Seven unforgettable stories in the battle against sex trafficking, collected over two decades of my reporting. —Nicholas Kristof
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Monday, March 31, 2014
Inside the Brothels - NYTimes.com
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Seven unforgettable stories in the battle against sex trafficking, collected over two decades of my reporting. —Nicholas Kristof
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Seven unforgettable stories in the battle against sex trafficking, collected over two decades of my reporting. —Nicholas Kristof
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Friday, March 28, 2014
One willing helper - features - manawatu-standard | Stuff.co.nz
Source: Stuff.co.nz Source: Stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard
Wanting to do something about poverty and child trafficking in developing countries, Denise Arnold set up a trust that now helps keep 5000 Cambodian children in school. She speaks to Iain Scott about the difference one person can make.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/features/9871207/One-willing-helper
Wanting to do something about poverty and child trafficking in developing countries, Denise Arnold set up a trust that now helps keep 5000 Cambodian children in school. She speaks to Iain Scott about the difference one person can make.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/features/9871207/One-willing-helper
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Singapore steps up efforts vs trafficking from PH, et al | ABS-CBN News
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By Arlene Burgos, ABS-CBNnews.com
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By Arlene Burgos, ABS-CBNnews.com
SINGAPORE – This city-state has begun a month-long consultation to secure feedback from stakeholders on an omnibus bill to curb trafficking-in-persons (TIP), which has seen women from countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia and China lured by the promise of higher wages, but end up having to do paid sex.
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http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/03/22/14/singapore-steps-efforts-vs-trafficking-ph-et-al
UNH forensic scientist targets worldwide sex trafficking through DNA
Source: New Haven Register News
NEW HAVEN >> Victims of human trafficking are often stripped of their passports, identification, and ultimately, their identities.
DNA is the one thing that remains with a victim, and for that reason and others, it can be a powerful tool in combatting human trafficking, according to forensic scientist Timothy Palmbach.
Sex-trafficking cases hard to crack in Wisconsin
Source: USA Today
WAUSAU, Wis. — On an October day in 2010, a 22-year-old woman strolled along National Avenue in Milwaukee, headed to a friend's home to spend the night.
An SUV pulled up alongside her. The door opened, and a stocky, bearded man jumped from the driver's seat, grabbed her by the jacket and threw her into the back of the vehicle. Frantic, she tried to call her friend for help, but the call never went through.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Reduce sex trafficking by addressing demand | SF Bay Guardian
Source: SF Bay Guardian
Opinion By Ellyn Bell and Minouche Kandel
Opinion By Ellyn Bell and Minouche Kandel
Many people know that the Bay Area is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the US. What most people do not know is that the FBI ranks the Bay Area as one of the worst 13 areas in the country for child sex trafficking.
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Sex Trafficking Victims Go Unnoticed in Laos | The Diplomat
Source: The Diplomat
By Sean Kimmons
VIENTIANE – Like many girls in Laos, where almost one-third of the population lives below the poverty line, Vahn* was desperate to earn money for her family. This made her a prime target for sex traffickers.
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By Sean Kimmons
VIENTIANE – Like many girls in Laos, where almost one-third of the population lives below the poverty line, Vahn* was desperate to earn money for her family. This made her a prime target for sex traffickers.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Where does human trafficking happen? Right in front of you
Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation
Human trafficking has many faces and forms. There’s the pimp enslaving and exploiting young girls in cities across the United States – where an estimated 100,000 girls are trafficked at present. There are the men who buy young boys in Ghana, forcing them into lives of servitude and hard labour, spending long days in flimsy boats in the Lake Volta region, hunched over their fishing lines under a scorching sun.
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Human trafficking has many faces and forms. There’s the pimp enslaving and exploiting young girls in cities across the United States – where an estimated 100,000 girls are trafficked at present. There are the men who buy young boys in Ghana, forcing them into lives of servitude and hard labour, spending long days in flimsy boats in the Lake Volta region, hunched over their fishing lines under a scorching sun.
