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  • East Portland-area Rotarians to use soap bars, posters to combat human trafficking


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    "Rotarians want to raise awareness, educate the public on human trafficking and raise funds to continue their response to this problem, according to a news release.
    5 days ago

  • The Beauty School for Former Sex Slaves


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    Michael Angelo stands in the Wonderland Beauty Parlor, a swarm of mermaid Barbies hanging overhead. Angelo, who owns the quirky Manhattan salon catering to fashion-y clients such as Brooklyn Decker and Lydia Hearst, has just returned from another salon — a simpler place on a dusty city street in Cambodia. ...
    5 days ago

  • Duped, Sold into Prostitution, then Rescued: A Vietnamese Girl and the Man Who Saved Her


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    Reporter Phillip Martin has been investigating human trafficking in various parts of the world and in Vietnam he found a glimmer of hope, as a young woman who was kidnapped and sold to a brothel in China, returns to her family.
    5 days ago

  • The Road to a ‘Data Ecosystem’ for Modern Abolitionists


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    PhD student Dave Blair considers it a tremendous privilege to contribute to the fight against modern day slavery. Read more >>
    5 days ago

  • Lawyers treatment of Oxford abuse ring victim prompts call for reform


    The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority Authority: 986
    Campaigners demand urgent shake-up of court procedure after seven barristers cross-examined a girl every day for three weeks in Oxford child-grooming case "I want to ask you once more why you are telling lies?" demands defence barrister Tayyab Khan. He is cross-examining a witness on her evidence relating to the ...
    6 days ago

  • Grooming victims in danger of reliving abuse by giving evidence in dock


    The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority Authority: 986
    Experts including the chief executive of childrens charity Barnardos were shocked by the language used by defence barristers in Oxford gang trial Justice experts and childrens charities have expressed alarm at the "shocking" language used to describe sexually exploited young girls during the trial of a street ...
    1 week ago

  • San Antonio Backpage pimp tells teen ‘You belong to me now’.


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    Ysidro Esquivel Man charged with pimping teen runaway: Police in San Antonio, Texas arrested 32-year-old Ysidro Esquivel for allegedly prostituting a 16-year-old girl on Backpage. The girl was a runaway who Esquivel allegedly took explicit pictures of in order to turn her out on Backpage. He made her go on ...
    1 week ago

  • Coming Together to Stop Slavery


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    Today at the White House, we convened the 10th annual meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Secretary of State Kerry led the meeting, which was attended by Cabinet secretaries and representatives from agencies including State, Justice, Defense, Labor, Human ...
    1 week ago

  • Book Review: The Forgotten (John Puller Book #2)


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    The Forgotten by David Baldacci My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Forgotten by David Baldacci revolves around Special Agent John Puller who works within the US Army CID . His paternal Aunt, Betsy, sends his father a letter wherein she says that there are problems in Paradise, Florida where she lives. John ...
    1 week ago

  • Virginia Tech Students Fight Human Trafficking, One App at a Time


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    Winners of the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Campus Challenge Tech Contest tell us more about their concepts to help end trafficking. Read more >>
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  • Abducted Man Used Google Maps to Find Home


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    A Sichuan man who was abducted at the age of five and taken to Fujian province says he used Google Maps to figure out the location of his hometown , according to a Fujian news portal. From Amy Li of the South China Morning Post: He drew a rough map of his hometown from memory, before posting it on “Bring ...
    1 week ago

  • Stolen Newborn Sold on Facebook


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    Newborn children are often considered treasures that we should take care of. However, for whatever reasons, some think of them as possible sources of income and choose instead to sell these gifts in order to earn money. A man in India sold his grandchild on Facebook for 70,000 rupees (US$1,278). After his daughter ...
    1 week ago

  • Yuna Kim: Help UNICEF Help The Children Of Syria


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    UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Olympic Gold Medallist and world champion figure skater Yuna Kim today made a heartfelt appeal for support for the children of conflict-torn Syria.
 Video: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and champion figure skater Yuna Kim appeals for the children of Syria 
In a 30-second video ...
    1 week ago

  • An American Horror, Right Next Door


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    Human trafficking for the sex industry is a lot more common than you think, and the victims are often minors. This is an unimaginable horror that plagues our society, and thanks to a shortage of mainstream, national reporting, stays in the shadows. “Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Norwich Woman Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking of a Minor


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    David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that Dana Rivera, 23, of Norwich, was sentenced this week by United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by seven years of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a minor. ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Justice Minister Berhan Hailu sacked after MPs rebuke


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    (Daniel Berhane) Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegne dismissed his Justice Minister on Friday. The reason for the dismissal of Justice Minister Berhan Hailu is said to be poor performance, according to unofficial sources. This comes a day after the Minister was severely criticized by Members of Parliament (MPs) last ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Why We Do What We Do–A Guest Post by the Spark Collective


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    If you’re like me, you may go unaware of others’ needs that exist outside of your daily routine. You would like to know. You would like to help. And then, you read an article about human trafficking, see a video about starving children, hear a friend talk about abuse and depression, watch a news clip on people ...
    2 weeks ago

  • When Fiction and Reality Collide


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    by Sasscer HillAuthor of the Nikki Latrelle mysteriesWhen I heard a recording of Amanda Berry’s desperate 911 plea for help, I wept for this girl who was abducted, torn from her family, and abused for ten years. I’ve watched every episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, I saw the 2005 documentary Human ...
    2 weeks ago

  • SEX SLAVERY AND THERE IS EVEN A SHOW ABOUT IT ON TV


    The Word Warrior - Bonju Blog — Authority Authority: 134
    SEX SLAVERY IS ALL OVER AMERICA NOW THERE ARE TEAMS OF MEN AND CHILDREN AND UNDERGROUND CELLS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND IT’S HORRIFIC AND I HAVE NIGHTMARES ABOUT IT SOMETIMES AND I HAVE NO KIDS BUT I HAVE A LOT OF ANGER TOWARDS RAPISTS , MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES AND NOW KIDNAPPERS. ONE ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Rescuing victims of sex-trafficking as child pornography in India rises


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    WNN Features (WNN) Calcutta, West Bengal, INDIA, SOUTH ASIA: “It is estimated that 200,000 Bangladeshi children have been trafficked for sexual exploitation through the borders of [Indias] West Bengal and Assam States,” says a report from ECPAT International, which is working today to end child prostitution, child ...
    2 weeks ago

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