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Federal Police in Brazil collaborated with The Exodus Road to launch an anti-human trafficking campaign in
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is a significant partner of The Exodus Road, having provided training and strategic resources for their investigative teams. The organization has used
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The Exodus Road's intervention programs have been in operation since 2012 and focus on training local investigators to pose as clients in brothels. These undercover operatives identify victims and build case files that are then delivered to law enforcement. With this information, TER plans raids in
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and local law enforcement involved in intervention work. After building a relationship with authorities, Matt offered to collect information for the local police, posing as a customer in a brothel, in hopes to assemble enough information to justify police-led raids. Following the success of these
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The Exodus Road also has a DELTA Silver team, a cyber investigations team made up of volunteer cyber analytics experts. They gather evidence of suspected trafficking to deliver to law enforcement.
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and sexual exploitation and any of their dependents. Freedom Home provides trauma-informed therapy, life skills classes, counseling, medical care, community internships, and job skills training.
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