Now at 115 posts, SlaveryMap is becoming an ever more poignant resource for researching and sharing about the issue of human trafficking.
Did you know that a Boston University graduate student was charged with her husband for trafficking?
Check out this incident, posted by Amari!
Did you know that slaves were discovered at “Club Wa” in Dallas? Check out this post by Jenna!
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When it comes to IT Security Jack Bezalel knows a lot, just find out how much… He is Your Best IT Friend and listen in as he share his 25 years of experience with us, on the CHWradio.com today.
We really enjoyed the fact that Jack is a father first, and his wisdom that he shares is for parents everywhere…
The best thing that you can do is to make sure you get yourself a personal copy download this file, and listen to it over and over because there is a treasure chest of golden nuggets, contained in this live broadcast… Your Best IT Friend
WOW… Thanks again, Jack…
Here’s a link to Jack’s special offer - notice it is for one week only:
Playgrounds, have moved into our living rooms of our homes, are you locking the Virtual DeadBolts before your children play…
FBI officials are investigating a number of cases in which sexual predators have used online gaming systems including Wii, PlayStation and Xbox to find victims. According to FBI forensic examiner Douglas Roden, online gaming communities are the “new hunting ground” where predators prey upon children.
“Where kids play, the predators are going to prey. All the latest technologies and all the latest games are going to draw the predators and the kids to the same places.”
Chad Gallagher, FBI Child Exploitation Squad, pictured with Holly Hawkins of AOL and EIE President Donna Rice Hughes…
Late last year, the FBI arrested a 30-year old Dayton, Ohio, woman who allegedly used an Xbox 360 to send naked pictures of herself to a 16-year old in Arizona. Police said she then was able to persuade the teen to send her naked pictures of him. (”Video Games New Frontier for Sexual Predators.” WAPT.com News (ABC). 1 May 2008.
Parents may not realize that gaming consoles operate in much the same way as a computer or that savvy kids can bypass parental controls. As Marc Rogers, director of Purdue University’s Cyber Forensic Lab said, “Police who have been doing stings in Internet chat rooms for years now are going undercover to catch predators playing interactive games ranging from Grand Theft Auto to old fashioned chess and checkers”.
Earlier this year, a man in Utah was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor for enticing a 12-year old boy he met through an online game into having sex.
In December, Michigan prosecutors convicted Adam Glenn Schroeder of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and using a computer to commit a crime. He used World of Warcraft to lure a 12-year-old girl into having sex with him. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
In another case, a 10 year old boy playing the Halo Xbox game got a video message from a man that showed adults engaged in a sex act. (Koch, Wendy. “Predators use gaming consoles to ‘get foot in the door.’” USA Today. 2 July 2008.
The guest on this show was Dr. Robert Kirk, an independent consultant for major health care organizations. Dr. Kirk has worked with hundreds of millions of dollars with these companies and has a lot of experience that he wants to share. His company was started up to help organizations better deal with their money and resist fraud. Listen to the interview here:
He recently has been working against cyberspace fraud, specifically in the financial means. Late in his career Dr. Kirk was sued with a “slap suit” which is often used by large companies to try to intimidate critics. Slap suits have been used against other companies and individuals, and could possible even reach home based business owners working on the internet. Slap suits generally come in the form of deformation or libel suits and can cost the defendant thousands of dollars, even if the suit is based on thin air. This is a common scam that is often successfully run that people need to be aware of. There are several of scams out there that families or individuals can fall prey to. Keep yourself safe with, [Managed PC Care…]
It’s important to learn how to avoid and watch out for such scams. A common scam that is run is spam. There are billions of e-mails sent out everyday broadcasting business or investment opportunities. This is an incredibly cheap way to contact millions of people. Scam artists today are a lot different than they used to be. Scam artists are organized businesses now. Scam artists main attraction is to offer you something big (money, trips, etc) with little or no effort on your part. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is! The reason people often fall prey to such scams is that they have a desire to trust people.
