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Human Trafficking a Growing Global Scourge

Andrew Lam | Posted 05.29.2012

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Andrew Lam

Human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal business in the world, according to the State Department. It ranks only second to drug trafficking in profitability, bringing in an estimated $32 billion annually.

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'These Crimes We're Talking About Are Really Tremendously Awful'

| Posted 05.18.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Shoshana Walter Last year, California Attorney General Kamala Harris joined attorneys ...

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Girls of Color, Backpage, and the Online Girl Trade

Malika Saada Saar | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Media Criticism, Media, Child Sex Trafficking, Children, Sex, Human Trafficking, Power & Politics, Sex Trade, Poverty, Black Voices News
Malika Saada Saar

I grew up loving the Village Voice. During the 80's and 90's, it was also one of those rare mainstream publications in which the Black and Brown mind, body, and spirit were routinely celebrated. That is why I am heart-broken to witness how it now survives off the exploitation and enslavement of girls.

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When a Sex Slave Turns Up at Your Front Door

Nancy Deville | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Sex Trade, Prostitution, mcDonalds Lawsuit, Sex Trafficking, Child Sex Trafficking, White Slavery, Shelley-Lynn-Los-Angeles, Impact News
Nancy Deville

When I was 18 years old in 1968, I hitchhiked from Europe across the Middle East to the subcontinent of India. Of course I stopped at The Pudding Shop...

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A Call To Protect All Children

Geeta Rao Gupta | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, Children, Child Soldiers, Sex Trade, Kony 2012, Global Motherhood, Unicef, Children Refugees, Sweatshops, Home News
Geeta Rao Gupta

All of these children are in need of rescue -- all are children whose potential contributions to their society are being lost. All are a challenge to our consciences and to our capacity to do what we all instinctively want to do when we see a child in danger -- to save that child.

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David Lohr

Mother Hunts For Leads In Suspected Sex Trafficking Cold Case

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 03.26.2012

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Coming up on the sixth anniversary of her disappearance, Glendene Grant has released an age-progressed portrait showing what her missing daughter migh...

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Will Men Stand Up Against the Sex Slave Trade in Israel?

Rabbi Daniel Brenner | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Gender and Religion, Israel, Judaism, Sex Trade, Religion and Sexuality, Sex Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Religion News
Rabbi Daniel Brenner

Just as we need to rally to combat the crimes of sex traffickers to free women and girls, we need to ramp up our efforts to help the next generation of men make sense of the world that they see on the screen and the one they encounter in the streets.

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The Truth About Modern Sex Slaves

Corban Addison | Posted 03.27.2012

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Corban Addison

There are more slaves in the world today than were taken from Africa in the four centuries of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade--over 27 million. Of those, two million are children exploited in the commercial sex trade.

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More Mothers Working As Phone Sex Operators, Strippers, Prostitutes

Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Video, Sex Industry Recession, Sex Industry, Sex Trade, Prostitution Recession, Stay at Home Moms, Phone Sex Business, Extra Income in Recession, Mothers Phone Sex Operators, Business News

Thousands of mothers in the United States are currently earning extra income by working as phone sex operators and a rapidly increasingly number of mo...

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WATCH: U.S. Gets Poor Grades In Child Sex Trafficking Report Card

Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Shared Hope International, Video, Child Sex Trafficking, Ap Video, Sex Trade, Sex Trafficking, America's Child Sex Trafficking Report Card, Crime News

When it comes to child sex trafficking laws, America is earning a failing grade. Shared Hope International, an organization seeking to put an end t...

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Willful Ignorance: Penn State, Don't Ask - Don't Tell, and Others

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Sex Slavery, James Carse, Penn State Scandal, Willful Ignorance, Free Will, Jerry Sandusky, Sex Trade, Kindness, Ethic, Impact News
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

Ignorance is part and parcel of being human, we always know less than we think we know, but it is our job as human beings to reduce ordinary ignorance, eliminate willful ignorance, and aspire to higher ignorance as much as possible.

