Trafficking

Human Trafficking a Growing Global Scourge

Andrew Lam | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Trafficking, Slavery, Sex Trafficking, Vietnam, Prosecution, Eritrea, Sex Trade, Black Market, Human Trafficking, Organ Harvesting, Crime News
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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Animal Rights, Sex Trafficking, LGBT Issues: 10 Petitions To Sign Right Now

Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Kathy Sontag, Brooke Harris, Poverty, Trayvon Martin, Caylee Anthony, Slideexpand, Village Voice, Backpage.com, Sean Forsythe, Video, Trafficking, Hunger, Jennifer Tyrrell, Puppy Mills, Wolves, Autism, Foreclosure, Casey Anthony, Impact News

We can’t help but to follow along closely as heartbreaking stories about young girls getting trafficked and gay Boy Scouts volunteers getting fired ...

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Make It Known To Apple, Other Brands We're Serious About Conflict-Free Products!

Justin Dillon | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Slavery Footprint, Trafficking, Advocacy, Human Trafficking, Steve Jobs, Conflict-Free, Apple, Ipad 4g, Ipad, Impact News
Justin Dillon

At the end of the day, brands want our trust. The marketplace is full of shiny objects vying for our attention and money. Money is simply the manifestation of trust. Mutual trust requires vulnerability.

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Diplomat's Servant Exposes Modern Day Slavery in the U.S.

Erwin de Leon | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Domestic Workers, State Department, Diplomats, Human Trafficking, Trafficking, Slavery, Shanti Gurung, Modern Day Slavery, Crime News
Erwin de Leon

The diplomat brought Shanti Gurung to New York in 2006 with the promise of paying her $100 a month to do light cooking and a few chores. The 17-year-old ended up working 16-hour days, cooking, cleaning, doing the laundry, grocery shopping and giving massages.

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Truckers Work To Put The Brakes On Sex Trafficking

Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Truckers Against Trafficking, Video, Trafficking, Nevada Sex Trafficking, National Human Trafficking Hotline, Kendis Paris, Assemblyman John Hambrick, Sex Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Impact News

When truck drivers break at a rest stop, they're often confronted by young girls working in the sex trade -- a trend a new human rights campaign hopes...

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Council Members, Change.org Fight To Stop Trafficking On Village Voice Site

Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Video, Trafficking, Brad Lander, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Lauren Hersh, Craigslist, Village Voice Media, Nicholas Kristof, Sex Trafficking, Backpage.com, Slidepollajax, Human Trafficking, Impact News

Change.org is getting help from New York council members to pressure the Village Voice to shut down its adult section of classified ads. The social...

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Building Effective Anti-Trafficking Efforts: Drivers as Allies

Sienna Baskin | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Child Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Politics News
Sienna Baskin

Some anti-trafficking advocates have called for punishment of taxi and other drivers who may be driving people engaged in prostitution, based on the notion that these drivers are engaging in promoting prostitution and also in human trafficking. But this is a false premise.

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John Rudolf

Alleged Mastermind Of Human Smuggling Ring Charged In N.Y.

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 01.10.2012

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NEW YORK -- The reputed mastermind of a migrant smuggling ring that allegedly smuggled hundreds of undocumented immigrants from Eastern Europe into th...

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Why Nonprofits Should Bank On Inexperienced Volunteers

Conor Grennan | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Little Princes, Volunteering, Motivation, Nepal, Trafficking, Next Generation Nepal, Volunteering Abroad, Conor Grennan, Impact News
Conor Grennan

While giving a speech to a prep school in New York, I was asked an awesome question by a high school senior looking to volunteer in an orphanage. He w...

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Colo. Springs-Chicago Drug Ring Busted

Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Possession of Cannabis, Drug Enforcement Agency, Trafficking, Video, Springs-Chicago Marijuana Ring, Unlawful Delivery Jof Cannabis, Elbert County, Marijuana, Cannabis Trafficking, Colorado Springs, Dea, Illegal Drug Trafficking, Denver News

In a federal and joint police force investigation, authorities have recovered over 140 pounds of marijuana believed to be used for trafficking Colorad...

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Legislation on Human Trafficking Offers Point of Agreement Across Political Spectrum

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Human Trafficking, Tvpra, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, Trafficking, TVPRA 2011, Workers Rights, Impact News
Catholic Relief Services

Victims of trafficking can turn up anywhere in the United States, from teeming cities to small farming towns. And the global economic crisis, so difficult for those who are unemployed or underemployed, puts more people at risk of being trafficked.

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Former Argentine President Acquitted Of Trafficking Charges

AP | DEBORA REY | Posted 11.13.2011

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Former Argentine President Carlos Menem and 17 members of his government were acquitted Tuesday of charges that they v...

