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Man arrested, faces child prostitution charges
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 17 hours ago
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Federal agents have arrested a Louisiana man accused of taking two minors from Atlanta to Birmingham for prostitution. Authorities indicted 25-year-old Dmarcus Antwain Ward, of Minden, last week, on charges of sex trafficking of minors and transporting...
Tags: Atlanta, Sex trade, Human trafficking, Sexual slavery, Slavery, Ethics, Social Issues, Human sexuality, Crimes against humanity, Child labour, Prostitution, Sex industry, Law Crime
Italy: Former sex slave tells story of 'trip of no return'
Turin :: Italy | 2 days ago
Credibility When Isoke Aikpitanyi left Nigeria in search of a new life in 2000, she thought she was going to work as a fruit vendor in a market in London. A well-known lawyer from Lagos had asked her to pay 30 million lire (15 thousand euros) for the trip and a job...
Tags: Isoke Aikpitanyi, fruit vendor, Nigeria, Lagos, aikpitanyi left, selling fruit, job selling, known lawyer, million lire, London, Italy, Turin, Human trafficking, Slavery, Social Issues, Crimes against humanity, Prostitution, Abuse, Sex trade, Sexual slavery, Prostitution in the United Kingdom, Ethics, Sex crimes, Crime, Sex industry
China goads Japan for quick action on sex slaves
Beijing :: China | 6 days ago
Credibility China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Qin Gang called the women's treatment at the hands of Japanese forces a serious, historical crime against humanity. "The victims are still hurting today, so Japan should take responsibility and provide these women...
Tags: china, japan, China Daily, world war ii, China-Japan, asia, sex slaves, comfort women, Beijing, International relations, Anti-Japanese sentiment in China, Sexual slavery, Ethics, Historiography, Japanese war crimes, Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea, Violence
Caught Caring: Demi Moore, Pepsi and GEMS
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility The non-profit organization — which assists women who have been sexually exploited — will use the funds to train ten former trafficking victims as outreach workers. Demi said she hopes that by empowering the women to re-enter their community from a position...
Tags: human trafficking, slavery, Demi Moore, Los Angeles, Sexual slavery, Ethics, Social Issues, Sex crimes, Ashton Kutcher, Crimes against humanity, Child labour, Criminal law, Abuse
Warning on trafficking claims
Cape Town :: South Africa | 8 days ago
Credibility World Cup, the head of a sex workers' lobby group said on Wednesday. Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce (Sweat) director Eric Harper said a number of anti-trafficking campaigns had been started in South Africa ahead of the tournament. "While...
Tags: Eric Harper, South Africa, world cup, City of Cape Town, Cape Town, Human rights abuses, Human trafficking, Slavery, Human trafficking in Vietnam, Social Issues, Crimes against humanity, Crimes, Criminal law, Abuse, Sexual slavery, Ethics, Sex crimes, Human trafficking in South Africa
Accused cantina sex ring operator arrested in Mexico
Mexico City :: Mexico | 9 days ago
Credibility A nearly five-year run from justice is over for the alleged leader of a depraved sex-trafficking ring accused of using beatings, threats and rape to force young immigrant women into slavery in Houston, according to Mexican authorities who captured him.
Tags: Salazar, Houston, Mexico City, Michael Barnett, Mexico, Human trafficking, Slavery, Social Issues, Crimes against humanity, Prostitution, Criminal law, Abuse, Sex trade, Sexual slavery, Ethics, Sex crimes, Law Crime
Fla. judge denies bond in sex slave case
Orlando :: FL :: USA | 20 days ago
Credibility A judge in Orange County, Fla., said he will not grant bond to a man accused of kidnapping a teenage girl and forcing her to live as a sex slave. The Orlando Sentinel said Thursday Orange County Circuit Judge Roger McDonald denied a defense request for...
Tags: sex slave, Timothy Lamar Smith, Fla, denies bond, Orlando, Human rights abuses, Kidnapping, Human trafficking, Sexual slavery, Ethics, Sex crimes, Orlando Sentinel, Criminal law, Law Crime, Abuse
4 men, woman charged in online sex trafficking
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | 21 days ago
Credibility Four men and a woman face federal charges of prostituting a 16-year-old girl and posting her services online on Craigslist. Marcus Arrington and Anthony Fuller pleaded not guilty yesterday in federal court during their initial appearance to answer several...
Tags: Marcus Arrington, sex trafficking, Spencer Miyahira, Jewel Aquino, Honolulu, Human rights abuses, Sex trade, Human trafficking, Sexual slavery, Slavery, Ethics, Sex crimes, Crimes against humanity, Prostitution, Criminal law, Law Crime, Abuse
Sex-slave suspect set for bond hearing today
Orlando :: FL :: USA | 22 days ago
Credibility A man accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old Orange County runaway and turning her into a prostitute for nearly two years wants to get out of jail...Smith is set to have a bond hearing this morning in hopes of getting released from the Orange County Jail.
Tags: Orlando, Human rights abuses, Human trafficking, Sexual slavery, Slavery, Ethics, Social Issues, Sex crimes, Crimes against humanity, Criminal law, Law Crime, Abuse
Citrus Heights man who forced teen into prostitution gets 19 1/2 years in prison
Redwood City :: CA :: USA | 23 days ago
Credibility A Citrus Heights man has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison for forcing a girl into prostitution...Burrell Jr. to 235 months -- about 19 1/2 years -- in prison and ordered to make $20,000 restitution for sex trafficking of children.
Tags: Burrell Jr., Citrus Heights, heights man, sex trafficking, Redwood City, Sex trade, Social Issues, Prostitution, Law Crime, Human behavior, Criminology, Rape, Sexual slavery, Ethics, Sex crimes, Crimes, Abuse
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