http://abcnews.go.com/News/law-enforcement-child-prostitution-sweep-picks-69-children/story?id=12087740&page=2
Sixty-nine kids who were being sold for sex on the Internet and on
street corners are in custody today after a nationwide "Innocence Lost"
prostitution sweep.One girl picked up in the sweep was just 12 years old, authorities said.
The undercover, 40-city operation was conducted by the FBI and state and
local law enforcement over the weekend. Sixteen juveniles were taken
off the ... Continue reading ...
An
unmarked building in Queens will open its doors next month to a handful
of women ensnared in the global sex trade, becoming New York City's
first safehouse dedicated to victims of international sex trafficking.
The victims are part of the city's population of undocumented
immigrants, often lured to the country with the promise of jobs and then
coerced into prostitution by their smugglers.
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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 ...
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 ...
- August 25th, 2010 1:52 pm ET
- By Jim Kouri, Public Safety Examiner
- http://www.examiner.com/public-safety-in-national/nj-pimp-prostituted-children-on-craigslist-and-casinos
A child sex trafficker pled guilty Friday to transporting two minor
girls across state lines in support of a prostitution enterprise he ran
in Atlantic City, New Jersey, according to a report obtained by the
National Association of Chiefs of Police.
Javon Gordon, 28, a.k.a. “Teflon,” of Atlantic City, pleaded guilty ... Continue reading ...
Prosecutors: Illegal immigrants rescued from Houston sex-trafficking operation
http://www.khou.com/news/Prosecutors-Man-accused-of-prostituting--101111429.html
by khou.com staffkhou.com
Posted on August 19, 2010 at 5:03 PM
... Continue reading ...
http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/new_uk_study_one_in_ten_women_in_prostitution_are_slaves by Amanda Kloer
An explosive new report out of the U.K. has estimated that at least
one in ten women in prostitution in the country are victims of human
trafficking. It also found that at least 15% of migrant women in
prostitution are forced or coerced into the trade and up to 40% of them
may be exploited just shy of slavery. These findings could help blow the
lid off the notion t... Continue reading ...
By Emily Dugan
Sunday, 15 August 2010 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/revealed-the-horrific-trade-in-british-children-for-sex-2053047.html
Posing for her first school photograph, Joanne was
like any other girl at the age of five. She loved drawing and painting,
and her favourite game was to play hide-and-seek in the woods near her
home in Leeds with her five siblings. As she grew, Joanne liked to hang
around, chatting and laughing with frien... Continue reading ...
POSTED: Friday, August 13, 2010 UPDATED: 4:23 pm CDT August 13, 2010 http://www.click2houston.com/news/24619619/detail.html
HOUSTON -- Prosecutors
say a 14-year-old girl's mother and her grandmother have been charged
in Houston with forcing the child to work as a prostitute to pay their
living expenses.
Elizabeth Buford, 55, and Alicia Melchor, 33, remained in the Harris County Jail on Friday.Investigators said that Melchor, the girl's mother, is charged with... Continue reading ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080606376.html By Ann Gerhart
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Craig Newmark was all over Twitter on Friday, as he is most days,
yakking about Android, re-tweeting about Bart Simpson in summer school,
reminding his 24,000 followers to vote to end world poverty. He engaged
with friends and strangers alike.
MC is still waiting to hear from him.
Newmark is the founder of the worldwide onl... Continue reading ...
By Malika Saada Saar, Special to CNN August 3, 2010 11:55 a.m. EDT STORY HIGHLIGHTS - Malika Saada Saar: 100,000 to 300,000 children, most 11 to 14, sold for sex in U.S. a year
- Best-known site to buy children is Craigslist, she says, in its "adult services section"
- Criminals make huge profits pimping children, with little risk of prosecution, Saar writes
- Saar: Craigslist should stop adult services section until solid safeguards are in place
Editor's note: Malika Saada Saar is the founder and executiv... Continue reading ...
http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1007/100727seattle.htm
July 27, 2010
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... Continue reading ...
07/09/2010 03:39 PMhttp://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,705104,00.htmlBy Dialika Krahe
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, ... Continue reading ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/opinion/15kristof.html?_r=1&emc=eta1 By NICHOLAS
D. KRISTOF
Published: July 14, 2010
Against all odds, this year’s publishing sensation is a trio of
thrillers by a dead Swede relating tangentially to human trafficking and
sexual abuse.
Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
Nicholas D. Kristof
Nicholas Kristof addresses reader feedback and posts
short takes from his travels.
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 Craigslist is projected to realize a 22% increase in revenue – an
estimated $36 million in 2010 – largely attributable to its functioning
as a virtual red light district for pimps/traffickers and johns.
http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/new_bill_to_fight_child_sex_trafficking_in_us by Amanda Kloer
June 29, 2010This week, a new bill was introduced to Congress to help combat the
trafficking of American children for sex in the United States. If
passed, it would mean more resources for victims, more cash to prosecute
people who sell kids, and stricter reporting requirements for missing
children. To the tune of 45 million bucks. And the new legislation might
also fill in so... Continue reading ...
Research on Johns shows "Craigslist is by far the most efficient
medium" for johns
June 23, 1:04 PM  Human Rights ExaminerYoungbee Dale http://www.examiner.com/x-24740-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2010m6d23-Research-on-Johns-show--Craigslist-is-by-far-the-most-efficient-medium-for-johns?cid=examiner-email Womensfundingnetwork.org,
recently published a survey research study on johns or men buying sex
from children online. The research was based on the survey data
consisting 218 johns who answered... Continue reading ...
Posted by Free the Captives on Tuesday, June 22, 2010,
South
African doctor invents female condoms with 'teeth' to fight rapeBy Faith Karimi,
CNN
June 21, 2010 3:22 p.m. EDT
STORY
HIGHLIGHTS - Doctor
distributes anti-rape female condom during World Cup
- Jagged rows
of teeth-like hooks attach on man's penis
- Device can only be
removed by a doctor
- "It hurts, he cannot pee and walk when it's
on," doctor says
(CNN) -- South African
Dr. Sonnet Ehlers was on call one night four decades ago when a
devastated rape victim walked in. Her eyes were lifeless; ... Continue reading ...
Ex-NFL star Taylor charged in rape of prostitute, 16http://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.
Ram... Continue reading ...
Two jailed for abduction, human
trafficking bid
Mary
Nammour
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2010/May/theuae_May119.xml§ion=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... Continue reading ...
April 25, 2010
Sex Ads Seen Adding Revenue to
Craigslisthttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/technology/26craigslist.html?pagewanted=print
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... Continue reading ...
Standing for truth
Several years ago, the Louisville region housed 175
sexually oriented businesses. thanks to a coalition of concerned
citizens — and a billboard campaign — that number has dropped by more
than 100.
Editor's note: Some of the content in this
story may be disturbing to some readers.
By the early 2000s, the picturesque river town of Louisville, Ky.,
was fast becoming a regional hub for c...
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