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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Ep. 5

January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Last week, Margaret, an intelligence analyst with the NTIC, spoke with subject matter experts about human trafficking issues in the District and in the nation. In this week's bonus episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Martina and Eliza on the issues of child sex trafficking and labor trafficking, how to spot indicators, and about how we can support survivors.

Moderator: Margaret - National Capital Region Threat Intelligence Consortium; www.ncrintel.org

SME: Eliza Reock - National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; www.missingkids.org

SME: Martina Vandenberg - The Human Trafficking Legal Center; https://www.htlegalcenter.org/

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A special thank you to our subject matter experts Eliza and Martina for joining us for this week's bonus episode and for helping raise awareness around human trafficking issues in the District and in the nation.

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