Browsing Archive: September, 2010
By Karl Ritter, Associated Press Writer http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-03-16-sweden-prostitution_N.htm 3/18/2008
STOCKHOLM — Selling sex is not illegal in
Sweden, but buying is — a radical approach to prostitution that faced
ridicule when it was introduced nine years ago.
Now, while Americans are preoccupied with the
downfall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer in a prostitution scandal, some
countries are considering emulating the Swedish model, which prosecutes
the client but vie... Continue reading ...
Six-Month Report: Domestically Sex-Trafficked Minors on the Rise in Key States Read more: Six-Month Report: Domestically Sex-Trafficked Minors on the Rise in Key States
http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/California/2010/09/15/CL65421
PR Newswire
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- As Deborah Richardson, chief program officer for Women's Funding Network, is testifying today in Washington, D.C.,
before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and
Homeland Security about the issue of "Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking,"
the results of a new study – also released today – indicate Internet
classifi... Continue reading ...
Demand Study of the commercial sexual exploitation of girls
View the DEMAND STUDY on the commercial sexual exploitation of girls in the state of Georgia. http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/sites/wfnet.org/files/AFNAP/TheSchapiroGroupGeorgiaDemandStudy.pdf Continue reading ...
Craigslist says it won't resume adult services
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/15/AR2010091505041.html By JIM ABRAMS
The Associated Press
Wednesday, September 15, 2010; 5:18 PM
WASHINGTON -- A Craigslist official told lawmakers Wednesday that the
classified ad website has no plans to resume its adult services section
and defended the company's efforts to stop the sexual exploitation of
minors.
But William Clinton Powell also told a House Judiciary Committee panel
that people seeking to advertise a... Continue reading ...
'Dear John' billboards tout consequences of soliciting prostitutes on Mannheim strip
http://www.examiner.com/crime-in-chicago/dear-john August 29, 2010
Men cruising Mannheim Road looking to buy sex will get a visual cold shower via a pair of anti-prostitution billboards.
The billboards are part of a campaign to curb "johns" who frequent a
strip of Mannheim in Leyden Township noted for illicit activities.
In recent weeks, Cook County Sheriff's police have been cited under the
Cook County Morals Ordinance, according to Sheriff Tom Dart, who held a
news confe... Continue reading ...
Johns arrested in MA: names published in newspaper; mayor would like to confiscate their cars
By John Moss
Posted Aug 07, 2010 @ 07:38 PM
Last update Aug 08, 2010 @ 01:15 AM
FALL RIVER —
Responding to numerous complaints of prostitution activity in the
do... Continue reading ...
Human Trafficking Initatives of Kingsland Baptist and Free the Captives
Church plans run to end human trafficking
Erin
Lowry couldn’t believe what girls her age in Southeast Asia had gone
through. Girls as young as 13 and 14 had been taken from their families
and sold into the hands of unknown adults who forced them into sexual or
manual servitude.
“It was hard for me to see these girls so close to my age that had
lived lives of normalcy,” said Lowry, 18, who traveled to Asia in July
with other teenagers f... Continue reading ...
Some See a Ploy as Craigslist Blocks Sex Ads
September 5, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/technology/06craigslist.html?_r=1&src=buslnSome&pagewanted=print
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
SAN FRANCISCO — Craigslist,
by shutting off its “adult services” section and slapping a “censored”
label in its place, may be engaging in a high-stakes stunt to influence
public opinion, some analysts say.
Since blocking access to the ads as the Labor Day
weekend began — and suspending a revenue stream that could bring in ... Continue reading ...
6 Accused In Forced Labor Of 400 Thai Workers in the US
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129614349 HONOLULU September 3, 2010 Six recruiters were accused Thursday of luring 400 laborers from
Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a
federal indictment that the FBI called the largest human-trafficking
case ever charged in U.S. history. The
indictment alleges that the scheme was orchestrated by four employees of
labor recruiting company Global Horizons Manpower Inc. and two
Tha... Continue reading ...
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