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Equipping Utah’s Frontline Shelter Workers to Recognize Human Trafficking

For someone experiencing homelessness, an emergency shelter can provide a safe place to sleep, a hot meal, and connections to resources that can start them in a new direction. It can also offer hope, care, stability, and a sense of connection – a place where one can seek refuge. Shelters…
4 min read • Homepage Featured • Training and Prevention • U.S./Canada

From Nebraska to the Navajo Nation: Our Rescue Connects with Rural Communities Facing Increased Occurrences of Human Trafficking 

During one impactful week in April 2026, the Our Rescue Training and Prevention team brought critical education and awareness programs to two different, rural communities hundreds of miles apart. While one training took place in a small Nebraska town along a major interstate corridor, another focused on preventing child exploitation and bolstering digital safety within Indigenous communities in…
6 min read • Homepage Featured • Training and Prevention • U.S./Canada

Communities Prepare for FIFA World Cup: Our Rescue Helps Host Cities Recognize and Respond to Potential Uptick in Human Trafficking  

As the State of New Jersey prepares to host one of the world’s largest sporting events, partnerships like the one between Our Rescue and the New Jersey Children’s Alliance offer a best practice in proactive prevention and preparedness.   New Jersey is about to welcome one of the world’s most preeminent events: the 2026…
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Building Safer Communities Through Education: Our Rescue Partners with Chicago Area Project 

Human trafficking and child exploitation are serious human rights challenges facing communities across the United States. Prevention begins with awareness, and meaningful change happens when communities come together to equip young people with the knowledge and tools they need to stay safe.  In February 2026, Our Rescue had the opportunity to partner with the …
2 min read • Prevention & Awareness • Training and Prevention

Our Rescue Partners with DHS Blue Campaign for Human Trafficking Prevention Month 

January is recognized as Human Trafficking Prevention Month, a time to strengthen awareness, expand education, and encourage collective action to address human trafficking before it occurs. This month, Our Rescue is joining the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign as an official partner, aligning efforts to support prevention-focused,…
2 min read • Field Operations • Mission Stories • Survivor Care • Training and Prevention • U.S./Canada

Coordinated Operations Across Multiple States Advance Efforts to Battle Sex Trafficking  

On Giving Tuesday, our community of donors stepped up to help make something critical possible: coordinated Interstate Justice Coalition (IJC) operations designed to strengthen cross-jurisdictional collaboration and improve survivor-centered response. IJC is a unique partnership comprised of Our Rescue, Skull Games Solutions, We Fight Monsters, and Operation Light Shine that unifies each organization’s specialized capabilities to support law enforcement, survivor care agencies, and communities within the United States in the…
2 min read • Mission Stories • Training and Prevention • U.S./Canada

Our Rescue Brings Anti-Trafficking Training to the Transportation Industry 

This November, Our Rescue joined leaders from across the private passenger transportation sector at Mobilize, The Transportation Alliance’s annual conference in Las Vegas.   What many don’t realize is how deeply intertwined trafficking can be with transportation. In the United States, a 2023 report from the Human Trafficking Institute found that private vehicles accounted…
1 min read • Mission Stories • Training and Prevention • U.S./Canada

Training Sponsored by Our Rescue Leads to Major Success for Minnesota Task Force 

Earlier this year, four officers from the East Metro Human Trafficking Task Force enrolled in Our Rescue’s Human Trafficking Task Force program. Through this training, they received specialized instruction and equipment designed to help them identify, investigate, and respond to trafficking.  Just months later, those same officers reported their first…
2 min read • Training and Prevention

Honoring a Heroic Team: ESD K9 Mousse and Special Agent McVey Retire After Years of Dedicated Service Protecting Children

This summer marks the retirement of Our Rescue-sponsored Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) K9 Mousse, Iowa’s first Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) K9. For five years, Mousse has worked alongside his handler, Special Agent Michael McVey with the Iowa Department of Public Safety, supporting investigations into child exploitation and human trafficking across…
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Our Rescue Announces the “ICAC CONNECT” Program, Designed to Equip Law Enforcement in the Fight Against  Sex Trafficking and Online Child Exploitation    

Minneapolis, MN — June 23, 2025 — Our Rescue formally announces the launch of the first-ever program called “ICAC Connect,” designed to support North American Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces by providing advanced investigative tools, data analytics, ICAC Officer Training Scholarships, and community-driven funding to combat online child exploitation, particularly CSAM (child sexual abuse…
1 min read • Training and Prevention

A Record-Breaking Class of ESD K9 Teams Join the Fight Against Child Exploitation 

Just last week, Our Rescue celebrated a powerful milestone: the largest class of Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) K9s we’ve ever sponsored graduated the Jordan Detection K9 program. Now, 11 new ESD K9 teams are ready to support law enforcement agencies across North America in the search for hidden electronic devices…
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Our Rescue and We Fight Monsters partner to build “Hope House” in Memphis, TN

Memphis, TN (May 22, 2025) – In a united effort to support survivors of sex trafficking in the U.S., Our Rescue and We Fight Monsters have signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to renovate and complete construction of a new “Hope House” – a Recovery House for Survivors.
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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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Congratulations to the K9 Class of Spring 2025! 

We are excited to announce the graduation of eight new Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) K9s from the Jordan Detection K9 training program! These incredible dogs completed their training on Friday, March 14, and are being placed in police departments across the country and Canada to help fight child exploitation. Our…
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OUR Rescue Partners with Utah Navajo Health System to Empower Indigenous Communities and Combat Sexual Exploitation

From left to right: Ophelia Holiday (Sexual Assault Prevention Specialist for UNHS), June Haskell (OUR Rescue Director of Survivor Engagement), Allison Smith (OUR Rescue Senior Director of Education), and Thomasina Holly (Sexual Assault Response Coordinator for UNHS).
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Foxwynd Foundation Supports OUR Rescue with $75K Grant to Expand ESD K9 Program and Fight Sex Trafficking 

The grant will provide vital support to law enforcement in the fight against sex trafficking and child exploitation  Salt Lake City, Utah – October 7, 2024 – OUR Rescue, a global nonprofit on a mission to end sex trafficking and child exploitation worldwide, today announced a transformative $75,000 grant provided…
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1 min read • Training and Prevention

OUR Rescue Attends Global NCOSE Summit in Washington, D.C.

OUR Rescue CEO Tammy Lee, and members of the team were honored to participate in the 2024 Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation (CESE) Global Summit, hosted by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) in Washington, D.C.  This event gathers leading voices from around the world to address the pervasive…

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