeks, 4/2/25.
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Holmen Police Department awarded a $15,000 grant from nonprofit Our Rescue
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Dozens Of Teen Boys Take Their Own Lives As Online Sextortion Cases Spike
The FBI and nonprofit Our Rescue say financially motivated sextortion cases are most often linked to African countries like Nigeria.
