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Liberia: Defaults in Labor Law, Decent Work Bill
Monrovia :: Liberia | 10 hours ago
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Defects in both the current Labour Law and Draft Decent Work Bill 2010 have been discovered, with a call for action to bring Liberia in harmony with international standards and the practice on child labour...Mano River Union Legal Consultants said
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2 Cebu City girls rescued from working as GRO in Pampanga bar
Cebu :: Philippines | 10 hours ago
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Philippines Four girls, including a minor, were rescued by the National Bureau of Investigation from being forced to work as guest relations officer in a bar in Pampanga. The recruiter, who was arrested and charged with human trafficking, was
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Nigeria: Northern Governors, Politicians Responsible for 'Unislamic' Almajiri System - David Mark
Abuja :: Nigeria | 10 hours ago
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The Senate President, David Mark, on Wednesday challenged Nigeria's northern governors to urgently ban the almajiri system that has seen millions of children, abandoned by their parents, roam the streets in their states. Mr. Mark blamed the governors
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Forum on human trafficking
Thousand Oaks :: CA :: USA | 15 hours ago
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The Christian anti-trafficking organization Oasis USA will make a presentation...This forum will give information about modern-day slavery/ human trafficking and ways to help fight it. Estimates state that more than 27 million people worldwide are in
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California couple get prison for keeping niece as sex slave
Mexico City :: Mexico | 2 days ago
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A Southern California couple are headed to prison after pleading guilty to keeping a young niece in the United States illegally as a sex slave. Inez Martinez Garcia, 44, was sentenced Monday to a 20-year prison term. Her husband, Marcial Garcia
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Families endure desperate searches for China's missing children
Xuzhou :: China | 2 days ago
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China In front of a van plastered with pictures of about 100 children's faces, Xiao Zhaohua and Wu Xinghu pleaded with passersby for help. "Please don't think this is someone else's problem, and never take your eyes off your children!" they shouted. "
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Trafficking couple sentenced to two decades in prison
Mexico City :: Mexico | 3 days ago
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An Oceanside couple who enslaved their 12-year-old niece making her cook, clean, babysit and have sex with her uncle and other men were each sentenced to at least two decades in prison Monday. Inez Martinez Garcia, 43, and Marcial Garcia Hernandez,
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Defense attorney: Victim recants statement in human trafficking case
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 3 days ago
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A downstate woman who told police she was the victim of human trafficking, has recanted her statements against two Chicago men charged in the case, a defense attorney said Monday...Rinehart told Lake County Judge Victoria Rossetti that the
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Africa: U.S. Federal Agencies Make Strides Against Human Trafficking
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 3 days ago
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Washington Better coordination among U.S. federal government agencies is showing results in the struggle to end human trafficking, U.S. officials say. At the annual meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking
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I Care: Teen helps recovering victims of the sex trade
Dar es Salaam :: Tanzania | 4 days ago
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The home is supported by the Christian nonprofit Courage Worldwide. The girls joke around and Jordyn fits right in, but her life couldn't be more separate. Many of the girls living there are runaways from abusive families...She and her family have
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