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HTI Labs fights human trafficking through research, technology, policy
An Omaha-based company using a data-driven approach to combat human trafficking recently raised funding to expand its crucially needed work to support law enforcement, victims and survivors of the practice.
January 6, 2021
‘Unspeakable evil’: Sen. Ben Sasse holds Nebraska hearing to spotlight human trafficking
Nebraska law enforcement officials have been trained to have the presumption that people who are being paid for sex are victims so, rather than being charged with the crime of prostitution, they are more likely to get resources and connect police to the human traffickers.
September 4, 2019
Sen. Ben Sasse holds hearing in Lincoln, focused on combating human trafficking
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is focused on tackling the nationwide issue of human trafficking. “It’s happening right here in Nebraska,” said Sasse.
September 3, 2019
Sex trafficking widespread in Nebraska; no ZIP code is immune
To gauge the scope of sex trafficking across Nebraska and identify effective policy solutions, the Human Trafficking Initiative (HTI), supported by the Women’s Fund of Omaha and funded by The Sherwood Foundation, conducted focused research through Creighton University’s Heider College of Business.
June 16, 2019
How the Backpage Shutdown Impacted the Commercial Sex Industry and Trafficking
Crysta Price and Terry Clark have spent the last few years looking at a very dark side of the internet. They run Creighton University’s Human Trafficking Initiative, which uses data science to crunch information scraped from websites that help sell people.
October 3, 2018
‘I Am Jane Doe’: Task Force Aims to Expand Understanding of Human Trafficking
“What would you do if it was your daughter?” That was the resounding question behind a documentary viewed by 300 people gathered at the Midwest Theater Tuesday to learn about human trafficking from a local task force.
August 22, 2018
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DCFS placed troubled teen girl with 24-year-old pimp as foster parent
This is why combatting sex trafficking requires fixing a very broken foster care system.
March 25, 2023
Press Releases
HTI Labs Completes Revenue-Based Financing Funding Round with Nebraska Investors
Omaha, NE (November 19, 2020)—Social enterprise HTI Labs, whose mission is to fight sex trafficking, domestic violence, & sexual assault by creating sustainable, data-driven research and technology in collaboration with community partners, has secured revenue-based funding in their seed round of investment, led by Invest Nebraska, Nebraska Angel Investors, and Nelnet. The deal is the first of its kind for involved investment groups. HTI Labs will use the funds to scale their victim empowerment software,
November 19, 2020