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.
The world has 21 million slaves – and millions of them live in the west
Between 2003-2011, 2,700 charcoal camp workers in Brazil were liberated from conditions akin to slavery. Seven percent of slaves live in North America or the EU, but the problem is global. We must invest in protocols that work to fight trafficking and exploitation.
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10 ways to recognize modern slavery
One of the biggest obstacles to tackling modern slavery is that it’s often hiding in plain sight. To better understand how that happens, here is a list of ten situations, whish suggests 50forfreedom.org blog to recognize that people are in forced labour.
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Child trafficking: what are we really talking about?
The moral panic over child trafficking detracts from important questions about children and childhood, the state, and immigration. We worry about child trafficking, but what exactly is it? Read More