SEATTLE - A south King County, Wash., man who traveled to
Cambodia to have sex with young girls pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal
charges of sexual exploitation of a child, following an investigation by
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of Homeland
Security Investigations (HSI).
Craig Thomas Carr, 59, of Kent, Wash., admitted in his plea agreement
that prior to his trip to Phnom Penh, Cambo...
They are still children, only 12 or 13 years old.
They fall in love for the first time, at the school gates or on
Facebook, and wind up with a pimp. Parents and police are struggling
against the hold so-called loverboys have over young girls, but often
it's already too late.
It had happened again the previous evening. One of her johns came
into her booth behind the glass window, ...
News reports and public service announcements on South African TV
estimate up to 100,000 people may fall victim to sex trafficking during
the FIFA World Cup, which begins on Friday. Concerned churches from
across the globe are sending missionaries to the games to minister to
sex workers and work alongside social services to help them.
Christians fight against human trafficking ahead of World Cup
by Wesley WJ Richards
Posted: Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 8:48 (BST)
With the South African World Cup less than two weeks away, there is
continued concern that the event will be used for human trafficking.
It has been estimated that between 40,000 to 100,000 people may be
trafficked for the World Cup. In January, Time magazine reported on a
three week investigation into human trafficking. Finding a lucrative
t... Continue reading ...
South Africa's New Slave Trade and the Campaign to Stop It
By E. Benjamin Skinner
For a South African victim of human trafficking, this was the
endgame. On a freezing night last July, Sindiswa, 17, lay curled in a
fetal position in bed No. 7 of a state-run hospice in central
Bloemfontein. Well-used fly strips hung between fluorescent lights, pale
blue paint flaked off the walls, and fresh blood stained her sheets,
the rusty bedpost and the linoleum flo...
Editor's note: Kevin Bales, a
co-founder of Free the Slaves, the American sister organization of
the UK's Anti-Slavery International, the world's oldest human rights
group, spoke about slavery at the TED2010 conference in February. Bales
is the author of "Ending Slavery" and, with Ron Soodalter, "The Slave
Next Door: Modern Slavery in the United States." TED, a nonprofit
organization devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading," hosts talks on many
subjects and makes them available through its...
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