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Ex-NFL star charged w/ rape of a runaway teen forced into prostitution

Posted by FTC on Thursday, May 6, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

Ex-NFL star Taylor charged in rape of prostitute, 16

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6992700.html

SUFFERN, N.Y. — Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor raped a 16-year-old runaway in a hotel room encounter arranged by a man who beat her up before driving her to Taylor’s suburban hotel, police said Thursday. The former New York Giants linebacker was arrested early Thursday at a Holiday Inn in Suffern, said Christopher St. Lawrence, supervisor of the town of Ramapo.

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Filipino Maids in Dubai, kidnapped into sex trafficking; traffickers to serve 10 years

Posted by FTC on Wednesday, May 5, 2010, In : International Trafficking

Two jailed for abduction, human trafficking bid

Mary Nammour
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2010/May/theuae_May119.xml&section=theuae&col=

5 May 2010

DUBAI — A salesman and a driver were each sentenced to ten-year imprisonment on Tuesday by the Court of First Instance for kidnapping two Filipino maids, confining them in a room and t...
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Human Trafficking profits Craiglist - NY Times article

Posted by FTC on Monday, May 3, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

April 25, 2010

Sex Ads Seen Adding Revenue to Craigslist

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/technology/26craigslist.html?pagewanted=print

By BRAD STONE

Craigslist, one of the most popular Web sites in the United States, is on track to increase its revenue 22 percent this year, largely from its controversial sex advertisements. That financial success is reviving scrutiny from law-enforcement officials who say the ads are still being used for illegal ends.

The ads, many of...

ChristianityToday: Trafficking of teenagers in the U.S

Posted by Julie Waters on Saturday, May 1, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

Sexual Slavery on Main Street

Trafficking of teenagers in the U.S. is getting worse. Here's what some Christians are trying to do about it.

Elissa Cooper in Asheville, North Carolina | posted 4/30/2010 10:09AM
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/may/5.17.html

For 72 hours last fall, FBI agents and local police targeted truck stops, casinos, night clubs, and adult entertainment spots in 36 American cities to rescue teenagers being trafficked for sex.

During the October raids, law enfor...

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