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Forced labour and rape, the new face of slavery in America
Springfield :: MO :: USA | about 15 hours ago
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Human trafficking has become a major issue in the Midwest heartland of America, causing some campaigners to dub it a modern form of slavery. Figures from the State Department reveal that 17,500 people are trafficked into the US every year against their...
Tags: American, Ohio, Theresa Flores, human trafficked, law enforcement, University of Dayton, Springfield, Gene Kelly, forcing labour, Slavery, Human trafficking, Modern day slavery, Sexual slavery, Human trafficking in Venezuela, Smuggling, Crimes against humanity, Sex crimes, Social Issues, Law Crime
Aaron Cohen - the slave hunter
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 15 hours ago
Credibility Women have a hard time accepting that I spend my life looking for underage sex slaves' Aaron Cohen travels the world, rescuing girls sold into prostitution. He tells Carole Cadwalladr why he does it – and how a suburban kid turned heroin addict became...
Tags: Aaron Cohen, Perry Farrell, human trafficked, slave hunter, sex slave, underage sex, Jonty, roll lifestyle, Los Angeles, Crimes, Human trafficking, Borat Sagdiyev, Sexual slavery, Leonard Cohen, Crimes against humanity, Sex crimes, Slavery
The overlooked slavery of New France
Lisbon :: ME :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility During the early days of settlement in New France, between 1660 and 1760 before the British conquest of September that very same year French settlers were allowed to buy and sell slaves as a normal transaction because it was considered a necessity to...
Tags: New France, French Monarchy, Panis, panis slave, TO Montreal, Lisbon, Crimes against humanity, Labor, Slavery, Marie-Joseph Angￃﾩlique, Atlantic slave trade, Racism, Slavery in the United States, Abuse
Africa: Reliving Continent's Dark Past of Transatlantic Slave Trade
Nairobi :: Kenya | 1 day ago
Credibility Reliving Continent's Dark Past of Transatlantic Slave Trade Joy Wanja 20 November 2009 Nairobi — A quiet island carrying tales of millions of men smuggled out of the continent and into slavery four centuries ago, sits silently like a giant boat in the...
Tags: Kenya, Nairobi, Labor, Atlantic slave trade, Forced migration, Slavery, Hospitality Recreation, Racism, African slave trade, Slavery in the United States, Social Issues
Florida farm workers protest at Publix
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Farm workers from Immokalee brought their week-long tour to Tallahassee on Thursday, protesting low wages at their hometown farms where they pick tomatoes. Members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and their supporters gathered outside the Publix...
Tags: Publix, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, farm workers, Tallahassee, Farmworker, Labor, Immokalee Florida, Slavery, Community organizing, Taco Bell, Social Issues
Man sentenced for attempted sex trafficking of child
Kansas City :: KS :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility A federal judge sentenced a Mississippi man to 10 years in federal prison today for attempted commercial sex trafficking of a child.Christopher M. Cockrell, 34, of Amory, Miss., pleaded guilty in July after he answered an online ad, posted by undercover...
Tags: Kansas City, Human trafficking, Labor, Slavery, Human rights abuses, Crimes, Crimes against humanity, Law Crime
Warrants: Fayetteville girl killed same day she was taken
Fayetteville :: NC :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Authorities say a 5-year-old girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home. Arrest warrants released today say Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing. Authorities embarked...
Tags: Shaniya Davis, N.C, North Carolina, Fayetteville Police, carolina girl, old north, old girl, degree murder, search warrant, Mario Andrette McNeill, Fayetteville, Clan MacNeil, McNeill, Surnames, Law Crime, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Sex trade, Prostitution, Human sexuality, Rape, Rudy Giuliani, UNICEF, Ann Veneman, Child labour, Slavery, Human trafficking, Prostitution of children, Sexual slavery, Sex crimes, Crimes against humanity, Sanford North Carolina, Cumberland County North Carolina, Fayetteville North Carolina, Fayetteville North Carolina metropolitan area, Social Issues
African chiefs urged to apologise for slave trade
Accra :: Ghana | 3 days ago
Credibility African tribal leaders have been ordered to apologise for the role of their ancestors in the transatlantic trade. Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA Traditional African rulers whose ancestors collaborated with European and Arab slave traders should follow Britain...
Tags: slave trade, anning apology, traditional rulers, African Leadership Academy, Africa Human Right Heritage, african chiefs, Nigeria Civil Rights Congress, Henry Bonsu, Britain Shackles, Ghana, Accra, Labor, Atlantic slave trade, Forced migration, Slavery, Arab slave trade, Racism, African slave trade, Slavery in the United States, Social Issues, Politics
Bail for woman accused of trafficking sex slaves
Canberra :: Australia | 4 days ago
Credibility Watcharaporn Nantahkhum from Kambah is facing a number of charges including possessing a slave, operating a brothel and allowing an unlawful non-citizen to work...Robert Phillip Dick, 55, from West Preston in Victoria has also been charged in connection...
Tags: Australia, Canberra, Magistrate, Bail, Law Crime, Human trafficking, Sex trade, Sexual slavery, Kambah Australian Capital Territory, Crimes against humanity, Sex crimes, Slavery
Balancing history — Dred and Harriet Scott plaque dedicated at City Hall
Frederick :: MD :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Co-worker remembered by colleagues A white rocking chair decorated with a black bow sits motionless next to a vase of fading purple flowers in the garden shop of the Wal-Mart store at 1811 Monocacy Blvd. Mom flexes her muscles Chrissy Makosy ran indoor...
Tags: Roger Brooke Taney, Dred Scott, U.S. Supreme Court, granite pedestal, chief justice, Frederick City Hall, Frederick, Frederick Maryland, Linganore High School, Scott, Wal-Mart, Hospitality Recreation, Frederick County Maryland, Washington metropolitan area, American Civil War, Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court cases of the American Civil War, Slavery in the United States, Roger B. Taney, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Social Issues, Slavery, Human Interest, War Conflict, Calvert County Maryland
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