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 ...
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.
In our commitment to preventing human trafficking, the world is moving
beyond poster campaigns to more innovative solutions that harness the
private sector to end the demand for modern slavery. I wanted to share
some new developments on that front.
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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, Alicia Melchor
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 ...
Posted by Free the Captives on Tuesday, August 10, 2010,
In :
Domestic Trafficking
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080606376.html By Ann Gerhart
Washington Post Staff Writer
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.
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, ...
Posted by Free the Captives on Thursday, July 8, 2010,
In :
Domestic Trafficking
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.
This 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 ...
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...
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...
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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...
Educational Webinars Cover Human Trafficking for Trucking
and Travel
Plaza Industry Members.
Human trafficking is a $32-billion-a-year business,
destroying
countless lives and enslaving its victims, the majority of whom are
women and
children. Most Americans are aware of the problem in Asia and Africa,
but are
obliviou...
For the thousands of women who have been trafficked
into Houston and forced to work as prostitutes in the city’s underground
sex trade, escaping from captivity may be the easiest part of the
nearly impossible road to recovery.
Left: A bathhouse listed
on a Web site of erotic massage parlors in Houston. Right: Women at a
spa hide their faces during a February 19 inspection by the Harris
County precinct 4 constable’s office. Photographs
by Van Ditthavong
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