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Mar 13
Student Blog Series: Your Preconceptions Might Not Be the Whole Story: The Supply and Demand of Sex Trafficking Surrounding Major Events.
We are excited to share the next 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: Your Preconceptions Might Not Be the Whole Story: The Supply and Demand of Sex Trafficking Surrounding Major Events. »
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Mar 12
Trafficking Ringleader Sentenced up-to 78 Years
On February 18th, New Jersey resident Kenneth James Crowell, 35, was sentenced to a minimum of 39 years, four months to a maximum of 78 years, eight months for sex trafficking. Crowell operated a commercial sex-ring from 2014 to 2017 … Read more about Trafficking Ringleader Sentenced up-to 78 Years »
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Feb 29
Student Blog Series: Netflix Original Series “Baby” Romanticizes Prostitution and Child Sexual Abuse
We are excited to share the third 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 Maximillian Santiago’s contribution … Read more about Student Blog Series: Netflix Original Series “Baby” Romanticizes Prostitution and Child Sexual Abuse »
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Feb 21
Student Blog Series: It’s Not What It Looks Like: The Harsh Realities of the Sex Trade Pop Culture Won’t Show
We are excited to share the second 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 Alexandra Santulli’s contribution … Read more about Student Blog Series: It’s Not What It Looks Like: The Harsh Realities of the Sex Trade Pop Culture Won’t Show »
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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 »