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End Slavery Today, Tell Congress to Reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act

World Vision | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Trafficking, Thailand, Children, Myanmar, World News
World Vision

By Jesse Eaves, World Vision policy advisor for children in crisis September 1, 2011 - When 16-year-old Kyaw left his home and a life of poverty in M...

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Jakarta Nabs 'People Smuggler'

The Diplomat | Luke Hunt | Posted 10.30.2011

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By Luke Hunt, The Diplomat Sayeed Abbas Azad has been billed as the biggest catch so far by Southeast Asian authorities seeking to crack down...

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When 'Help' is the Problem: Questioning 'Human Trafficking' Policies in the Gulf

Pardis Mahdavi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dubai Human Trafficking, UN Human Trafficking, Trafficking, Sex Industry, Forced Labor, Human Trafficking, Dubai, World News
Pardis Mahdavi

Current human trafficking policies are having a detrimental effect on those they are designed to help. There is a sharp disconnect between stereotypes of the typical "trafficked victim" and the reality of forced labor and migration globally.

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A Conversation With the Naked Anthropologist About Sex Trafficking

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mira Sorvino, Prostitution, Sex at the Margins, Trafficking, Laura Agustin, Bbc, Slavery, Immigration, Prostitutes, World News
David Henry Sterry

When I first met Laura Agustín at a conference in Brussels, I immediately noticed how different she was from most people I met at sex worker conferences. For one, she had a sense of humor.

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10 Years Later: West Africa Children Still Exploited To Make Chocolate

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trafficking, Cocoa, Ghana, Children, Chocolate, West Africa, Ivory Coast, Children Exploitation, Impact News

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — A report says West Africa's cocoa industry is still trafficking children and using forced child labor despite nearly a de...

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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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Doctor-Writers: What Are the Ethics?

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hipaa, Confidentiality, Trust, Professionalism, Writing, Trepidation, Literary Phenomenon, Patient, Morals, Emotional Reactions, Fascination and Fear, Intricacies, Veritable Epidemic, Rule of Thumb, Trafficking, Awe, Pedestal, Ethics, Literary Genre, Nonfiction, Libel, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Doctor, Starters, Country of Origin, Medicine, Expectation, Medical Profession, New York News
Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD

There is a veritable epidemic of doctor-writers out there. What is going on? Are doctors suddenly in the kiss-and-tell mode? What about confidentiality? Professionalism? HIPAA?

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Human trafficking mixing-up views on immigration to the United States

Eduardo Barraza | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trafficking, Guatemala, Politics, Slavery, Latin America, Gladys Vasquez Valenzuela, Immigration, Bonded Labor, Poverty, Human Trafficking, Prosititution, Politics News
Eduardo Barraza

Victims of modern-day slavery are being brought here as human cargo, and destined for the most vile purposes as forced labor and prostitution. Pho...

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U.S. Report: More Than 12 Million Are 'Modern Slaves' Worldwide

Yahoo! News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prostitution, Trafficking, Human Rights, Sexual Abuse, Civil Rights@Y:World, Slavery, Human Trafficking, World News

A sobering new report from the State Department finds that more than 12 million people worldwide are victims of "trafficking in persons" -- trapped in...

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Sex Trafficking In Chicago: 'Victimless' Crimes And Their Victims

Gapers Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prostitution, Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Illinois, Chicago Sex Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Chicago, Chicago News

Maria is lying on the bed. She's been trying to get up, lifting her head, maybe rolling over onto an elbow, but she's gotten nowhere. Another half att...

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Ending the Conflict Minerals Trade

Robert Hormats | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Hormats

Huffington Post readers may be surprised to learn that the world's deadliest conflict since World War II is still occurring -- in the Democratic Repub...

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Young CNN Hero Teaches Girls to "Just Yell Fire"

Michelle Bart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cnn, Jane Velez, Michelle Bart, Helping Heroes, Dallas Jessup, CNN HERO, Portland, Trafficking, Sex, Sia, Chris Hansen, Dallas, Soroptimist, Impact News
Michelle Bart

Dallas Jessup is 17-year-old expert martial artist who grew a community service project to fight predators into a Million Girl Revolution with her non-profit, Just Yell Fire.

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Emma Thompson's 'Journey' Exhibit Spotlights Sex Trafficking

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trafficking, Emma Thompson, Sex Industry, Art Exhibit, Trafficked Women, Sex Trade, Violence, Sex Trafficking, New York City, Human Trafficking, Video, Impact News

Two-time Academy Award-winning British actress Emma Thompson is focusing her attention on the issue of human trafficking of women and young girls by c...

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