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Supreme Court Finds Palestinian Authority Immune From Torture Lawsuit

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The family of a Palestinian American killed while in the Palestinian Authority's custody cannot sue the organization, the Supreme Court ...

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Florida House Bill to Implement Harsher Penalties on Human Trafficking

Conchita Sarnoff | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Massage, Child Sex Trafficking, Miami News, Sex Trafficking, Florida, Sexual Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Human Trafficking, Tvpa, Politics News
Conchita Sarnoff

On Friday, February 24, 2012, CBS online reported how Florida "is taking stricter action against" human trafficking.

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When The Trafficking Victims Protection Act Fails

Conchita Sarnoff | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Trafficking Victims Protection Act, Sex Trafficking, Child Sex Trafficking, Child Trafficking, Tvpa, Politics News
Conchita Sarnoff

According to the Department of Health and Human Services' fact sheet on the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA): The TVPA ... created new la...

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Today's Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking Reflect Historical Racism and Sexism

Melissa Ditmore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Mann Act, Tvpa, Slavery, Sex Trafficking, Race, White Slavery, Human Trafficking, World News
Melissa Ditmore

Slavery was abolished in the United States in 1865, but social and economic hierarchies based on race and wealth persist to this day, especially in approaches to combating sex trafficking.

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Child Sex Traffickers Deserve Stiff TVPA Penalties in Every U.S. Court

Conchita Sarnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prostitution, Politics News, Doj, Breaking Politics News, US-Attorney-General-Eric-Holder, Sex Trafficking, Hillary Clinton, Anti-Trafficking in Persons Initiative, Barack Obama, State Department, Child Sexual Abuse, Human Trafficking, Tvpa, Politics News
Conchita Sarnoff

After numerous conversations with law enforcement officials I realized that most are under the false assumption that some form of movement is required for a predator to be guilty of child sex trafficking.

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Minors in Migration: Child Trafficking in the Caribbean

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abduction, Anti-Trafficking in Persons Initiative, Anti-Kidnapping Unit Trinidad, Child Abduction, Child Abuse, Child Labor, Child Prostitution, Child Trafficking, Child Trafficking in Caribbean, Child Trafficking Dominican Republic, Child Trafficking Haiti, Child Trafficking Trinidad, Domestic Servitude, Human Trafficking, International Office of Migration, Iom, Kidnapping, Kidnapping Trinidad, Lena Johnson, Lena Johnson Trinidad, Missing Persons, Missing Persons Association, Mpa, New Life Children's Refuge, Oma Nanan, Oma Nanan Trinidad, Sale of Children, Sex Slavery, Tara Ramoutar, Tara Ramoutar Trinidad, Trafficking in Persons, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, Tvpa, Debt Bondage, Nathiffa Mitchell, World News
Arlene M. Roberts

One aspect of the human trafficking equation that does not get the attention it deserves is child trafficking - particularly in the Caribbean.

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Selling Children in America

Conchita Sarnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Mann Act, Immigration Reform, Congress, Doj, Children, Tvpa, Illegal Immigration, Sex Trade, Sex Trafficking, Immigration, Invisible Children, Immigration Debate, Human Trafficking, Child Trafficking in America, Money Laundering, Homeland Security, Child Pornography, Pornography, Mexican Drug Cartels, Internet, Child Trafficking, Internet Censorship, Border Security, Politics News
Conchita Sarnoff

At long last a step in the right direction! With the heart wrenching crisis in Haiti reaching its apex and human atrocities being plastered across eve...

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Still Time to do the Right Thing

Taina Bien-Aime | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Law Enforcement, Tvpa, Doj, Sex Trafficking, Obama, Mccain, Bipartisanship, Biden, Human Trafficking, Tvpra, Politics News
Taina Bien-Aime

The Wilberforce Act targets pimping and traffickers, which in turn will help prevent sex trafficking and protect its victims, which in turn will help us become effective leaders in combating human trafficking.

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