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• in Sports
  Stage Set for Sex Tourism to Flourish during Commonwealth Games, New Delhi
  Like all other international sports events, "Commonwealth Games 2010" is also going to be a good opportunity for “Sex Tourism.” Can government stop it?
  by vijji / on Aug 21, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “trafficking”

 

• Beirut death of Nepalese migrant worker Lila – video

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Beirut death of Nepalese migrant worker Lila – video Lila Aacharya left Nepal hoping to make a better life for her two young daughters. Two months later her body was flown home published date:Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:40:47 GMT
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• Superbowl Sex Trafficking Increase? Super Nonsense

  
  http://sexualintelligence.wordpress.com — Authority: 433
  Sex trafficking—the real thing, not the political consumer product or object of sloganeering—involves kidnapping or manipulating someone out of their community, forcing them to engage in sex acts somewhere else, and not allowing them to leave at will. It’s horrendous. It’s not simply prostitution, not even ...
  18 hours ago

• Changing the mentality of men who buy sex: here’s Madrid

  
  Border Thinking on Migration, Trafficking and Commercial Sex — Authority: 98
  Male Call was Milton Caniff’s comic strip for soldiers duing WWII. The main character was a woman back home, Miss Lace. Now Mayor of Madrid, Ana Botella has long been a staunch member of the movement to abolish prostitution. Wife of former Prime Minister Aznar (Partido Popular, conservative), she promotes ...
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• Supreme Court’s GPS Ruling Hints at Greater Scrutiny of Surveillance Tech – Technology Review

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 146
  Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the conviction of a man sentenced to life imprisonment on the basis that key information used to prosecute him had been illegally obtained.  A GPS tracking device, which reported its location via the cell phone network, had been placed on the defendant’s car without a ...
  2 days ago

• Lolitas broken life...

  
  blackpurl's knitpickings — Authority: 455
   Excerpt from Lolita,  by Vladimir Nabokov                           "Ill die if you touch me," I said.  "You are sure you are not coming with me?  Is there no hope of your coming?  Tell me only this." "No," she said.  "No, honey, no. She had never called me honey before. ...
  3 days ago

• Lucia Mann - Free the Slaves – A Call to Action for Modern Society

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 423
  This article was provided by Ginny Grimsley - and I thought it worth sharing, even though it is promotion for Lucia Manns book, Rise Above Hate & Anger . Free the Slaves – A Call to Action for Modern Society Advocate Offers Tools to End Horrific Practice In January, MSNBC.com posted a report of its ...
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• Drug money damages world economy by $2 trillion annually

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Moscow, Jan 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Annual financial damage to the world economy from drug money equals $2 trillion, Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service head Viktor Ivanov said.“Narco-dollars form a market with a volume of over $500 billion annually, while negative consequences for the real economy exceed this ...
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• 17 cocaine labs destroyed in Colombia

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Bogota, Jan 26 (IANS/EFE) Anti-drug police in Colombia have destroyed 17 cocaine laboratories in an operation targeting the drug trafficking infrastructure of a rebel outfit in the jungles of the country.The laboratories belonged to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, said the head of the ...
  4 days ago

• Ifeanyi Ajaegbo Enters the Harrowing World of Human Trafficking in Sarah House

  
  Pan Macmillan — Authority: 107
  A compelling novel about a young woman’s life in a harrowing Nigerian world of human trafficking and prostitution. Sarah House will stay with you long after you finish reading this testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Nita wakes up in a dark world very different from the life of opportunities ...
  5 days ago

• Drug guidelines suggest lighter sentences for ‘social dealers’ – The Guardian

  
  Current Awareness — Authority: 133
  “Recreational drug users who naively buy small quantities to share with their friends could avoid jail under sentencing guidelines for drug offences published on Tuesday.” Full story The Guardian, 24th January 2012 Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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• Sentencing Council launches new definitive guideline for drug offences – Sentencing Council

  
  Current Awareness — Authority: 133
  “Today, the Sentencing Council is publishing a new guideline for judges and magistrates on the sentencing of drug offences.” Full story Sentencing Council, 24th January 2012 Source: http://sentencingcouncil.judiciary.gov.uk
  6 days ago

• Border Patrol agent and state corrections officer arrested for drug trafficking www.privateofficer.com

  
  PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS NETWORK — Authority: 138
      Yuma AZ Jan 22 2012 A Yuma-based Border Patrol agent and a state corrections officer confessed to drug trafficking after they were arrested Thursday in a case that includes an alleged plot to kill a confidential informant, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Friday. Agent Ivhan Herrera Chiang, 29, ...
  1 week ago

• Myanmar, India vow to ensure border stability

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Yangon, Jan 20 (IANS) Myanmar and India have pledged to ensure everlasting border stability, friendship and bilateral cooperation between the two countries, official media reported Friday.The two sides stressed this at a meeting held in Nay Phi Taw Thursday. Deputy Home Minister Brigadier-General Kyaw Zan Myint from ...
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• Yong Vui Kong: Young Malaysian at Risk of Execution in Singapore

  
  Death Penalty News — Authority: 121
  Yong Vui Kong Yong Vui Kong, a young Malaysian man on death row in Singapore, was fortunately not executed as expected in 2011. On 15 January, friends and activists risked arrest by publicly gathering to mark his upcoming birthday. The election of Singapores new President provides a fresh opportunity to call for ...
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• Resources for Teaching About Human Trafficking

  
  Humane Connection — Authority: 111
  On January 11, high school teacher Shelley Wrights students each wore a barcode to school . Their goal? To "represent that people should not be bought and sold, to start conversations with those around them that slavery still exists, and as a visual symbol that our work is not done." January 11 is National Human ...
  1 week ago

• From HQ: Not For Sale welcomes a new group of passionate abolitionists to the team this week.

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 136
  Not For Sale welcomes a new group of passionate abolitionists to the team this week. The seven ambitious young adults are undertaking the fellowship program at the organization’s headquarters in Half Moon Bay, and will dedicate the next six months of their lives to helping end modern slavery across the globe. This ...
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• FTS Supporter Visits Punarnawa Ashram

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 136
  Editor’s note: We are thrilled to feature a series of blog posts from Carol Metzker. a longtime supporter of, and donor to Free the Slaves. Carol has traveled to India to see Free the Slaves’ frontline partner work. Her most recent trip took her to the Punarnawa ashram in Bihar. She will be writing about her ...
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• Sex Slavery in Your Own Backyard: News Roundup

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 136
  Some of them run away. Some of them simply have nowhere to go. But the lives of prostitutes—often coerced into sex slavery—are usually misunderstood. Trafficking is considered the third largest industry for organized crime, generating billions of dollars annually. Here’s a news roundup of some recent news ...
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• Victoria’s Secret investigation reveals need for stronger supply-chain slavery regulations

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 136
  Recent news that cotton used by Victoria’s Secret to sew women’s lingerie may have been harvested by slaves has sparked a broader debate about how deep companies should go into policing their supply chains. It’s also prompting discussion in Washington about strengthening slavery disclosure rules for businesses. ...
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• Now, students can learn how to end slavery at school

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 136
  The U.K.’s International Slavery Museum recently released the Contemporary Slavery Teachers’ Resource, which will educate students in England and Wales about modern day slavery and how they may take informed action against it. It is hoped that this monumental educational material will be embraced and disseminated ...
  1 week ago

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