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Targeting the Johns in Sex Trade - NYTimes.com
Source: NYTimes.com
Police increasingly recognize that the simplest way to reduce the scale of human trafficking is to arrest men who buy sex. That isn’t prudishness or sanctimony but a strategy to dampen demand.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/opinion/kristof-targeting-the-johns-in-sex-trade.html?_r=0
Police increasingly recognize that the simplest way to reduce the scale of human trafficking is to arrest men who buy sex. That isn’t prudishness or sanctimony but a strategy to dampen demand.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/opinion/kristof-targeting-the-johns-in-sex-trade.html?_r=0
New anti-prostitution laws urged to target men who buy sex - Ottawa - CBC News
Source: Ottawa - CBC News
“If there's no john, there's no market. It's just as much the johns’ fault as it is the pimps’,” said Sarah, 28, who agreed to share her story with CBC News on the condition we only use her first name.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/new-anti-prostitution-laws-urged-to-target-men-who-buy-sex-1.2581782?cmp=rss
“If there's no john, there's no market. It's just as much the johns’ fault as it is the pimps’,” said Sarah, 28, who agreed to share her story with CBC News on the condition we only use her first name.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/new-anti-prostitution-laws-urged-to-target-men-who-buy-sex-1.2581782?cmp=rss
Ottawa police target human trafficking, a $26M industry - Ottawa - CBC News
Source: Ottawa - CBC News
Researcher Elise Wohlbold is studying the scope of human trafficking in Ottawa as part of the two-year long Project imPACT (PACT stands for Persons Against the Crime of Trafficking in humans). She is focused specifically on the trafficking of young women for the purposes of sexual exploitation.
Researcher Elise Wohlbold is studying the scope of human trafficking in Ottawa as part of the two-year long Project imPACT (PACT stands for Persons Against the Crime of Trafficking in humans). She is focused specifically on the trafficking of young women for the purposes of sexual exploitation.
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Friday, March 21, 2014
Hong Kong needs a dedicated anti-trafficking law | South China Morning Post
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In 2009, America's Trafficking in Persons Report, published by the State Department, downgraded Hong Kong from its Tier 1 status (fully compliant with the US trafficking legislation's minimum standards for prohibiting, punishing and eliminating severe forms of trafficking) to Tier 2 (not fully compliant, but making significant efforts), and the 2013 report, issued last June, reconfirmed that grading.
The latest report, moreover, described Hong Kong as a destination and transit territory for people "subjected to sex trafficking and forced labour", and Luis CdeBaca, who heads the department's human trafficking office, has pointed to recent cases of domestic helper abuse, as evidencing forced labour.
In 2009, America's Trafficking in Persons Report, published by the State Department, downgraded Hong Kong from its Tier 1 status (fully compliant with the US trafficking legislation's minimum standards for prohibiting, punishing and eliminating severe forms of trafficking) to Tier 2 (not fully compliant, but making significant efforts), and the 2013 report, issued last June, reconfirmed that grading.
The latest report, moreover, described Hong Kong as a destination and transit territory for people "subjected to sex trafficking and forced labour", and Luis CdeBaca, who heads the department's human trafficking office, has pointed to recent cases of domestic helper abuse, as evidencing forced labour.
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Canada's Inuit face human trafficking fears - Features - Al Jazeera English
Source: Al Jazeera English
Inuit families sell their babies online, pimp out their daughters and turn a blind eye to human trafficking.
Inuit families sell their babies online, pimp out their daughters and turn a blind eye to human trafficking.
These are some of the claims made by Canadian consultant Helen Roos in a 159-page report released in November 2013, that presents anecdotal evidence of sexual abuse and human trafficking in Canada's remote arctic regions. The report stirred public debate last month, when it was picked up by media across the world's second largest country.
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
Alleged mastermind in sex trafficking ring now faces 34 felonies | Deseret News
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SALT LAKE CITY — Several additional charges were filed Monday against the man prosecutors believe masterminded a drug and human trafficking ring in Utah involving teenage boys.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Several additional charges were filed Monday against the man prosecutors believe masterminded a drug and human trafficking ring in Utah involving teenage boys.
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Human trafficking: "We are haunted by the horror that we have witnessed" | Global Development Professionals Network | Guardian Professional
Source: Global Development Professionals Network | Guardian Professional
Twenty-five years ago, Stanly Kizhakeparambil Varghese and Parashuram Mynkanalli Lingegowda, originally journalists, formed Odanadi to counter the abuse and exploitation of Indian women and children after meeting an exploited Dalit woman.
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http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/mar/14/human-trafficking-slavery-india
Twenty-five years ago, Stanly Kizhakeparambil Varghese and Parashuram Mynkanalli Lingegowda, originally journalists, formed Odanadi to counter the abuse and exploitation of Indian women and children after meeting an exploited Dalit woman.
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http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/mar/14/human-trafficking-slavery-india
United Nations News Centre - Child trafficking, exploitation on the rise, warns UN expert
Source: United Nations News Centre
13 March 2014 – In an increasingly interconnected world, children are more at risk that ever of being sexually exploited or sold, a United Nations independent expert warned today, calling for decisive steps at the global level to stop crimes such as child prostitution and trafficking.
13 March 2014 – In an increasingly interconnected world, children are more at risk that ever of being sexually exploited or sold, a United Nations independent expert warned today, calling for decisive steps at the global level to stop crimes such as child prostitution and trafficking.
