2020 Great Decisions Continues Wednesday
Posted/updated on: February 4, 2020 at 12:03 pm
TYLER — Dr. David Scott will be this weeks 2020 Great Decisions Speaker on Wednesday. The meeting will take place at noon at the Tyler Public Library. Dr. Scott will be speaking on “Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.” In the Fall of 2015, Dr. Scott began working at The University of Texas at Tyler, after a thirteen year career in municipal policing in Texas.
Topic notes will include the following: Almost every nation has enacted laws criminalizing human trafficking, and international organizations, governments, and NGOs sponsor a large variety of projects to curb trafficking and slavery. Billions of dollars have been allocated to these efforts. What is the international community doing to combat slavery and trafficking? What are the experiences like for those being trafficked?
