June 2012
13 posts
FBI: NATIONWIDE CHILD PROSTITUTION SWEET LEADS TO...
USA by Carol Cratty of CNN (5/28/12) —During a three-day law enforcement sweep targeting the problem of teenage prostitution, officers rescued 79 children and arrested 104 alleged pimps, the FBI announced Monday.
U.S. Midwest in crosshairs of child sex trafficking fight
Operation Cross Country 6 took place from Friday through Sunday with more than 2,500 state, local and federal officers...
USA: FBI RESCUES 79 CHILDREN FROM SEX TRAFFICKING...
USA by Mark Fisher for the Examiner (06/26/12) — The FBI announced today the rescue of 79 child victims ofsex trafficking in the United States after a three-day law enforcement action in 57 cities. 104 pimps, who would be considered human traffickers under the definition of the U.S.Trafficking Victims Protection Act, were arrested by local and state law enforcement.
This action undertaken by...
USA: DAYTON GROUP FIGHTS SEX TRAFFICKING
DAYTON, Ohio, USA by Emily Study of the Dayton Daily News (6/24/12) — A recently passed bill in the Ohio legislature will offer more protection to sex trafficking victims, but Dayton organizations have already been working together to create a support system for these victims.
“I’m excited about the future of Dayton because all of us are committed to the same cause,” said Adam Young,...
BANGLADESH: BANGLADESH TRAFFICKED WOMEN RECOUNT...
DHAKA, Bangladesh, by Anbarasan Ethirajan of BBC News (5/25/12) — A group of Bangladeshi women who were illegally taken into India three years ago have been describing their ordeal at the hands of human traffickers.
Most of these women were forced into prostitution in the Indian cities of Mumbai and Pune.
Around 48 women and a child were rescued by an Indian non-governmental organisation...
GLOBAL: THE BEST COUNTRIES TO BE A WOMAN -- AND...
By Katrin Bennhold of the International Herald Tribune (5/13/12) — India, a country best-known for its rising economic might, is the worst place to be a woman among the world’s biggest economies, and Canada the best, according to a survey of experts published Wednesday.
The Group of 20 survey by TrustLaw, a legal news service of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, found that a combination of...
USA: U.S. ADDS SYRIA TO LIST OF NATIONS FAILING TO...
WASHINGTON, USA, by Adeshina Emmanuel of the New York Times (5/20/12) — While some governments are making significant strides to end modern-day slavery, the State Department on Tuesday singled out 17 others that it said were “treating victims as criminals or ignoring them entirely.”
In its 2012 report on human trafficking, the department added Syria to the list of nations that could face...
USA: STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS U.S. NEEDS TO BETTER...
USA, by Lauren Fox of US News (06/20/12) — The State Department released a report Tuesday that estimates 27 million people worldwide are victims of slavery, be it sex trafficking, indentured servitude, bonded labor or forced military service.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the 2012 Trafficking In Persons Report Tuesday, which sheds light on international human trafficking worldwide...
USA: SEARCHING FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING FINDS MORE...
CALIFORNIA, USA, by Michelle Maltais of the LA Times (6/18/12) — As more attention is being paid to children and their safety online, a new initiative joining State Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris, Yahoo and the Polaris Project is targeting modern slavery.
Essentially, the hope is to use the very tool that is instrumental in perpetuating the $32-billion human trafficking industry to direct users...
USA: PARENTS ACCUSED OF KILLING DAUGHTER'S PIMP IN...
SAN FRANCISCO, California, USA by Lee Romney and Maria L. La Ganga of the Los Angeles Times (6/15/12) — Attorneys for the San Francisco couple are calling it “every parent’s nightmare.” Barry Laprell Gilton and Lupe Mercado watched, dismayed and helpless, as their 17-year-old daughter was lured away from home by a known Compton gang member, who wound up as her pimp.
The...
USA: CITY PLANS TO TARGET CABDRIVERS WHO JOIN IN...
NEW YORK, USA, by Vivian Yee of the New York Times (6/12/12) — They arrange prostitutes’ schedules and ferry them to hotels for appointments, drum up clients for pimps and pocket half the proceeds.
Cabdrivers who transport prostitutes between clients are coming under scrutiny as the sex trafficking industry has grown. After a series of hearings over the past six months in which victims have...
“Trafficking in persons shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer,...”
– Equality Now — Campaign to end violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world. Read more on trafficking and how to take action here
CANADA: TOEWS ANNOUNCES ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING...
OTTAWA, Canada by Mia Rabson of the Winnipeg Free Press (06/06/12) — The federal government made good today on an election promise to introduce a national strategy to combat human trafficking.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced the plan in Ottawa. It includes a Human Trafficking Task Force to coordinate Canada’s response to human trafficking, education and training for both populations...
USA: JUDGE SHUTTERS TWO PROSTITUTION PLAGUED EAST...
OAKLAND, California, USA by Kristin J. Bender of the Oakland Tribune (5/31/12) — A judge has ordered two East Oakland motels, both sued by the city after decades of prostitution and child sex trafficking, to close for a year and for the owners to pay hefty fines, according to tentative decisions issued earlier this week.
The National Lodge and the Economy Inn are expected to close by the...