Recent Event Highlights: US admits Pakistan combating human trafficking effectively, Human Trafficking a Reality, US upgrades Fijis human trafficking status, African Union Launches a New Campaign to Fight Human Trafficking, Govt Steps Up Anti-Human Trafficking War, Mexico sex trafficking soars, and 75 more...
Created by dipity on Jun 26, 2010
Last updated: 01/07/11 at 03:42 PM
Trafficking has no followers yet. Be the first one to follow.
Excerpt
...statement added that the 2010 Trafficking in Persons report reflected the Government of Pakistans efforts to prosecute trafficking offenders, prevent and combat bonded labour, and protect trafficking victims. During 2009, Pakistan endeavoured to prosecute...
Source Info
The News
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=246920
Excerpt
HUMAN TRAFFICKING violations in Namibia are a reality that requires increased attention and efforts by Namibians in order to identify trafficking and punish traffickers.
According to the 2010 Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, released this
Source Info
AllAfrica.com
http://allafrica.com/stories/201006180140.html
Excerpt
...177-country report is described as the most comprehensive worldwide analysis of the efforts of governments to combat trafficking in persons “which is essentially a modern-day form of slavery”. The 2009 TIP report ranked Fiji as a tier 3 nation. In a statement,...
Source Info
FijiLive
http://www.fijilive.com/news_new/index.php/news/show_news/26420
Excerpt
...the release of the 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report. The annual study adds six more African countries to a list of states were trafficking takes place. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer) The new plan, called the AU Commission Initiative against Trafficking, was launched...
Source Info
Voice of America
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/human-rights/African-Union-Launches-a-New-Campaign-to-Fight-Human-Trafficking-96565839.html
Excerpt
...community take it upon themselves, as their duty, to assist the law enforcement agencies by reporting suspected cases of trafficking on time," she said. The training will look at investigations and prosecution of human trafficking perpetrators. She said due...
Source Info
AllAfrica.com
http://allafrica.com/stories/201006170403.html
Mexico has become the top provider of sex slaves to the Americas, according to the United Nations. In an effort to tackle the problem, the Mexican government has now signed onto the UN's Blue Heart campaign, but so far it has had little success in prosecuting and convicting human traffickers. One reason, according to some analysts, is confusion over which government agencies have jurisdiction over human trafficking cases. In addition the Mexican government has yet to conduct any comprehensive surveys detailing the true extent of the problem. Al Jazeera's Mariana Sanchez reports.
Excerpt
...victims to date this year. And in New York City, between Dec. 2007 and Sept. 2009, there were 262 calls to a national trafficking hotline. The group Fight Slavery Now identifies the city as one of the country’s main ports of entry for trafficking, with JFK...
Source Info
City Limits
http://www.citylimits.org/content/articles/viewarticle.cfm?article_id=3849
People smuggling networks taking asylum seekers from Indonesia to Australia are flourishing despite Jakarta's pledges to combat the trade. Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen gained rare access to a network of smugglers who revealed some of their closely-guarded methods. These include using secret compartments taking asylum seekers to Australian waters and then issuing distress calls in the hope of being picked up by rescue boats and taken to Australian detention centres. The Indonesian government says it is looking at laws to curb people-smuggling as none currently exist.
Human Trafficking is a television mini-series about an agent going undercover to stop an organization from trafficking people, and shows the struggles of three trafficked women. It premiered in the United States on Lifetime Television on October 24, 2005 and later aired on CityTV in several major Canadian markets. It starred Mira Sorvino, Donald Sutherland , Rémy Girard and Robert Carlyle.
Excerpt
...and international partnerships, and awareness programs to protect labour rights. Dr Sultan Al Jamal, director of the Human Trafficking Crimes Monitor Centre, confirmed that no labour trafficking cases had been registered in the UAE, as had been reported in...
Source Info
Khaleej Times
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2009/October/theuae_October224.xml§ion=theuae
Excerpt
...Office. On Friday, local law enforcement and non-profit advocates for human trafficking victims kicked off the city's Human Trafficking Awareness week with a press conference at the City Hall annex. Houston is considered a hub for traffickers, officials said,...