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Exposing the Sex Trade: The Cause of Choice for a New Generation

Dr. Caroline Cicero | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Sex Trade, Social Justice, Bob Dylan, Pepperdine, Los Angeles, Bravo TV, Slavery, Human Trafficking, Impact News
Dr. Caroline Cicero

"I was walking in Amsterdam three years ago. I saw a woman in the window that I could buy if I wanted. She didn't look like she wanted to be there. That image really stuck with me."

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Child Sex Trafficking: Dispelling the Myths

Rebecca Kantar | Posted 09.07.2011

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Rebecca Kantar

In light of the recent DNA Foundation's Real Men Campaign and criticism raised in response by the Village Voice, I thought now would be the right time to address the underlying societal stigma that surrounds the commercial sexual exploitation of children in our nation.

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Child Sex Trafficking: Setting the Record Straight

Maggie Neilson | Posted 09.05.2011

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Maggie Neilson

There are a few things in life I know in that 'beyond a shadow of a doubt' way. One is that children shouldn't be sold for sex.

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Men Charged With Transporting Prostitutes To Vermont Farms

Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Prostitution, Heather Ross, Illegal Immigration, Farmers, Vermont, Sex Trade, Mexico, Burlington, Sex Trafficking, Tricks, New York, U.S. Attorney, Video, Business News

BRATTLEBORO, Vt - Federal prosecutors have charged two men with transporting several Hispanic women from New York to Vermont to have sex with farm...

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France Considers Making Buying Sex Illegal

Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Prostitution, Sex Workers, France, France Prostitution Laws, Sex Trade, Human Trafficking, World News

In an effort to curb human trafficking, a group of French politicians have recommended criminalizing clients of prostitutes, meaning anyone who pays f...

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Myanmar's Unusual Anti-Prostitution Tactics

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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YANGON, Myanmar -- Authorities in Myanmar have announced a ban on massage parlors and restrictions on restaurants and karaoke lounges in the country's...

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Sex Workers Turn To Facebook To Recruit Customers

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wired recently published the results of a multi-year study, that examined the increasingly prominent role of social networking and mobile technologies...

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Fitness Guru and Ex-Porn Star Speaks Out About Exploitation in Erotica

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pornography, Suzanne Sommers, Exercise, Health, Jane Fonda, Fitness, Sex Trade, Sexual Exploitation, Porn, Bodyrock.tv, Zuzana, Home News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

While I don't plan on filming my next exercise movie in a tiny tube top or storing my interval timer in my cleavage a la Zuzana, her message of strength, resilience and living life on her own terms is one I can definitely get behind.

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South Bronx School Surrounded By Prostitutes

nytimes.com | Yardena Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Nicole Murray's 10-year-old daughter, Diamond, first started going to West Farms elementary school three years ago, she asked her mother why one ...

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Canada Decriminaiizes Pimping. Solicting, Running Brothels

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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TORONTO — Canada's justice minister says the federal government will appeal an Ontario court ruling that struck down key provisions in Canada's ...

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Duo Arrested, Accused Of Prostituting 15-Year-Old Mentally Disabled Girl

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sex Trade, Prostitution, Shermille Patterson, Cornelius Mondane, Forced Prostitution, Anita Alvarez, Cook County State's Attorney, Human Trafficking, Chicago News

Two people were arrested this weekend after allegedly prostituting a 15-year-old mentally disabled girl on the West Side. Around midnight on Frida...

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Pimps Forcing Mexican Women Into Prostitution In U.S.

AP | KATE BRUMBACK and MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexican Prostitutes, Prostitution, Trafficking, Mexico, Sex Trafficking, Sex Trade, Tenancingo, Tlaxcala, World News

TENANCINGO, Mexico — In this impoverished town in central Mexico, a sinister trade has taken root: entire extended families exploit desperation ...

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Sex Slave Industry Thrives In Ukraine's Odessa (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Ukrainian city of Odessa is best known throughout Europe for its sun-drenched beaches and high-end spas. Yet according to a new report, the city's...

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Pakistan's Sex Trade: Part II PHOTOS

Kate Orne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abuse, Pakistan, Sex Trade, Child Sexual Abuse, Slideshow, Prostitution, Pakistan Prostitution, Kate Orne, World News
Kate Orne

Roaming the streets while their mothers earn their meager income, the children of prostitutes are easy targets for abuse, drugs, and crime.

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