By Juan A. Lozano, for The Associated Press, on October 11, 2013— “A sex-trafficking operation in Houston that made at least $12.6 million over more than a decade by using violence to force underage girls and women who are living in the U.S. illegally into prostitution has been shut down, authorities announced on Friday. Federal, … More HOUSTON: 14 Indicted in Texas Sex-Trafficking Ring
Originally published by The Associated Press on The Denver Post on October 8, 2013— “Howard County police have charged three people with human trafficking in two unrelated cases. In the first case, police were called to a fire station on Oct. 3 by a woman who said she had been beaten by her pimp. She … More RHODE ISLAND: Three Charged in Two Unrelated Human Trafficking Cases
Originally posted by Sun-Times Media on October 9, 2013— “A Wisconsin man charged with bringing a minor across state lines for prostituting in Illinois was indicted Tuesday. Dejuan Key, 30, of Milwaukee, brought a 15-year-old girl from Madison to Romeoville, where, on Sept. 9 and 10, she was forced to perform sex acts for money … More Milwaukee Man Charged with Sex-Trafficking a Minor in Romeoville
By Damien Gayle on May 2, 2013— “The largest city on Brazil’s north-east coast, Salvador is a major tourist destination and the site of a 56,500-seat stadium being readied for next year’s World Cup. It is also in the grip of an unprecedented wave of violence that has seen murder rates soar by more than … More BRAZIL: Shocking Images of Children in Drug Gangs Carrying Guns Through 2014’s World Cup Location
By Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press on September 30, 2013— “A man was sentenced Monday to more than 23 years in prison for a sexual assault on a 4-year-old girl and making a video of the attack with another man who was also convicted in the case. Jemery Atral Hodges, 26, pleaded guilty in June to two … More MISSISSIPPI: Man Sentenced to 23 Years in Sex Trafficking Case Involving 4-Year-Old Girl
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
LONDON (AP) on September 25, 2013— “Three men have been charged as part of a long-running investigation into a suspected slavery ring in Wales, British authorities said Wednesday. The charges come as Gwent Police said a 60-year-old potential British victim was found in St. Brides, a rural area outside the capital city of Cardiff. A … More WALES: 3 Charged in Welsh Slavery Investigation
By Davinci S. Maru on September 23, 2013— “Authorities rescued 43 women and arrested six alleged pimps during a simultaneous entrapment in two bars on Gen. Maxilom Ave., Cebu City late Saturday night, in their largest sex-trafficking crackdown this year. The joint operation took place in Club Temptation and Pussycat at 11 p.m. and led … More PHILIPPINES: 43 Women Saved and Six Pimps Arrested in Two Cebu City Bars
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