Human Trafficking Headlines

by Amanda Kloer · 2009-02-07 09:00:00 UTC
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This week was unusually heavy on human trafficking stories in the news.  Here's a few of the top articles:

From chinaenvironmentallaw.com

Sold into Misery: 700 Sex Slaves Living in Scotland: Scotland not only has a huge trafficking problem, but a serious lack of safe places for victims and aftercare services.

Hickman Students Raise Money to Combat Human Trafficking: Some Missouri teens cashed in on the fact that their peers loved to beat the crap out of old cars, charged for the opportunity, and gave the money to the Not for Sale campaign against human trafficking

Member of Human Trafficking Ring Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking Charges: Raul Cortes-Meza trafficked a 17-year-old girl, got caught, and admitted it.  Go Department of Justice!

House Passes Trafficking Bill: President Obama's sometimes childhood home of Indonesia finally passed the UN anti-trafficking bill.

Chinese Women Forced Into Paris Prostitution: A recent French report finds hundreds of Chinese women have been trafficked into prostitution on Paris.

Amanda Kloer is a Change.org Editor and has been a full-time abolitionist in several capacities for seven years. Follow her on Twitter @endhumantraffic
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