Global Trafficking News
Lost Daughters – An ongoing tragedy in Nepal
Source: KAMALA SARUP, Nepal Correspondent with LYS ANZIA – WNN Features
Read more at: http://womennewsnetwork.net/2008/12/05/lostdaughternepal808/
June 12th 2012: Child Sex Trafficking In LA County: Campaign Video Exposes The Gritty Industry (VIDEO)
Source: The Huffington Post
"I was raped. I was beat. I was hit by a car. I've had guns pulled out on me. I was forced to do all kinds of unimaginable things."
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/12/child-sex-trafficking-la-county-campaign-video_n_1590842.html
June 1st 2012: Rights group: 21 million now in forced labor
Source: CNN Freedom Project
One of the world's leading workers' rights groups has revised upward its global estimate of the number of people working in forced labor. Read more at: http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/01/rights-group-21-million-now-in-forced-labor/
April 4th 2012: UN Says 2.4 million victims of human trafficking worldwide
Source: The Telegaph, UK
The United Nations has called on the international community to strengthen efforts to combat human trafficking, saying 2.4 million people worldwide are victims of human trafficking at any one time. Please read the detailed news at this site: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/9185811/2.4-million-victims-of-human-trafficking-worldwide-says-UN.html
April 2nd 2012: Confronting Argentina's people-traffickers
Source: BBC News
She has survived two murder attempts, her house was burnt down, she has received countless death threats, but nothing has stopped Susana Trimarco from looking for her missing daughter for the last 10 years. Please read the detailed news at this site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17560518?goback=.gde_4165508_member_105306990
April 1st 2012: Washington Is First State to Take On Escort Sites
Source: The New York Times
Please read the detailed news at this site: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/us/washington-passes-law-to-curb-sex-trafficking.html
March 27th 2012: Six held in Thailand and Australia on human trafficking
Source: BBC News
Police in Thailand and Australia have arrested six people believed to be part of a human trafficking network, following a year-long investigation. Please read the detailed news at this site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17532628
March 14th 2012: Secretary Clinton To Chair President's Human Trafficking Task Force Meeting
Source: U.S. Department of States
Please read the detailed news at this site: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/03/185826.htm
March 11th 2012: Sex Trafficking Victim Shares Life Of Fear, Abuse
Source: WOWT News
Please read the detailed news at this site: http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/Sex_Trafficking_Victim_Shares_Story_Of__142264425.html
November 2nd 2011: Police arrest 31 benefit fraud people traffickers
Source: The Telegaph, UK
A Polish gang trafficked more than 200 vulnerable people to Britain and used their identities to commit benefit fraud as part of an “entirely new” criminal ploy, police have disclosed. Please read the detailed news at this site: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8865243/Police-arrest-31-benefit-fraud-people-traffickers.html
July 19th 2011: Human traffickers could target Olympics, Home Secretary warns
Source: The Telegaph, UK
Traffickers will use next year’s Olympic Games as a cover to smuggle in people, the Home Secretary has signalled. Please read the detailed news at this site: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/8647246/Human-traffickers-could-target-Olympics-Home-Secretary-warns.html
August 22nd, 2007: Nepal - Traffickers exploit increased mobility of underage girls
Source: IRIN News
Sixteen-year-old Sushma does not want to reveal her true identity for fear that the traffickers who sold her into the notorious brothel area of Kamathipura in Mumbai, India, could track her down and kill her. Please read the detailed news at this site: http://www.irinnews.org/Report/73852/NEPAL-Traffickers-exploit-increased-mobility-of-underage-girls








