A Northern Territory barrister believes a Filipino mother on death row in Indonesia is a victim of human trafficking, and has made a last-ditch effort to help save her life.
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Bali Nine pair's death row inmate, Filipino mother Mary Jane Veloso could be victim of human trafficking, Darwin barrister says - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Agenda: Prostitution and sex trafficking are inextricably linked | Herald Scotland
" ... we need to speak out with one voice calling for modern slavery to be eradicated."
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Human trafficking victims need more services in Halifax, advocates say - Nova Scotia - CBC News
"McLeod points out that although Halifax is a small city, people are forced into human trafficking on a regular basis."
"I think it's a bigger problem than anyone would realize because it's underground and it's subtle," said McLeod."
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Child trafficking in India: 'It was only after a few years I realised I had been sold' | Sutirtha Sahariah | Global development | The Guardian
"Anti-slavery activists say thousands of children are going missing from some of India’s remote tribal areas as human traffickers respond to a surge in demand for domestic child labour in booming urban districts."
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Monday, April 27, 2015
'Be My Protector' event launched to stop scourge of human trafficking | theSundaily
SUBANG JAYA: A truck with emblazoned with the logo "Be My Protector" that aims to challenge Malaysians to stop human trafficking – by creating community intelligence, raising awareness and empowering them to act – will travel and dock in 16 locations in Subang Jaya, Damansara Utama and Kinrara including shopping malls, colleges and public areas starting from today until May 3.
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Survivors of sex trafficking help fight the exploitation - The Sun Chronicle : Local News
"She was pimped by someone who knew her intimately, whom she trusted, and who told her that there was nothing wrong. She didn't know any better. She wasn't yet 10."
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US human trafficking amendment may impact Malaysia in Pacific trade pact - The Malaysian Insider
A US trade official yesterday said the government is looking at a proposed human-trafficking amendment to trade legislation that could affect a still unfinished Pacific trade pact.
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Friday, April 24, 2015
How to help: Global hotlines - CNN.com
(CNN)Need information on how to report a suspected case of human trafficking?
Check out the list of human trafficking global hotlines, based off the U.S. Department of State Global Hotlines List:
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Human Trafficking Plagues Houston
Published April 22, 2015
Authorities worldwide are fighting human trafficking rings that exploit migrants and force young women into prostitution. The U.S. Justice Department estimates that one in four women trafficked in the United States passes through Houston, Texas, at some point because it is an international and domestic crossroads and a center of commerce. Most are from Asia or Latin America, but, as VOA’s Greg Flakus reports from Houston, some are U.S. citizens.
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Myanmar under pressure over human trafficking in Rakhine
A human rights group (Fortify Rights) lobbied the United States on April 22 to rank Myanmar among the worst human trafficking offenders in the world for “driving” ethnic minorities into the slave trade.
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Here is the URL to Fortify Rights' testimony
http://www.fortifyrights.org/downloads/FR_TIP_Testimony_April_2015.pdf
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Damning report on exploitation in Australian fashion industry
Nine out of 10 companies supplying clothes to Australian consumers do not know where their cotton is sourced and most fail to pay overseas workers enough to meet their basic needs, an investigation into the fashion industry shows.
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Monday, April 20, 2015
Andrea Moore: Child sex trafficking slowly gaining attention in Congress | Deseret News
Yet it's politics that holding back S178. Sad.
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Human trafficking is an intrinsic evil and a crime against humanity - The Manila Times OnlineThe Manila Times Online
And although slavery was banned hundreds of years ago by the British parliament and done away formally after the American civil war and outlawed by the United Nations everywhere it still continues in various forms thinly disguised but ignored by corrupt politicians and controlled by criminal gangs and individuals enslaving domestic helpers, agriculture and factory workers and fishermen.
Read and be outraged.
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Human traffickers find easy prey among Myanmar's minorities | Public Radio International
It’s been 47 days since Abdul, a scrawny Rohingya male in his 40s, sent his 14-year-old daughter Dildar away from the Internally Displaced Persons camp where they’d been living in squalid conditions with little food or health care. Dildar left on a fishing boat crammed with other Rohingya Muslims escaping oppression in Rakhine state in the westernmost part of Myanmar, the country formerly called Burma.
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Friday, April 17, 2015
Malaysia must do more to prosecute human traffickers, says top US diplomat - The Malaysian Insider
The Malaysian government needs to show greater political will in prosecuting human traffickers and protecting their victims if the country hopes to improve on its currently lowest ranking in the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TiP) report, US ambassador to Malaysia Joseph Yun said today.
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Malaysia must do more to prosecute human traffickers, says top US diplomat - The Malaysian Insider:
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Students and alumni band together to rescue girls from human trafficking | Local News - Home
Human trafficking is a grim tale. Now and then one learns of a story that brings a smile. Read on.