Source Info
Houston Chronicle
http://feeds.chron.com/~r/houstonchronicle/topheadlines/~3/2DsEf2ur624/6626053.html
The Truth About Arms Trafficking in Mexico
Excerpt
...2009 Trafficking in Persons report released by the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said: “India is a source, destination and transit country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labour and commercial sexual exploitation.”...
Source Info
Merinews
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15776590&catID=2&category=India
A diverse group of New York City public high school students, involved in an intensive after school program conducted by Global Kids, have produced this new digital movie on child sex trafficking. The film was created in Teen Second Life, a 3D virtual world that Global Kids uses to educate youth from around the world about global issues. See www.discoveredmovie.com for more info.
Human beings are being bought and sold and its an industry thats quickly become big business. Now, detectives are stepping up their efforts to try to identify human trafficking victims and they need your help. Its an illegal business second only in profitability to the drug trafficking industry and its happening right here in Southwest Florida. The suspects are brokers who deal in the sale of human beings trapping women and children into lives of prostitution, physical and mental abuse. In terms of viciousness of a crime, its horrible. I cant believe that we, as a society, have actually created a market to traffic humans in exchange for money," said Detective Mike Zaleski of the Lee County Sheriff's Office. Law enforcement and other non-governmental agencies are stepping up their efforts to define the magnitude of the problem locally and to identify and rescue those trapped in lives that could best be defined as modern day slavery. Coyotes, or recruiters, prey on vulnerable victims using threats and intimidation, or even promises of a better life, to bring them into the United States. Here, they become slaves, kept away from society and forced to serve as prostitutes and unpaid laborers. Theyre bought and sold as mere commodities stripped of their core human dignity. Investigators have documented more than 100 cases of human trafficking locally over the last few years. While most involve victims brought in from other countries, domestic trafficking is also an issue. Just ...
a glance at human trafficking for more information go to photogenx.net/sexandmoney
Sarah and Simon are questioned by the police, as seen in this footage received from the Peruvian government.
CARING: Caring investigates child trafficking in Cambodia. Despite stricter legislation, the problem is still rampant. On one side are parents who want to foster a child, and on the other, Cambodian parents' poverty which pushes them to sell their own.
Portrays the issues and effects that human trafficking has. A video that I made for my Solidarity and Justice class. Comment, leave your thoughts :)
Excerpt
MANILA, 2 December 2008 (IRIN) - A recent court ruling has given fresh impetus to the battle against human trafficking.
An owner and a cashier at a bar in Daraga, Albay - south of Manila - were convicted for trafficking minors for sexual
Source Info
IRINnews.org
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81771
Excerpt
Extension of law to Frontier sought
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Qaiser Khan Afridi
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a conference here Wednesday suggested the federal government to extend the Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking Ordinance to the
Source Info
The News
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=149122
Human trafficking is one of the biggest exports inthe impoverished eastern European country of Moldova. Al Jazeera's Stephen Cole reports on the kind of efforts Moldova has been taking to stop the flow of people illegaly crossing into neighbouring Romania.
A compilation of facts, footage, and pictures I made depicting modern slavery, human trafficking, etc. www.callandresponse.com www.notforsalecampaign.org www.polarisproject.org Sorry about the weird crop. I did not make it like that and I don't know why it is formated that way.
CIA child trafficking, pedophilia, and snuff networks on the Peer into Darkness radio program (female co-host is drunk) en.wikipedia.org White House records Democratic Representatives John Conyers of Michigan and Louise Slaughter of New York had submitted similar requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), on February 15, 2005. The Louise Slaughter request was answered by the Department of Homeland Security with Secret Service records of Mr. Gannon's check in and out times at the White House.[26] The Secret Service Records appear to show that Gannon checked in, but never checked out on many occasions, and visited the White House on several days during which no press conference or other press events were held.[27] In a 2007 interview, Gannon stated that he has never spent the night at the White House.[8] [edit] National Press Club Blogger Jeff Gannon became a blogger for the National Press Club in Washington DC[28] A fellow press club member described Gannon as "very active" at the club where Gannon serves on the New Media Committee and Newsmakers Committee. The latter decides which "newsmakers" to invite to some Press Club events.
Excerpt
Accra, Oct.29, GNA - Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, on Tuesday launched a human trafficking fund in Accra, which aims at checking the activities of human traffickers and rehabilitation and re-integration of victims. The fund is the
Source Info
Ghana Web
Related Topics
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=152301
Excerpt
Canada's first national statistics on human trafficking into the country released Tuesday also named Romania, the Philippines and Moldova as three other top source countries for foreign victims of this trade.
