By Tarra Quismundo for thePhilippine Daily Inquirer on August 31, 2013— “Two women were taken from their homes when they were in their teens, drugged and smuggled into India to work in Mumbai brothels. Today, Laxmi Puri, 27, and Surita Danuwar, 30, laugh and smile freely, savoring their moment of great triumph as their group, … More Survivors Lead Fight Against Human Trafficking in Nepal
Country continues to suffer negative image as a perceived source of trafficked persons By Gilbert P. Felongco, Correspondent on September 29, 2013— “Addressing human trafficking is a “joint responsibility of all UN member states”, the Philippines pointed out recently in New York as it called on the world body to step up their respective efforts … More Philippines Tell UN that Addressing Human Trafficking is a Joint Responsibility
By Tod Robberson, Dallas Morning News, September 29, 2013— “There seems to be an odd fixation with Asian massage in North Texas. Judging from the overwhelming number of ads for such services on Backpage.com and other sites, there’s a big surplus of Asian girl “hotties” and “cuties” who advertisers claim are particularly adept at relieving men’s stresses. … More Tod Robberson: Shining a Light on Human Trafficking
Reported by Adrienne Bankert on September 24, 2013— “Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It includes forced labor and forced prostitution. But businesses, neighbors and churches in Flower Mound are coming together this weekend to back the vision of Sujo … More DALLAS: Nonprofit “You Can Free Us” Battles Human Trafficking
By Than Naing Soe on September 22, 2013— “Mandalay is the country’s hotspot for human trafficking and officials need to pay more attention the problem, the region’s chief minister said last week. Six of the seven townships that comprise urban Mandalay are high on a new Myanmar Police Force report on human trafficking hotspots, chief minister … More Mandalay a Hotspot for Human Trafficking
WASHINGTON (Reuters)— “The United States moved to block U.S. military aid to Rwanda because of its support for the M23 Congolese rebel group believed to use child soldiers, the State Department said on Thursday. The sanctions also apply to the Central African Republic, Myanmar, Sudan and Syria, according to the U.S. State Department. It was … More U.S. Sanctions Rwanda and Others Over Child Soldiers
On September 26, 2013— “Enforcing the law is good for obvious reasons: The violence stops; criminals are restrained from harming others. But it’s impossible to enforce a law without first understanding it. For the first time, forced labor slavery is included as a form of human trafficking in the training curriculum for all state-level constable … More One Indian State Takes Strides to End Slavery by Equipping Law Enforcement
“Last week, a man who was caught in the act of raping a 13-year-old girl was convicted and sentenced to 22 years in prison for his crime. It took two long years to bring him to justice, but now Ines* knows he cannot hurt her again, and what happened to her was wrong. It took … More BOLIVIA: Man Rapes 13-y/o Girl and Gets 22 Prison Sentence
’12 Years a Slave,’ which screened at the Toronto Film Festival, is already being discussed as an Oscar Best Picture frontrunner. The movie arrives in theaters Oct. 18. By Molly Driscoll on October 1, 2013 for The Christian Science Monitor— “The film “12 Years a Slave,” based on the memoir by slave Solomon Northrup, is … More Memoir-Based ’12 Years a Slave’ Movie is Getting Major Oscar Buzz
“Washington state must do more to ensure child victims of sex trafficking are in fact treated as victims of sexual exploitation, according to guest columnists Jeanne Kohl-Welles and Debra Boyer. By Jeanne Kohl-Welles and Debra Boyer Every night in King County, 300 to 500 children are out on the streets, lured and forced into prostitution. … More WASHINGTON STATE: A Call to Treat Sexually Exploited Children as Victims, Not Prostitutes
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