Students and alumni band together to rescue girls from human trafficking | Local News - Home:
Students and alumni band together to rescue girls from human trafficking | Local News - Home:
Filmmakers explore sex trafficking abuses in 'Tricked' documentary
Filmmakers explore sex trafficking abuses in 'Tricked' documentary: "filmmakers Jane Wells and John Keith Wasson"
Eliminating Forced Labor Starts with Tackling Recruitment Fees | Human Trafficking Search
Annick Febrey on elimination of recruitment fee to eliminate forced labor
Eliminating Forced Labor Starts with Tackling Recruitment Fees
Also see:
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/blog/eicc-takes-action-protect-vulnerable-workers-human-trafficking
Monday, April 13, 2015
Michigan joins fight against human trafficking
Michigan’s state police have become the latest law enforcement agency to join forces with Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) in the fight against human trafficking.
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Utah Attorney General speaks on sex trafficking sting operation - The Herald Journal: Allaccess
In an appearance sponsored by the USU Government Relations Council and the USU Institute of Government & Politics, Reyes discussed his participation in an undercover child sex-trafficking sting in Colombia conducted last October.
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Do successful prosecutions constitute success in the fight against modern-day slavery? | Human Trafficking Search
But over the years we came to ask ourselves a very important question: Is it truly “success” to have brought those already-existing operations to justice? We helped pioneered the worker-based, victim-centered, multi-sector approaches to investigations, collaborating with law enforcement. We know the work is urgent and essential. Actual success, however, is getting to the point where the “Slavery in Fields” is history, not 21st century headline news.
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Friday, April 10, 2015
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters pushes for human trafficking intervention bill | MLive.com
Sen. Peters is pushing a bill that provides training to medical professionals to help them identify trafficking victims and stop this monstrous crime.
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Why Southeast Asia struggles to tackle modern-day slavery | Asia | DW.DE | 09.04.2015
In a DW interview, Annette Lyth, Regional Project Manager at the United Nations Action for Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons, explains how widespread forced labor is across Southeast Asia and why the governments in the region are struggling to put an end to the practice.
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Teens entreated to be aware of modern slavery - Golden State Newspapers: Tracy Press
Ensuring minors become aware of human trafficking is important to combating this crime. In this article representatives from Say Something and Without Permission address students.
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Teens entreated to be aware of modern slavery - Golden State Newspapers: Ticking of minors, Prevention, Raising racy Press:
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County Helping Sex Trafficking Victims Become Survivors | Texas Public Radio
Read about two programs Judge Parker, along with Bexar County’s Juvenile Probation Department, created to help the growing list of sex-trafficked victims under the age of 18.
County Helping Sex Trafficking Victims Become Survivors | Texas Public Radio: "
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Colorado Springs police start "john shaming" in sex trafficking battle - The Denver Post
Reducing demand is important to combating sex trafficking. Some law enforcement agencies in the US are practicing "john shaming." Read about the pros and cons of this approach.
Colorado Springs police start "john shaming" in sex trafficking battle - The Denver Post:
Colorado Springs police start "john shaming" in sex trafficking battle - The Denver Post:
Proximity to I-95 makes Maryland a hotspot for human trafficking, officials said - ABC2News.com
Rod Rosenstein, U.S. attorney for Maryland, said human trafficking cases are more likely to crop up around urban areas and communities that are more transient in nature.
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Why Does Modern Slavery Persist? | Nick Grono
Given that modern slavery in its various forms is prohibited under international law and in almost every country, why is it so widespread and pervasive?
The reason is that modern slavery thrives when three factors intersect. These are:
1. The demand for extremely cheap labour
2. Individual vulnerability and marginalization
3. Weak rule of law.
READ THE DISCUSSION HERE
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nick-grono/why-does-modern-slavery-p_b_6960174.html?
Monday, April 6, 2015
CNN Enters New Phase in CNN Freedom Project to Expose Modern-Day Slavery – CNN Press Room - CNN.com Blogs
CNN is bringing viewers a renewed series of reporting and programming about modern slavery in the ground-breaking and award-winning editorial initiative, CNN Freedom Project.
Throughout 2015, CNN will air stories that uncover and expose modern-day slavery including human trafficking, child labour and the sex trade. There will be a focus on turning engagement with CNN Freedom Project into action, with an emphasis on education and harnessing the passion of young people to make a difference.
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Over 300 Slaves Rescued From Indonesia Island After AP Investigation Into Forced Labor
The Burmese men were among hundreds of migrant workers revealed in an Associated Press investigation to have been lured or tricked into leaving their countries and forced into catching fish for consumers around the world, including the United States. In response to the AP's findings, Indonesian government officials visited the island village of Benjina on Friday and found brutal conditions, down to an "enforcer" paid to beat men up. They offered immediate evacuation.
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Friday, April 3, 2015
In Focus: Foster Youth Fall Prey to Traffickers - Children's Rights
Flaws in the foster care system and human trafficking ... read more:
In Focus: Foster Youth Fall Prey to Traffickers - Children's Rights: " foster-care-to-sex-trafficking pipeline "
In Focus: Foster Youth Fall Prey to Traffickers - Children's Rights: " foster-care-to-sex-trafficking pipeline "
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Human Trafficking: Are We Effectively Reaching Victims? | Holly Austin Smith
Holly Smith discusses how outreach efforts for victims of sex trafficking could be made more effective.
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