Scam artists know this and work hard to gain the trust of their victims, then are able to scam them better. There are several ways to avoid scams, however. First, check your facts. Take a step back from the situation and learn about it more, talk to your lawyer, financial advisor, or another independent source. Whatever you do, don’t make snap decisions. One way to check your facts is to use Google, which has become a great resource for finding information on just about everything. Another thing to do is to wait. If it’s a good deal today, it will still be a good deal tomorrow.
Take your time and think it over!
Children also fall prey to scams easy. The key to children avoiding scams is education. Kids need to be educated against scams, as do their parents and family. The more education available to everyone on the subject, the more scams will be avoided. Laws on the subject of scamming are nearly nonexistent. Though the laws are on the books, they are often times not enforced. The reasons for this don’t lie in funding alone, but in a lack of desire to create such laws.
Things like cyber-bullying are new and often times not taken seriously.
Complacency is often the biggest issue, because victims don’t want to come forward if they’re mistreated by those in charge and those in charge need to take victims seriously. As long as everyone is complacent and doesn’t work for change, then nothing will change. One of the biggest problems is that victims of scams are often not heard from. The victims often lose their money and privacy, but don’t have a means to bring this to people’s attentions.
One way to make people realize how often scams happen is to organize and share. Once the public is more aware of it they need to organize and put pressure on elected officials. Without pressure elected officials will most likely look in the other direction. It is the responsibility of the public to challenge the complacency of elected officials, because without the public pressure, nothing will change.
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We are excited about this opportunity to join with business savvy entrepreneurs to support the international fight against modern slavery.
You, as the owner of a Freedom Store Outpost, will be able to choose which of Not For Sale’s products you will market, as well as where and how you will sell them. By purchasing these items wholesale, you will have already accomplished our primary goal of creating fair wage business opportunities for emancipated people. Moreover, you as an entrepreneur will be able to create a sustainable and profitable business through the sales of our merchandise. Many of you will elect to donate your net profits to some of the exciting projects we are implementing around the world: a school for former child soldiers in eastern Africa, a village for former sex slaves in northern Thailand, or a vocational school for formerly trafficked children outside Lima, Peru.
If you’ve wanted to open an Outpost, but been unable to afford the $950 first-order minimum…. now is the time to get on board!
We hope this finds you well. We wanted to keep you up to date on the Break the Chain Foundation and it’s upcoming events. We want to invite you to the La Caille event on (Tuesday - August 5th at 5:30) and please watch the photo show below.
The Break the Chain Foundation also will have a safety fair in September… If you would like more info or to make donations or just in touch with, Brett Lechtenberg and his Break the Chain Foundation, visit his websites:
That’s what we thought today as we were interviewing Oleg Ilin on the CHWradio.com live show today… We experienced what could be called an attack… Just as Oleg was about to give very important information on the way of protecting your family and children from the perils of the internet… (Silence)… and it’s not golden when you’re on a live radio show We’ve Been Hacked!?
Hmmmmmm well that’s what we thought, but it turned out to only be those internet gremlins called: (Technical Difficulties)… so we invited Oleg to come back anytime and he has agreed to make some time for us in August, after his trip… we look forward to that day when he can finish the interview… and we are glad say; We’ve not Been Hacked!?
For now go listen to some awesome advice on Online Security from Oleg, Dave and Bill:
A special Thank You goes out to Jack Humphrey for introducing Oleg to the CyberHood Watch Partners, he felt like we had a lot in common and could be an asset to each other, and man was he ever right, thanks again Jack…
We feel very blessed to have had Oleg on for 45 minutes and we will ask those wrap-up questions next time, as far as Oleg’s promotions and his website… you can Get the latest and hottest news about online security at Online World Security | Discover the Secret World Of Online Security! Make sure and download his free ebook: The 10 Most Dangerous Internet Scams, and check out all of his great info!
Thanks again to everyone who supports our live show, and we look froward to some new announcements in the coming weeks for a new CHW platform!
Did you know that a Boston University graduate student was charged with her husband for trafficking?
Did you know that slaves were discovered at “Club Wa” in Dallas? Check out this post by Jenna!
We’ve Been Hacked!?
