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Greg Russinger's Blog – November 2008 Archive (7)

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Added by Greg Russinger on November 28, 2008 at 10:59am — No Comments

One recent story on Traffickers using Airlines to trade people

Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi police said on Friday they foiled an attempt by an international organised crime ring, which was trying to smuggle Asian nationals to Europe through UAE airports.

The human trafficking ring was run by a group of trans-continental criminals, police said, adding they had taken advantage of loopholes in passenger transfer procedures used by some international airlines.…

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Added by Greg Russinger on November 23, 2008 at 9:46am — No Comments

Chain Store Reaction... This is for you the everyday abolitionist!!!!

Chain store reaction is an open letter to the producers of your favorite products. We are asking them to promise to investigate slavery in their product chains and to clean it up where they find it. Only you can start a chain store reaction. It starts with a simple request.

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Added by Greg Russinger on November 18, 2008 at 8:30am — 3 Comments

More Domestic News

HAMMOND, Ind. — Two men subjected a 16-year-old girl to sexual abuse, forced labor and beatings during a six-month-long ordeal that ended when she was reunited with her parents in October, federal prosecutors said.

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Added by Greg Russinger on November 15, 2008 at 8:50am — No Comments

Catching up with Internet Pimps

Nine people from Thailand have been jailed for up to two-and-a-half-years for their part in exploiting women who were advertised in "online brothels". They are thought to have made millions of pounds from women trafficked from Asia to the UK for use in the sex trade.......

Oriental Gems was one such "online brothel", which as its name suggested, specialised in girls from the South East Asia.

A gallery on the site showed photographs of more than 60 naked and semi-naked women. Many of… Continue

Added by Greg Russinger on November 12, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Sex slavery gang of 6 jailed

Six men who sold eastern European women into sex slavery have been jailed.

The gang's youngest victim, a 16-year-old Slovakian, told Southwark Crown Court she was lured to Britain with promises of a well-paid job.

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Added by Greg Russinger on November 10, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Human Trafficking foiled

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Human trafficking foiled

By Reynaldo G. Navales

CLARK FREEPORT -- Immigration officers at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) recently prevented an attempt of 20 undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their alleged illegal recruiter to leave for Malaysia.

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Added by Greg Russinger on November 8, 2008 at 9:25pm — No Comments