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Human Trafficking In New Zealand

Posted by on 27 July 2010 | 0 Comments


 

"I have to service about 10 to 20 men and sometimes up to 14 hours a day. I cried everyday. I have no contact with the outside world except the clients. I asked one of them to help me, but he turned out to be a friend of [my] new boss and I got a bashing. I learned to shut up...

NZ sex industry lures Asian women - National - NZ Herald News

Asian women lured to New Zealand with cash offers to work in the sex industry are being forced to work in slave-like conditions, a Herald investigation has found.

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Katy Lost In Cambodia

Posted by on 7 July 2010 | 0 Comments


Remember complaining about the recession? In 2009, 146 garment factories closed down in Cambodia making around 40,000 people unemployed, the majority of those being young girls. Jobless with little education and a family already relying on their tiny income, those looking to traffick and/or sexuall...

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Creative Response : Be A Biographer

Posted by on 6 July 2010 | 0 Comments


A crowdsourced clothing line relies on cognitive surplus among the creative community to benefit survivors.

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Human Trafficking In Northern Ireland

Posted by on 25 June 2010 | 0 Comments


news.bbc.co.uk
Twenty-five victims of human trafficking were rescued in Northern Ireland last year, Justice Minister David Ford reveals.

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Human trafficking expected to sky-rocket at the Fifa World Cup

Posted by on 18 May 2010 | 0 Comments


Prostitutes from around the world are making their way to South Africa hoping to make a fortune from frisky soccer fans at next month's World Cup. Authorities predict 40,000 sex workers will arrive to... Sports News Summaries. | Newser

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Human Trafficking In Fiji

Posted by on 17 May 2010 | 0 Comments

Fiji continues to grapple with the difficulties of eradicating child and human trafficking. However, UN agencies and law officials in the country have gathered togather to find a solution, charity reports.

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How Much Do You Know About Trafficking?

Posted by on 26 April 2010 | 0 Comments

How much do you know about human trafficking? "One of the biggest impediments to anti-trafficking efforts is a lack of understanding of the issue."

One of the biggest impediments to anti-trafficking efforts is a lack of understanding of the issue. Trafficking is often entangled with people smuggling, immigration and asylum, prostitution and other forms of organized crime.

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Child Snatching/human trafficking in China

Posted by on 12 March 2010 | 0 Comments



Rickshaw driver Chen Chuanliu took the drastic measures after his four-year-old daughter went missing last month.

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Obama: Recommit to end trafficking

Posted by on 3 March 2010 | 0 Comments

www.upi.com
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month is a time to recommit to stopping human traffickers, U.S. President Barack Obama said.

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Free The Slaves

Posted by on 3 March 2010 | 0 Comments

www.youtube.com
Free The Slaves - Top Ten Facts about the S Word For those who think slavery was an old history lesson. A message from Free The Slaves.

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"saviour" accused of enslaving women

Posted by on 19 December 2009 | 0 Comments

www.stuff.co.nz
The women tattooed his name and portrait on their bodies and gave their children his name - Saviour.

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