• Survivors, local businesses collaborate at anti-human trafficking forum in Atlanta

    Survivors, local businesses collaborate at anti-human trafficking forum in Atlanta
    ATLANTA (WUPA) – Survivors have joined forces with state and local agencies and businesses in the fight to end human trafficking.  Polaris and IHG Hotels and Resorts hosted an anti-human trafficking forum at the Kimpton Shane Hotel in Midtown Atlanta on Wednesday, in order to collaborate on solutions. "Today, we had survivors who are leaders in the anti-trafficking movement speaking about their own experiences, but also challenging businesses to do much more, and I think that the grea
  • Vigilance against fraud on company bank accounts calls for teamwork

    Something about the call seemed fishy.
    First, the caller claimed to be a familiar customer, but Eddie Buttross, Vice President of Commercial Banking at First Horizon, didn't recognize the voice.Then there was the international wire transfer the caller was inquiring about. The fraud department had flagged it because it didn't match the customer's usual pattern of business.“The request was to send $2 million overseas to buy oilfield equipment because they were (supposedly) setting up a&helli

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