This toolkit examines key municipal provisions in the state of Texas (US), that target sex trafficking illicit massage businesses (IMBs), and outlines best practices for drafting a municipal ordinance, including purpose, scope, and penalty provisions. The toolkit also analyses the advantages and disadvantages of adopting a municipal scheme and implementing operational requirements. Finally, the report explores zoning/land use regulations and building code/structural regulations that could be used to regulate IMBs.
Illicit Massage Businesses (IMBs) use the cover of a legitimate service to engage in prostitution and often human trafficking, by using force, fraud or coercion to compel the women working there to provide sexual services to the buyers who patronize...
Migrants with insecure immigration status often feel unable to report cases of abuse and exploitation for fear that government authorities will prioritise their immigration status over the harm they have experienced and that they will face seri...Read More
Multi-agency partnership working is often highlighted as an essential aspect of the UK public policy response to modern slavery. The Home Office’s (2014) Modern Slavery Strategy emphasises that effective partnership work is ‘crucial’ and must ...Read More
Nepal has a longstanding history of outward migration, predominantly resulting from a lack of economic opportunities at home. Migration for foreign employment, therefore, has become a lucrative industry, with families becoming heavily dependent on f...Read More
At the Abu-Dhabi Summit in 2015, governments and organisations agreed to establish and deliver, in their own countries, a coordinated national response to online child sexual exploitation, guided by the WePROTECT Global Alliance Model National respo...Read More
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