Invest in AZ! We’re excited to announce that TRUST is joining this year’s #AZGivesDay, a statewide, 24-hour online giving campaign. Please consider giving on April 7. Or you can schedule your gift in advance at https://www.azgives.org/AATN Don’t forget — your #AZGivesDay 2020 donation to TRUST can be deducted on your 2019 tax returns if you […]
As a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), school closures and cancellations of extracurricular activities, our children are spending more time online. Now more than ever is a the right time to keep them safe from those that seek harm via the internet. Parents can take simple, proactive steps to monitor their child’s online presence […]
John Meza (President, AATN) and Stacey Sutherland (Program Director, TRUST) explain the importance raising awareness has in combating Human Trafficking across Arizona. Take a look at the TV interview on ABC 15’s Sonoran Living As a retired Arizona Police Chief, John highlights the training and steps Law Enforcement take to identify the victims and perpetrators. […]
On World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, AATN and the Arizona Attorney General’s Office announced new training for the tourism industry to combat human trafficking starting with Sky Harbor. Take a look at the TV interview on Fox10 News SAFE Action Project (safeactionproject.org) is a program put on by the Arizona Anti-Trafficking Network and the Arizona […]
The Tempe Police Department recently partnered with the Mesa Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Attorney General’s Office for Operation Summer Shield. Operation Summer Shield was an undercover operation targeting the demand for child sex crimes and human trafficking. Throughout the operational period, officers and undercover detectives placed ads on websites and apps […]
An undercover Chandler Detective here in Arizona used a fake social media profile and cell phone for a few weeks with the incarcerated convict to bust Wendell Bullock. Wendell Bullock groomed (what he thought was) a teen how to conduct commercial sex help her know how to screen for buyers. TRUST’s Stacey Sutherland, interviewed by ABC15, reinforced […]
Epstein, 66, is accused of seeking out minors, some as young as 14, from at least 2002 through 2005 and paying them hundreds of dollars in cash for sex. An “extraordinary volume” of photographs featuring nude or partially nude young girls was confiscated from the New York City home of Jeffrey Epstein, federal prosecutors revealed […]
Join us for a four-part Facebook Live series with the Polaris-operated National Human Trafficking Hotline. We’ll be discussing how to recognize and report human trafficking. Schedule and topics below. 7/10 – 1PM EDT – National Human Trafficking Hotline: Behind-the-Scenes What happens when a community member, victim, or survivor contacts the Hotline. On World Day Against […]
Arizona PTA is a State Congress of the National PTA working collaboratively with national and local education, health, safety and child advocacy groups. Mission: To make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for children. “every child. one voice.”
