Published May 22, 2009 @ 08:00AM PT

This is a great article that shows the risks of indoor prostitution. Too often indoor prostitution is thought of as safe, but the dangers are far too great and real because the men who purchase sex acts can be serial rapists, murderers and abusive men looking to prey on youth and women who are unlikely to seek aid from law enforcement. Read more...

Published April 02, 2009 @ 07:06AM PT

Luis C. de Baca is Counsel to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, on detail from the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Read more...

Published March 17, 2009 @ 09:35AM PT

Craigslist claims that over the past 12 months, there has been a 90% decrease in the use of the erotic service section on their website. I hope this leads to lasting change, but unfortunately other sites will pick up internet forms of human trafficking since the demand for paid sex acts with minors and adults is too high. Read more... Join the End Internet Trafficking Coalition (EITC) to learn more about how the internet is used to facilitate human trafficking in its various forms.   

Published December 22, 2008 @ 09:55AM PT

President Bush is expected to sign into law the William Wilberforce Act which will strengthen the current anti-human trafficking law and provide services and resources to trafficked persons. Read more. This is a reason to celebrate and just in time for the holidays!

Published September 16, 2008 @ 02:42PM PT

"What they (general public) don't understand is the girls that were on the street- that wasn't the problem, that was just a symptom of the problem. The biggest problem was what we went through when we were kids, what we went through that drove us to think that we needed to be out there and what drove us to keep us out there...that was the root of it." -Sabrina*, Survivor of sex trafficking in the U.S. The Barnaba Institute *Name altered to protect her identity.

Published August 12, 2008 @ 02:15PM PT

Read a recent article from this month's online Alive magazine about human trafficking with quotes from our Outreach Director, Jen Sheehan.

Published August 12, 2008 @ 02:04PM PT

The Barnaba Institute was recently interviewed by Crossroads Magazine and will appear on their broadcast show this coming Saturday. Program Details: Crossroads Magazine™ is broadcast Saturday morning at 10:30 on WTXX-TV The CW20 and Saturday at 10:30 p.m. on WCTX-TV MyTV9. (Connecticut) Raise awareness by inviting your friends and family to watch too! Sincerely, Staff of the Barnaba Institute http://www.barnabainstitute.org/

Published July 25, 2008 @ 08:16AM PT

We have been working for quite some time in one Connecticut city. As we have worked there we have seen so many young girls being bought and sold that it has staggered my mind. I personally have seen kids as young as 11 and women as old as mid-forties being pimped out in this city. One day when Frank and I were working we saw a young pregnant woman being abused and hassled because she wanted to take a break and sit for a moment. Another time, with two of our volunteers, we saw a girl being dropped of by a “john” who was yelling, calling her a “Stupid b!#@h” She was distraught and yelled back in defense of herself. He then tried to drive at her with his truck. We have at times seen as many as 50 girls and women working in this city on a single visit, and have t... Read More