``This is the tip of the trafficking
Source Info
New Kerala
Related Topics
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-37871.html
Excerpt
MANILA, 19 September 2008 (IRIN) - In June 2008, a lower court sentenced to life in prison a woman found guilty of trafficking seven minors for sexual exploitation, becoming only the 11th person convicted since the Anti-Trafficking in Persons
Source Info
IRINnews.org
Related Topics
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=80481
* UPDATED 31 MARCH 2009: Now it's a Top-5 news finalist in Logie Award (3rd May 2009) * Mike Duffy of Australian TV Channel 7's exposed the "human trafficking on a massive scale" involving Viet and other workers at Nike's sweatshop contract factories in Malaysia. The 3 news items ran on 21-22 July & 22 Aug 2008.
Excerpt
The UAE National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking said it will launch a nationwide media campaign to enhance awareness about the crime of human trafficking.
The committee discussed several topics related to human trafficking and its implications
Source Info
TradeArabia
Related Topics
http://www.tradearabia.com/news/newsdetails.asp?Sn=LAW&artid=149481
Excerpt
Islamabad Women in crisis are vulnerable to cruel challenges. Those living outside family support structure are at an even greater risk. They
Source Info
The News
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=135199
An awareness video about the effects of child sex trafficking.
Lifetime mini-series that is not only an excellent thriller with an amazing cast, but offers an accurate depiction of the fastest growing industry today: human slavery. There are an estimated 27 million people (90% women and 50% children) enslaved all over the world, more than any other time in history. The traders make an estimated $32 billiondollars, untaxed, a year, more than Google, Nike, and Starbucks combined.
Excerpt
Addressing a two-day joint training workshop on "Counteraction to human Trafficking: its coverage in the media" teacher of the Police Academy of Germany, doctor Charles Andreas Harnekame told about the experience of Germany in its struggle against
Source Info
Uz Report
http://news.uzreport.com/mir.cgi?lan=e&id=47377
Excerpt
A federally funded study has found that boys and girls are being sold for sex in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The shameful practice was revealed by Shared Hope International, an organization dedicated to preventing sex trafficking and to rescuing and
Source Info
The Daily Advertiser
http://theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080621/OPINION01/806210301/-1/rss01
Siddharth Kara first encountered the horrors of sexual slavery in a Bosnian refugee camp in 1995. Since then, he has traveled to India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Albania, Moldova, Mexico, and the United States to learn the mechanics of this brutal business and to take stock of its devastating human toll. This book provides a rare business analysis of sex trafficking, focusing on the local drivers and global macroeconomic trends that gave rise to the industry after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Kara quantifies the size, growth, and profitability of sex trafficking and other forms of modern slavery-metrics that have not been published before-and locates the sectors that would be hardest hit by specifically designed interventions and penalties. Kara bolsters his analysis with a riveting account of this unconscionable industry, sharing the stories of victims and revealing the shocking conditions of their exploitation. He concludes with a plan for aggressive measures that would sharply increase the costs of exploiting sex slaves, thereby reducing their aggregate demand among slave owners and consumers.
Excerpt
Benjamin Perrin, of the University of British Columbia, speaks on Canada AM from CTV's studios in Quebec City, Thursday, June 5, 2008.
The U.S. State Department says Canada should be doing a lot more to mitigate human trafficking in the country.
The U.
Source Info
CTV
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080605/human_trafficking_080605/20080605?hub=TopStories
Excerpt
The State Department's annual report on human trafficking, issued Wednesday, gave the lowest rankings to some U.S. Arab allies, including Saudi Arabia. But several countries were credited with an improved performance on the issue, including Venezuela,
Source Info
Chosun Ilbo
Related Topics
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200806/200806050003.html
Excerpt
The United Nations aimed the spotlight on human trafficking Tuesday. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports the General Assembly devoted the entire day to discussing the issue of forced labor and exploitation.
The United
Source Info
Voice of America
Related Topics
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-06-03-voa63.cfm?rss=asia
Excerpt
UNITED NATIONS, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The UN General Assembly took up the issue of human trafficking at a thematic debate on Tuesday in an effort to fight a scourge that enslaves more than 2 million people worldwide.
