ALJAZEERA: Coronavirus lockdowns ‘conducive’ to human trafficking
The pandemic has created conditions making it easier for people to become victims of trafficking, rights groups say.
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POLARIS PROJECT: Crisis in Human Trafficking During the Pandemic
Over the last few months, Polaris has been carefully tracking the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on victims and survivors of sex and labor trafficking.
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CBS: 7-year-old girl tortured to death in Pakistan for letting pet parrot escape
A Pakistan couple have been arrested for allegedly murdering their seven-year-old maid after she was blamed for letting a pet bird escape, police said. It marks the latest case of violence against child domestic workers in the country.
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The MIND Unleashed: Teen Facing Life in Prison for Killing Pedophile Who Sex Trafficked and Raped Her
Chrystul Kizer is among a dozen underage victims who were sexually abused and filmed by Randy Volar.
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CBS News: Desperate Syrian refugees are resorting to selling their organs on the black market just to pay rent
More than 3 million Syrian refugees have crossed the border into Turkey to escape the violence in their country. While they may now be physically safe, financially, they are anything but. Some find it so difficult to make ends meet in their new home that they’ve taken to selling their organs just to pay rent.
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NBC: Child sexual abuse images and online exploitation surge during pandemic
With tech companies’ moderation efforts constrained by the pandemic, distributors of child sexual exploitation material are growing bolder, using major platforms to try to draw audiences.
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ODIHR & UN Women launch surveys on COVID-19 and Human Trafficking in 25 languages
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) jointly with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) are in the process of developing short-term and mid-term policy recommendations
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ALJAZEERA: Trafficking warning in Asia as coronavirus pummels economies
Experts worry people left penniless by coronavirus lockdowns will be easy prey for trafficking rings and forced labour.
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THE TIMES: 71% of child sex abuse images are from the Netherlands
The majority of online child sexual abuse material is hosted in the Netherlands, where greater internet freedoms have made the country a hub for illegal websites, figures show.
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FP: The Pandemic’s Hidden Human Trafficking Crisis
The coronavirus has created more people vulnerable to exploitation by traffickers—and revealed the world’s unpreparedness to protect them.
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