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Central Florida a Focus of Battle Against Human Trafficking
ORLANDO, Florida – A judicial district in Central Florida is second in the number of child sexual-exploitation and slavery cases in the United States. “The problem in Central Florida is serious,” Michael Masto, Deputy Special Agent [...]
US Immigration Raises Awareness for Visas available to Trafficking Victims
US Citizenship and Immigration Services hosted a forum to raise awareness about visas available to immigrants who have been victims of human trafficking. [...]
Bahamas Government Issues Stern Warning for Persons Engaged in Human Trafficking
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas has warned that it will deal harshly with anyone found engaged in human trafficking even as officials here said there has been no report of trafficking in persons here. [...]
Israeli charged with trafficking African migrants
Associated Press | Posted: Sunday, March 25, 2012 An Israeli man has been charged with participation in a human trafficking ring that captured and tortured African migrants in Egypt’s neighboring Sinai desert, according to an indictment [...]
Sharp rise in human trafficking in Sindh
KARACHI - Sindh has recorded a sharp increase in reported cases of human trafficking since the beginning of the year, and the trend could continue unless the authorities take action to contain it, say activists. Some 190 cases [...]
Embassy staff part of Human Trafficking Cartel
An international human trafficking ring is working with employees of some embassies in Kenya to recruit unsuspecting Kenyans into forced labour in the Middle East. The cartel lures Kenyans by placing advertisements of well-paying job opportunities [...]
Mobile Phone Apps to Fight Slavery
Yes, there IS an app for that! [...]
Ugandan Women Tricked into Malaysian Sex Work
By Associated Press on February 20th, 2012 KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Advertisements pinned on the walls of shopping malls in Uganda’s capital promise young women a free ticket to a well-paying job in Malaysia as [...]