"Human trafficking is a crime
Source Info
Xinhua
Related Topics
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/04/content_8308834.htm
Excerpt
Combating Human Trafficking in the UAE 2007, released a year after the committee was formed, highlights the countrys stand on the crime, the efforts to counter it, the obstacles and challenges it has encountered, as well as plans for the future.
The
Source Info
Khaleej Times
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2008/May/theuae_May674.xml§ion=theuae&col=
British band Radiohead are releasing a video which aims to raise awareness of human trafficking, lead singer Thom Yorke said Wednesday. The video for "All I Need" uses a split screen to show a day in the life of two different children -- one from an affluent background and another who is forced to work in a sweat shop. It will be screened from Thursday by music channel MTV, which says it could reach 560 million households worldwide. "The video is a powerful piece and I hope that the emotion of the song will jump out at people in the context of these images of exploitation," Yorke said. "I'm proud that the song and the video will help to raise awareness of this issue around the world." So Do I
Excerpt
DURBAN,, 23 April 2008 (IRIN) - The victims of human trafficking in Southern Africa are often invisible
because many countries in the region have failed to implement laws to combat it, Hans Petter Boe, Regional Representative for the International
Source Info
Reuters Alert Net
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/a47c988aa12e9d3aa5207de89fa67542.htm
short clips for the movie Human trafficking
Authorities plan to increase border checks to curb smuggling of people into the country that is home to about 2 million Myanmar workers who also face a life of exploitation.
A short video documentary that talks about human-trafficking in the Philippines, the present mechanisms in place, and the safety measures to save a potential victim. This film is part of Visayan Forum's information and awareness campaign to help address the vulnerabilities of women and children as potential trafficking victims.
scum of children on sale unveiled
www.qeveria.eu Turkey is the source of 90% of the West's supply heroin, opiates, & morphine. The recent arrests within Turkey on January 27 2008, reaffirmed the rumours surrounding the Susurluk scandal Zaman Newspaper Monday, January 28, 2008 PAŞAS IN A PANIC AND DEEP STATE DRUG TRAFFICKING "Since the 1950s, Turkey has played a key role in channelling into Europe and the United States the heroin produced in the "Golden Triangle" comprised by Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. The operation is run by mafia groups closely controlled by the MIT." ~ Kendal Nezan. AP Tuesday, 29 January, 2008 Germany's Niedersachsen State's anti-drug department, Landeskrimi-nalamtes (LKA), which tapped the phones of some of the Ergenekon members as part of a narcotics investigation, proved that Ergenekon members were indeed in the drug business as well. Almost every night rubber dinghy come from Albania to Italy loaded with Drugs. Albanian and Turkish criminal groups operating from Albania due to its geographical position have trasformed the country into a transit point for illegal drugs being shipped to western Europe. IN 2007, Interpol destroyed an international heroin & cocaine-smuggling network shipping the drug to Italy and other western European countries via Albania. Police arrested about 20 traffickers and seized eight tonnes of heroin and cocaine (13 were Turkish, 6 Albanian & 1 Bosnian). The operation involved the joint efforts of drug squads of seven south American countries and ...
www.worldconcern.org See undercover video taken by police, better understand why it happens, and who is doing it. It highlights the heartbreaking reality of child trafficking around the world. Women and children in poverty are at an extremely high risk of exploitation. This is why World Concern, www.worldconcern.org , makes child trafficking prevention a major component of its aid programs, especially in Asia. CREDITS: Originally produced by the Viva Network and the Asha Forum in association with Fat America Films, and was sponsored by World Emergency Relief.
Drug traffickers in Colombia are finding ever more inventive ways of transporting narcotics out of the country. Colombia is the world's main producer and distributor of cocaine. As police continue their efforts to crack down on the drug cartels - they're finding the battle is not only on land, in the sky or on the sea - but underwater. Teresa Bo reports.
Excerpt
A Thai policeman looks at an exhibition of photos during the opening of a workshop on Human Trafficking
©AFP/File - Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
VIENNA (AFP) - The first international conference on human trafficking, one of the fastest growing crimes, will
Source Info
Agence France-Presse
http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/080129212809.3i0nqmw1.html
Update Sources