By Martin Fackler for The New York Times on March 10, 2014— “Japan will not revise a landmark apology to women forced to work in military brothels during World War II even as it moves ahead with a review of the testimony used to create that apology, a spokesman for the Japanese government said Monday. … More TOKYO: Japan Won’t Alter Apology to World War II Sex Slaves
By Jake Kigar for The National Post on February 19, 2014— “York Regional Police have charged 10 men with more than 95 criminal offences after a two-month sexual exploitation and human trafficking investigation involving girls as young as 14. Det.-Sgt. Peter Casey said investigations identified 31 girls working in the sex trade, with almost 30% … More ONTARIO: York Region Human Trafficking Investigation Arrests Ten in Sex Trade Case Involving Girls as Young as 14
By Nisha Lilia for The Sydney Morning Herald on March 11, 2014— Europe’s biggest brothel – the 12-storey, neon-wrapped Pascha in Cologne. Photo: Albrecht Fuchs/Daily Telegraph, “Paradise is a brothel in Stuttgart. It is one of Germany’s ”mega-brothels” and, like a lot of those establishments, has a Moroccan theme. Picture a sultan’s palace crossed with … More Where Germany’s Legalization of Prostitution Went Horribly Wrong
Posted on Latino Daily News on February 28, 2014— “Security forces rescued three Guatemalan girls who were about to be taken into Mexico by sex traffickers, authorities said Thursday. The girls were freed on Wednesday in the southwestern province of San Marcos, which borders on Mexico, police spokesman Pablo Castillo told reporters. The girls, about … More Guatemalan Authorities Rescue 3 Girls from Sex Traffickers
By Jacqueline Tempera for The Globe on March 7, 2014— “Two Fall River residents have been indicted for their alleged participation in a human trafficking scheme, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today. Olivia “Missy” Lara, 38, was indicted by a Bristol County grand jury Thursday on three counts of trafficking in persons under the age … More MASSACHUSETTS Woman Charged with Human Trafficking of Children; ‘John’ Charged with Rape of a Child
By Ron Jones for CBS13 on February 25, 2014— “Federal investigators say Sacramento is a gateway for human trafficking, and they say victims and their peddlers at are the proof. CBS13’s Ron Jones is getting answers and giving us a look at how Sacramento came to earn a No. 2 national ranking in human trafficking … More SACRAMENTO: Human Trafficking Brings Easy Money, Hard Lives For Teenage Girls
Two child prostitutes in front of brothels near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 1996. Most of the girls were 10 to 15. The pimps don’t allow photographs, so I shot from the hip. Credit Nicholas Kristof/The New York Times By Nicholas Kristof for The New York Times— “We think of slavery in terms of those sepia … More Seven Unforgettable Stories in the Battle Against Sex Trafficking, Collected over Two Decades of Reporting by Nicholas Kristof
Vietnamese women wait for customers on Vietnam Street in Hekou Yao Autonomous County, Yunnan Province. Photo: IC By The Global Times on February 25, 2014— “As the biggest trade partner of Vietnam, China has expanded business relations with the Southeastern Asian country by opening up its border towns. Every morning in Hekou, Southwest China’s Yunnan … More Cross-Border Sex Trade Grows in Vietnam
By Nicholas Kristof on February 26, 2014— “Several police officers are waiting in a hotel room, handcuffs at the ready, when they get the signal. A female undercover officer posing as a prostitute is with a would-be customer in an adjacent room, and she has pushed a secret button indicating that they should charge in … More Nicholas Kristof Speaks Out: Targeting the Johns in Sex Trade
By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press, on February 19, 2014— “A man convicted of acting as a pimp for women forced into prostitution was sentenced to life in federal prison Wednesday for his role in what prosecutors called a sex trafficking ring that traded women like slaves between Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas. Joaquin Mendez-Hernandez, a … More GEORGIA: Accused Pimp Gets Life in Sex Trafficking Case
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