“Millions of girls and boys worldwide are victims of sexual exploitation, even though this issue in recent years has gained increased visibility,” said Najat Maalla M’jid, the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, as she presented her final report to the 25th session of the Human Rights Council, which opened last week and is to wrap on 28 March.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Throwaways – Art Against Slavery | Miranda's Manual
Source: Miranda's Manual
Pictures at an exhibition that speak to the horror of sex trafficking.
http://mirandasmanual.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/art-against-slavery/
Pictures at an exhibition that speak to the horror of sex trafficking.
http://mirandasmanual.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/art-against-slavery/
Silent slaves: Stories of human trafficking in India | Women Under Siege Project
Source: Women Under Siege Project, Women's Media Center
A report by By
http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/blog/entry/silent-slaves-stories-of-human-trafficking-in-india
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Selling humans
In the western part of India’s capital city, New Delhi, more than 5,000 domestic worker placement agencies operate out of a nondescript neighborhood called Shakurpur Basti. For years, the agencies have flourished by indulging in the business of trafficking minor girls and selling them as domestic slaves in the cities. To expose this racket of trafficking and to uncover their modus operandi, we waited for days with a hidden camera, posing as a family interested in employing a girl.
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Christians, Muslims join anti-slavery campaign - World - NZ Herald News
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VATICAN CITY (AP) Christians and Muslims have joined to try to help free millions of men, women and children held in modern-day slavery, forced to work as maids, prostitutes, child soldiers and manual laborers.
VATICAN CITY (AP) Christians and Muslims have joined to try to help free millions of men, women and children held in modern-day slavery, forced to work as maids, prostitutes, child soldiers and manual laborers.
The Global Freedom Network launched Monday at the Vatican aims to eradicate slavery by encouraging governments, businesses, educational and faith institutions
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Sunday, March 16, 2014
A Necessary Hero | Brandeis Magazine
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BY CLAIRE PAVLIK PURGUS AND SUSAN PILAND
Twenty-five-year-old Chi needed a job, and jobs are hard to find in Dien Bien, the poorest province in Vietnam, located about seven hours by car to the northwest of Hanoi.
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Thursday, March 13, 2014
APA Task Force Report Highlights Problem of Human Trafficking of US Women and Girls
Points out shortcomings in current policies, programs; calls for research, public education
WASHINGTON — Preventing the trafficking of women and girls is a complex problem that requires cross-disciplinary research, training and education, public awareness and new policies at every level of government, according to the report of a task force appointed by the American Psychological Association.
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Pre-publication text of the Report of the Task Force on Trafficking of Women and Girls is available by contacting APA Public Affairs by email or by phone at or (202) 336-5700.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Study sheds light on dark sex trafficking industry
Source: Washington Post
A landmark Urban Institute study released today of #sextrafficking includes some startling facts. Among them:
Convicted #pimps and sex #traffickers interviewed for the study said they raked in between $5,000 and $32,833 a week.
A landmark Urban Institute study released today of #sextrafficking includes some startling facts. Among them:
Convicted #pimps and sex #traffickers interviewed for the study said they raked in between $5,000 and $32,833 a week.
Pimps-unsurprisingly-make a lot more money than the prostitutes.
Pressure from a pimp is rarely the sole reason someone joins the #sextrade.
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FIS - Worldnews - MEPs urge Thailand to address fishing industry forced labour
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As part of ongoing trade negotiations between the EU and Thailand, the the European Parliament (EP) approved a resolution urging the latter to address human trafficking and forced labour issues in its fishing industry.
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As part of ongoing trade negotiations between the EU and Thailand, the the European Parliament (EP) approved a resolution urging the latter to address human trafficking and forced labour issues in its fishing industry.
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Behind the Scenes: #StandWithMe Against Child Slavery | Stephanie Be
Source: Stephanie Be, Huff Post The Blog
"Not to belittle the grandeur production of Steve McQueen and Brad Pitt, but there's another team out there sharing a documentary on present day slavery -- and on the nine-year-old suburban girl doing something about it."
You won't see them at the Oscars in 2015; Stillmotion decided that they had to release the film immediately.
Read Stepahanie Be's article here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephanie-be/behind-the-scenes-standwi_b_4915567.html
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"Not to belittle the grandeur production of Steve McQueen and Brad Pitt, but there's another team out there sharing a documentary on present day slavery -- and on the nine-year-old suburban girl doing something about it."
You won't see them at the Oscars in 2015; Stillmotion decided that they had to release the film immediately.
