FOX NEWS: Ambassador Callista Gingrich: Ending human trafficking must be a global priority for us all
By Callista L. Gingrich is the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, FOX NEWS
For over four years, Karla Jacinto estimates that she was raped over 40,000 times. Abandoned at 12, she fell prey to a pimp in Tenancingo, Mexico, who through brutality and coercion forced her into prostitution. At 15, Karla’s newborn daughter, conceived through rape, was taken from her as she continued to be threatened by her enslavers. Karla was finally liberated at 16 as the result of an anti-trafficking operation. Read More
THE TIMES OF ISRAEL: Cop accused of sex crimes against human trafficking victims
By TOI STAFF, THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Officer was investigating an Eastern European gang that brought women to Israel for prostitution; is suspended from force… Read More
REUTERS: India aims to give 500,000 trafficking survivors vocational training
By Anuradha Nagaraj, CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
India will offer vocational training to almost half a million survivors of human trafficking under a program launched this week by President Ram Nath Kovind.
The three-month course will Read More
REUTERS: Indonesia hopes new film will fight human trafficking
By Beh Lih Yi, KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Indonesian officials say they hope that a new film starring human trafficking victims will reach rural areas to raise awareness about the risks of signing on to work abroad.
The short film, “A Dream of a Misty Land”, follows the story of a few teenagers from rural Indonesia who were lured to work in other countries by job recruiters, but ended up being exploited.
SUDAN TRIBUNE: Sudanese police free 177 victims of human trafficking
March 4, 2018 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese police on Sunday have busted human traffickers holding 177 victims including 27 women in the capital Khartoum.
However, the police didn’t identify the nationalities of the victims.
BBC: Human trafficking: Modern-day slaves ‘within plain sight’
By Gwyneth Rees, BBC Wales News
The rugged landscape of north Wales is not a place usually associated with modern-day slavery.
Yet for some victims, its remote location has become a refuge.
Sophie – not her real name – has a tragic but not unique tale.
2 December: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Slavery is not merely a historical relic. It was issue not only in early times (eg ancient Egypt, ancient Rome, Greece, China …) but also in the 21st century even in the world’s most developed countries.
“Modern slavery” is used as an umbrella term covering practices such as forced labor, debt bondage, forced marriage, and human trafficking. Read More
Human Trafficking International Expert in Armenia
Recently Anti-trafficking working group (WG) members had a meeting with an international expert Liliana Sorrentino. The main purpose of her arrival was to evaluate the efficiency of combating against human trafficking and exploitation and to see what challenges Armenia has in near future.
The analysis of Trafficking in Persons Report (2017) with the successful example of Armenia
Human trafficking is one of the most profitable crimes of the world. Trafficking in persons is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the traffickers’ hands, in their own countries and abroad.
The main types of human trafficking are:
Press Conference on the eve of International Day against Trafficking in Persons
On July 28, 2017, a press conference was held at Henaran Press Club dedicated to the proclamation of Anti-Trafficking World Day by the decision of the UN General Assembly (July 30). Vahram Kazhoyan (Head of Anti-trafficking Working Group, head of International Organizations Department of RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Eleonora Virapyan (Representative of RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, President of Commission on Identification of Trafficking Victims and Exploitation), Read More