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Stag parties 'fuel sex trafficking' // a must read

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Added by Greg Russinger on June 15, 2010 at 8:33pm — No Comments

Anti-trafficking measures 'not fit for purpose'

"Ignorant" officials are obsessed with punishing victims of trafficking rather than targeting those behind the crime, a report claims.

A coalition of human rights groups says the system for handling victims in the UK is "not fit for purpose".
It wants an independent anti-trafficking watchdog to be created to oversee the work of officials.
The government says it will "look very carefully" at criticisms of the system "and act where necessary".

The Anti-Trafficking Monitor… Continue

Added by Greg Russinger on June 15, 2010 at 8:24pm — No Comments

5 weeks for freedom, something to be inspired by and support

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Added by Greg Russinger on June 15, 2010 at 9:02am — No Comments

Concern over human cost overshadows iPad launch

A must read for apple fans, in which im one..

The American electronics giant Apple was investigating damaging allegations last night that Chinese workers making its new iPad device were subjected to such "inhumane" treatment that some of them took their own lives by jumping off factory roofs.

Documents seen by The Independent reveal there are widespread failures by Apple's suppliers to respect standards on labour rights and safety specified by the company, which had sales of £3… Continue

Added by Greg Russinger on May 27, 2010 at 5:05pm — No Comments

Dan Rather does video piece on Portland, known as Pornland (my home city)

Child prostitution has become a national problem in this country. Yes, I know that you have trouble believing that. You don't want to believe it, so you tend not to.

"Widespread sex trafficking in children?", you may be saying to yourself. "Sure, it happens overseas in places like Thailand and Moldova, and while there may be some of it here there's not that much of it in our country."

Based on a months long investigation and some reportorial digging, I'm here to tell you that

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Added by Greg Russinger on May 19, 2010 at 8:09am — No Comments

North Korean women being sold in China

SEOUL - Young female refugees from North Korea are increasingly becoming a commodity in China, where they can be sold for up to US$1,500 ($2,070) a head, according to a Seoul campaigner.

The human trafficking has become more prevalent amid a shortage of Chinese women in the countryside, said Reverend Chun Ki-Won, who has helped more than 900 North Koreans escape from China.

He said women make up around 80 per cent of the tens of thousands of North Koreans hiding in China, with… Continue

Added by Greg Russinger on May 14, 2010 at 10:38am — No Comments

World Cup starts June 11th, read whats happening

Johannesburg — Zimbabwe’s sex workers are deserting their country for greener pastures in South Africa as the World Cup 2010 draws nearer, causing human rights and church groups worldwide to call for measures to curb human trafficking and prostitution. But the economic promise offered by the arrival of some 500,000 World Cup foreign fans is already attracting impoverished workers.

“If ever there was time to make money, this is the right time,” says Shuvai, a Zimbabwean

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Added by Greg Russinger on May 14, 2010 at 10:20am — No Comments

beautiful picture...

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Added by Greg Russinger on May 3, 2010 at 10:02pm — No Comments

Atlanta, your on the map

...Federal law enforcement considers Atlanta a hub for child prostitution even after more than a decade of efforts to stamp it out. Advocates contend at least 400 minors prostitute themselves in Georgia, mostly in metro Atlanta, with many turning to this lifestyle at 14 or younger. Pimps circumvent legal tactics by making the girls too loyal or too afraid to testify. Officials debate whether these girls are victims of sexual exploitation or perpetrators....

more here, a strong read
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Added by Greg Russinger on May 2, 2010 at 1:24pm — No Comments

internet increases child exploitation

Austin police are working with the U.S. Attorney’s office to file more serious charges against a Kansas couple accused of forcing a 16-year-old into child prostitution.

Quincy Gholar and Jennifer Russell are both charged with compelling prostitution, a second degree felony.

Police want to file human trafficking charges against the two, which is a first degree felony for crimes against children under 18 years old.

Police say the Internet and social media sites make it easi

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Added by Greg Russinger on May 1, 2010 at 9:21am — No Comments

Craigslist sex ads account for one third of revenues

Where’s the place you can find a 1996 Kia Sephia, free used socks, and sex for a small fee? Why, Craigslist, of course! The website that made us all realize you never really need to buy anything new has come under fire once again for its controversial sex advertisements.

A new financials evaluation of the site estimates that one-third of Craigslist’s $100+ million revenue comes via sex-related ad sales. While a lot of the bed romp classifieds are legit, there still remains a large

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Added by Greg Russinger on April 26, 2010 at 7:44am — No Comments

FBI Updates

The girls—some as young as age 12—were smuggled into the U.S. from their village homes in Guatemala. Their impoverished parents were told that their daughters would be working in restaurants and jewelry stores in California and would earn good wages that could be sent back to their families.

Instead, upon arriving in Los Angeles, the girls were taken to have their eyebrows tattooed and their hair colored and then forced to work the streets as prostitutes. It w

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Added by Greg Russinger on April 16, 2010 at 7:21am — No Comments

watch this, beautifully painful

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Added by Greg Russinger on April 15, 2010 at 4:24pm — No Comments

Mr Steve Seagal

Steven Seagal is being sued for trafficking, what, really!!
http://www.24masti.com/steven-seagal-sued-for-human-trafficking/3029/
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Added by Greg Russinger on April 14, 2010 at 2:38pm — No Comments

stats behind prostitution

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Added by Greg Russinger on April 8, 2010 at 10:22am — No Comments

Back and forth on twitter.. Moore and Kardashian... we need to think

Some twitter feed, two different spectrums.. need to close the gap...
read below...

Demi Moore fought a new Twitter crusade late Sunday night. After Kim Kardashian posted a picture of her, Serena Williams, singer Kelly Rowland, and former MTV V.J. Lala Vasquez to her over 3 million Twitter followers with the caption “big pimpin,” Moore decided to send a response directly to Kardashian in which she chastised her for the casual use of the word “pimp.”

“No disrespect I lov

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Added by Greg Russinger on March 30, 2010 at 8:02am — No Comments

Kevin Bales (Free the Slaves) from TED2010

We had the honor of having Kevin Bales at Freedom Day 2009, a thoughtful heart, intelligent mind, and a true voice for the cause of ending slavery. Here is the link from his presentation at TED 2010..
Enjoy..
http://conferences.ted.com/TED2010/

or check out our videos section, thanks Jonathan
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Added by Greg Russinger on March 30, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Tracing the bitter truth of chocolate and child labor

Read here if your wanting to learn more concerning the child slavery issues on cocoa plantations..

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Added by Greg Russinger on March 24, 2010 at 7:35pm — No Comments

Cocoa Slave tastes sweet freedom

This Easter, Britons/Americans will eat their way through 80 million chocolate eggs but would we have such a sweet tooth if we knew how it was
harvested?

Sixty per cent of cocoa beans found in chocolate on UK shop shelves are sourced in Ghana and Ivory Coast. Fatao is a 12-year-old boy from Burkina Faso who Panorama discovers working on a cocoa farm in Ghana. He is just one of thousands of trafficked children helping to feed the world's appetite for chocolate.

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Added by Greg Russinger on March 24, 2010 at 9:51am — No Comments