News/Blog categorized: News
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Feb 14
Student Blog Series: Did You Hear That? How the Music Industry Desensitizes Listeners to the Painful Truths Lying Within the Commercial Sex Industry.
We are excited to share the first installment of our 2020 Student Blog Series! The student blog series highlights original pieces authored by first-year law students at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. Read on for Allyson Fifer’s contribution … Read more about Student Blog Series: Did You Hear That? How the Music Industry Desensitizes Listeners to the Painful Truths Lying Within the Commercial Sex Industry. »
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Feb 10
Coming Soon – 2020 First-Year Law Student Blog Series: A Critique of the Commercial Sex Trade as Portrayed in Pop Culture
The presence of commercial sex, prostitution, and sex trafficking in pop culture, movies, television shows, and music, is astounding. An overwhelming amount of auditory and visual popular entertainment includes some reference to or depiction of prostitution and the commercial sex … Read more about Coming Soon – 2020 First-Year Law Student Blog Series: A Critique of the Commercial Sex Trade as Portrayed in Pop Culture »
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Feb 08
Sex Buyer Injured in “Domestic Dispute”
On Monday, January 20, 2020, West Chester police responded to a report of a stabbing of an unidentified man inside a Chester County home. Police arrived to find the man bleeding from stab wounds to his chest and the back … Read more about Sex Buyer Injured in “Domestic Dispute” »
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Feb 07
Office of Children & Youth Services Employee Charged with Human Trafficking
On January 23rd, 2020, the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office announced the arrest of a woman entrusted with protecting and advocating for children through her work at the Office of Children and Youth Services (CYS). Candace Talley, 27, of Sicklerville, … Read more about Office of Children & Youth Services Employee Charged with Human Trafficking »
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Feb 03
Grand Jury Fails to Indict Former Carlisle Police Detective for Sex Trafficking and Sexual Assault
On January 22, 2020, a federal grand jury indicted a former Carlisle, Pennsylvania police detective and FBI task force officer with bribery, drug distribution, fraud, and making false statements. The indictment alleges that between 2011 and 2018, Christopher Collare, 52, … Read more about Grand Jury Fails to Indict Former Carlisle Police Detective for Sex Trafficking and Sexual Assault »
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Feb 02
Thirteen Sex Trafficking Gang Members Charged
On January 22, 2020, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced that thirteen members and associates of “the Sevens” from Reading, Pennsylvania were charged in a 22-count Superseding Indictment. The Sevens are reported to be an … Read more about Thirteen Sex Trafficking Gang Members Charged »
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Feb 01
“Human Trafficking” Investigation Leads to the Arrest of Five Prostituted Persons
On the night of January 8, 2020, ten people were taken into custody and charged with prostitution related offenses in Banksville, Pennsylvania, according to WPXI News. In an effort to target human trafficking and those responsible, Pittsburgh police engaged in … Read more about “Human Trafficking” Investigation Leads to the Arrest of Five Prostituted Persons »
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Jan 30
“Responding to Sex Trafficking Victim-Offender Intersectionality: A Guide for Criminal Justice Stakeholders”
On January 23, 2020, the CSE Institute and Shared Hope International released a field guide, entitled “Responding to Sex Trafficking Victim-Offender Intersectionality: A Guide for Criminal Justice Stakeholders”, for those involved in the criminal justice process who find themselves responding … Read more about “Responding to Sex Trafficking Victim-Offender Intersectionality: A Guide for Criminal Justice Stakeholders” »
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Jan 16
Stroudsburg Man Sentenced to 20 Years Imprisonment for Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking
On January 3, 2020, U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Stroudsburg resident Sirvonn Taylor, age 37, to 20 years imprisonment for leading a conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and selling over a kilogram of heroin in Pennsylvania and … Read more about Stroudsburg Man Sentenced to 20 Years Imprisonment for Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking »
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Dec 30
How will you define the 2020’s?
At Villanova University, final exams are coming to a close and students are traveling home to enjoy the holiday season and the end of the decade with their families. As I spend time with my family, I have had the … Read more about How will you define the 2020’s? »