Read Stepahanie Be's article here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephanie-be/behind-the-scenes-standwi_b_4915567.html
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Saturday, March 8, 2014
One Mother's Fight Against Slavery Is Changing South America | TakePart
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Susana Trimarco's fight against slavery after her daughter María “Marita” Verón disappeared one day in the Argentine city of San Miguel de Tucumán in 2002.
http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/03/03/sex-slaves-south-america
Scott Johnson has headed Newsweek’s Mexico and Baghdad bureaus, and is the author of "The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, A Son and the CIA."
Susana Trimarco's fight against slavery after her daughter María “Marita” Verón disappeared one day in the Argentine city of San Miguel de Tucumán in 2002.
http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/03/03/sex-slaves-south-america
Scott Johnson has headed Newsweek’s Mexico and Baghdad bureaus, and is the author of "The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, A Son and the CIA."
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Women and Girls, A Commodity: Human Trafficking in Nepal | The Diplomat
Source: The Diplomat
Sex trafficking is a growing problem in Nepal.The Diplomat’s Kiran Nazish reports from Kathmandu.
http://thediplomat.com/2014/02/women-and-girls-a-commodity-human-trafficking-in-nepal/
Sex trafficking is a growing problem in Nepal.The Diplomat’s Kiran Nazish reports from Kathmandu.
http://thediplomat.com/2014/02/women-and-girls-a-commodity-human-trafficking-in-nepal/
Friday, March 7, 2014
Human Trafficking & Labor Trafficking is a Growing Problem in North Carolina | WFDD
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North Carolina is one of the top states in the nation for human trafficking, or modern-day slavery. A High Point woman is partnering with a group of churches in Greensboro to bring more awareness about the issue.
Listen to Natasha Ronsnson's interview with KERI BROWN on human and labor trafficking in North Carolina.
North Carolina is one of the top states in the nation for human trafficking, or modern-day slavery. A High Point woman is partnering with a group of churches in Greensboro to bring more awareness about the issue.
Listen to Natasha Ronsnson's interview with KERI BROWN on human and labor trafficking in North Carolina.
Super Bowl not cause of sex trafficking, ASU researchers say
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/opinion/the-super-bowl-of-sex-trafficking.html?_r=0Human trafficking: The EU's dirty secret | Globalization | DW.DE | 11.02.2014
Source: DW.DE
"We often think that the victims of human trafficking are from somewhere far away, but the majority are EU citizens," says Myria Vassiliadou, the EU's Anti-Trafficking Coordinator. "They are bought and sold inside the EU by criminal networks. The clients that use these services are often EU citizens."
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http://www.dw.de/human-trafficking-the-eus-dirty-secret/a-17412036
"We often think that the victims of human trafficking are from somewhere far away, but the majority are EU citizens," says Myria Vassiliadou, the EU's Anti-Trafficking Coordinator. "They are bought and sold inside the EU by criminal networks. The clients that use these services are often EU citizens."
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http://www.dw.de/human-trafficking-the-eus-dirty-secret/a-17412036
Child Slaves May Have Caught the Fish in Your Freezer | TIME.com
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@charliecamp6ell writes
"Thailand is the third largest seafood exporter in the world. The sector was worth some $7.3 billion dollars in 2011, and around a fifth of the catch ends up on American dinner tables — particularly tuna, sardines, shrimp and squid. But the industry heavily relies on trafficked and forced labor on unlicensed vessels. Victims typically hail from Cambodia, Laos and, most commonly, Burma. Beatings and starvation are commonplace."
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http://time.com/12628/human-trafficking-rife-in-thai-fishing-industry/
@charliecamp6ell writes
"Thailand is the third largest seafood exporter in the world. The sector was worth some $7.3 billion dollars in 2011, and around a fifth of the catch ends up on American dinner tables — particularly tuna, sardines, shrimp and squid. But the industry heavily relies on trafficked and forced labor on unlicensed vessels. Victims typically hail from Cambodia, Laos and, most commonly, Burma. Beatings and starvation are commonplace."
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http://time.com/12628/human-trafficking-rife-in-thai-fishing-industry/
Thursday, March 6, 2014
United Nations News Centre - New UN-led anti-trafficking campaign to help raise tourists’ awareness
Source: United Nations News Centre
5 March 2014 – Encouraging travellers to help in the global fight against trafficking in illicit goods and services, three United Nations agencies have joined forces launching today a new campaign aiming to raise awareness among travellers and the tourism industry about making the right ethical choices and reducing demand for illegal products.
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5 March 2014 – Encouraging travellers to help in the global fight against trafficking in illicit goods and services, three United Nations agencies have joined forces launching today a new campaign aiming to raise awareness among travellers and the tourism industry about making the right ethical choices and reducing demand for illegal products.
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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47286&Cr=trafficking&Cr1=#.Uxja_T9dWZg
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