On Saturday, a local organization helped train and teach volunteers about the dangers of human trafficking. Susie Harvill, founder and CEO of Advocates for Freedom, taught the three hour seminar covering all the information and skills a volunteer of the…
Today is ‘World Day against Human Trafficking’ and community members gathered in Ocean Springs to raise awareness on how it can impact children. People of all ages broke out their signs and put on their blue wigs to raise awareness…
Workers with the Mississippi Department of Transportation are stepping up to the front lines to help in the fight against human trafficking. Interstate 10 is a hot spot for human traffickers and runs right through South Mississippi as well as…
South Mississippi is one step closer to becoming home to the first ever human trafficking shelter in our area. Leaders with Jubilee Havens tell News 25 they just raised the $10,000 needed for a down payment to secure the chosen…
Today is ‘World Day against Human Trafficking’ and community members are gathered in Ocean Springs to raise awareness on how it can impact children. News 25’s Grant Chighizola is at Front Beach in Ocean Springs with more.
Women, even young girls, as well as some men and boys, are trapped in the dark world of sex and human trafficking. Some locals, including at least one sex trafficking survivor and victor, are fighting back and you can help.…
According to the United Nations about 50,000 people are trafficked in the U.S. each year. To help combat this growing issue the organization Jubilee Havens partnered with Southern Ground Coffeehouse in Gulfport to help raise awareness this month. Tonight, the…
There are 32 million victims of human trafficking world-wide, and if you think it's not a problem in South Mississippi, that's just not the case, as News 25 Today’s Gabby Easterwood shows us The Dark Truth of Human Trafficking in…
The U.S. Department of Justice announced last week it’s awarded more than $100 million in funding to combat human trafficking. These funds will go toward providing vital services to trafficking victims across the nation including those in Mississippi and here…
Advocates for Freedom, a group to help stop human trafficking and those who survive it, are holding a fundraising gala tonight in Ocean Springs. News 25 Today's Gabby Easterwood catches up with one event organizer to get all the details…
According to the Mississippi Department of Health, human trafficking affects 12 to 27 million men, women, and children worldwide. The Scarlet Pearl Casino and Resort wants to help those on the Gulf Coast who have been affected. On Thursday, August…
In a bipartisan move, the Mississippi House of Representatives passed House Bill 571 which strengthens the state’s human trafficking laws. The bill passed by a vote of 115-1. Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries with 100,000…
The Advocates for Freedom organization hosted the ‘Better Together 2019’ Crime Symposium in Gulfport to raise awareness on issues like gang violence and sex trafficking. The symposium brings different organizations on the Coast together to sharpen their skills and learn…
This morning, officials from Mississippi’s Center for Violence Prevention stopped by Gulfport City Hall to award the Mississippi Federation of Republican Women for their efforts to raise human trafficking awareness in the state. The Mississippi Federation of Republican Women chose…
A Gulfport man has been arrested for human trafficking. According to Sheriff Troy Peterson, 30-year-old Maxwell Phillips is being held on a felony charge of human trafficking after law enforcement conducted a search warrant in the Town Suites room 313…
Modern day slavery. It’s hard to believe it exists, but it does. Sex trafficking is the fastest growing crime in the world and it happens right here in South Mississippi. News 25’s Toni Miles takes us to a meeting by…
News 25's Kristen Durand interviews Sharon Robbins about the Princess Tea Jubilee on April 14th From 2 pm to 4pm at St. Martin Community Center on 15008 Lemoyne Blvd. $10 per child, $35 per adult, $350 for a table. Benefiting…
You might have noticed more people wearing blue that’s because January 11th is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Human trafficking affects 12 to 27 million men, women, and children worldwide according to the Mississippi State Department. Canopy, an organization on…
Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world, reeling in billions of dollars a year. One local non-profit is on a mission to provide a much needed safe haven for those victims in our area.…
law enforcement and community members gather at the Biloxi Civic Center for the 2017 conference on human trafficking. This event is targeted towards first responders and law enforcement because very often they are the first people human trafficking victims interacts…
News 25's Laurene Callander interviews Sharon Robbins about the 2017 Conference on Human Trafficking.
News 25's Katarina Luketich interviews John Jones about Advocates For Freedom, Human Trafficking Symposium happening at the Civic Center on Howard Avenue January 13 from 8 am to 5 pm $25 for students and $30 to the public. You can…
A human trafficking survivor shared her powerful story today at the Mississippi Nurses Association Convention. Lexie Smith, at ten years old, met a teenage boy living in her grandparents’ neighborhood. He began sexually assaulting her and selling her to his…
A fashion show tomorrow night will showcase stylish clothing from five local boutiques while raising awareness about human trafficking. Advocates for Freedom is a non-profit, faith based organization dedicated to ending the exploitation, sale and enslavement of men, women and…