Sex Trafficking

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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A Brief Reflection on Sex Work

Erika L. Sánchez | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Prostitution, Sex Work, Women, Sex Trafficking, Sex, Women Body, Latino Voices News
Erika L. Sánchez

I never intended to look at sex workers as an othering voyeur, but rather as a woman who is both genuinely curious, empathetic, and outraged at the conditions that force them into this kind of work.

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Pimps Tattoo Bar Code on Victim's Neck

Conchita Sarnoff | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Prostitution, Sex Trafficking, Child Sex Trafficking, Child Trafficking, New York Politics, Cyrus Vance Jr., Crime News
Conchita Sarnoff

Pimps brand their victims the way Nike brands its shoes. A 16 year-old girl identified as "Taz" in an op-ed was "branded" on her neck with a safety pin when she refused a tattoo.

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SEX TRAFFICKING: Backpage.com Used For Backdoor Deals

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 05.24.2012

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — A nationwide sex trafficking ring run by a violent pimp and his associates used Backpage.com to solicit customers for prostitu...

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Janean Chun

A Former Sex Slave Finds Freedom As An Entrepreneur

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 05.21.2012

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Pamela Villarreal grew up as a sheltered child in a middle class home in upstate New York. But at age 15, one act of youthful rebellion ended up with ...

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

| Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: California Sex Trafficking, Ca Sex Trafficking, Sex Trade, California Cybercrime, Sex Trafficking, California Sex Trade, Backpage.com, backpage.com Sex Trafficking, San Francisco News

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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Sending Sex Traffickers and Johns a Message Before NATO

Rachel Durchslag | Posted 05.17.2012

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Rachel Durchslag

In preparation for NATO, both local law enforcement and the military are sending a message to pimps, traffickers and potential customers: If you buy sex in Chicago, there will be consequences for your crimes.

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Seeking a Perfect Victim

Jane Wells | Posted 05.17.2012

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Jane Wells

To me, she's a perfect victim, but I question who wants to watch her story? It is so grim few could stomach it. She is the ravaged face and body of the commercial sex industry in this country.

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How To Spot A Prostitute, The Cab Driver Edition

Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: New York City Cabs, Prostitution, Sex Trafficking New York, Ny News, Taxi and Limousine Commission, New York City Council, Sex Trafficking, New York News, New York City Cab Drivers, New York News

A new bill in city council, seemingly modeled after the plotline of Taxi Driver, aims to give hookers a fare chance at escaping exploitation. The ...

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Educating Girls to Stop Girl Trafficking in Nepal

Jesse Seaver | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Girls, India, Sex Trafficking, Child Sex Trafficking, American-Himalayan-Foundation, Nepal, Video, Human Trafficking, Impact News
Jesse Seaver

Every year, around 20,000 girls are taken from their homes in Nepal and transported to India and the Middle East to work as slaves. It is estimated that 12,000 to 15,000 end up as prostitutes in Indian brothels. 

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9 Convicted In Child-Sex Ring

AP | CASSANDRA VINOGRAD | Posted 05.09.2012

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LONDON — Nine men of Pakistani and Afghan descent were convicted Tuesday of luring girls as young as 13 into sexual encounters using alcohol and...

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Major Companies Sign Petition, Pull Village Voice Ads Amid Sex Trafficking Scandal

Posted 05.07.2012

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The 27 companies that recently pulled their ads from the Village Voice are the newest advocates to join the fight in protecting girls from being traff...

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Split Verdict In Huge Somali Sex Trafficking Case

AP | KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 05.05.2012

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Tennessee federal jury split its verdict Friday against nine people accused of operating a sex trafficking ring across three sta...

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A Prosecutor Sets His Sights On the Johns

Kevin M. Ryan | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: New York Crime, Covenant House, Crime, Sex Trafficking, Impact News, Manhattan District Attorney, New York City, Cyrus Vance Jr., Human Trafficking, Impact News
Kevin M. Ryan

This is one of the few high profile cases across the country in which the johns as well as the traffickers have been indicted, and I applaud the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., for his leadership.

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G(irls)20 Summit: What's Your Number?

Glender Favour Nkezi Fomboh | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Women's Rights, Cameroon, Aids Research, Girls Empowerment, Sex Trafficking, Female Empowerment, Domestic Violence, Impact News
Glender Favour Nkezi Fomboh

There are 3.5 billion girls and women in the world. That means there are 3.5 billion ways to change the world.

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How You Can Help Protect Victims of Human Trafficking by Voting in the Next Presidential Election

Deborah Bergman | Posted 04.29.2012

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Deborah Bergman

Enforcing obscenity laws will not combat human trafficking because the vast majority of trafficking victims do not work in the pornography industry. It will only consume resources that should be used to aid the victims of all forms of trafficking and to prosecute their traffickers.

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Republican Asked To Resign After Red Light District Picture Surfaces

Posted 04.27.2012

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Michael Wiener, a GOP county commissioner in New Mexico, is being asked to resign after a picture of him posing with scantily clad women in a well-kno...

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Alicia Keys, Pearl Jam, REM And More Speak Out Against Backpage Sex Ads

Posted 04.26.2012

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The backlash against Village Voice Media's ownership of Backpage.com continues with a group of high-profile musicians speaking out against the controv...

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Taking Down Pimps Without Traumatizing Victims

Kevin M. Ryan | Posted 04.24.2012

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Kevin M. Ryan

They tattooed these street names on the women they exploited. One woman had a crown with a dollar sign tattooed above her pubic bone. Another had "King Koby" and a barcode permanently inked on her neck.

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Conversation With Jaida Im of Freedom House

Nicki Richesin | Posted 04.20.2012

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Nicki Richesin

Survivors of human trafficking are modern day slaves living without freedom. They are kept in bondage. Even when they are rescued from their perpetrators, they are not truly freed since they have nowhere to turn to for help.

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Ah... El Escandolo

Jane Wells | Posted 04.20.2012

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Jane Wells

I do not subscribe to the "boys will be boys" or "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" approach to men away from home buying sex. The idea of "tolerance zones" for bordellos and prostitution in Cartagena or elsewhere seems 100 percent wrong to me.

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Innocent Flesh

Nadine B. Hack | Posted 04.20.2012

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Nadine B. Hack

Often, when Americans consider the sex trafficking of female children and teens, they view it as a foreign phenomenon. They don't know that hundreds of thousands of under-age American girls are victims of this corruption.

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When a Sex Slave Turns Up at Your Front Door

Nancy Deville | Posted 04.19.2012

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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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DA's Office Knew About Woman's Rape Recantation, Jailed Men Anyway

Posted 04.18.2012

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The Brooklyn DA's office sat on a rape recantation for nearly a year while two men accused of the crime sat behind bars, documents reveal. Last Jun...

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Spain's Brothel Tourism Boom

New York Times | Posted 04.08.2012

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LA JONQUERA, Spain — She had expected a job in a hotel. But when Valentina arrived here two months ago from Romania, the man who helped her get here...

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