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He seemed hopeless and anxious two years ago, when FTS South Asia Director Supriya Awasthi first met him.
Supriya was visiting the Indian village of Bahari, where residents had broken free from slavery at a brick kiln. The villagers helped Munnu escape too.
But he was distraught and depressed because his family was still enslaved. The slaveholder had taken his 10-year-old son to his house, and Munnu had lost contact.
Bahari residents had organized a community vigilance committee to ensure that...
ECPAT USA applauds the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission upon its release of anti-sex trafficking video that is now mandatory viewing for all cabbies.
The nine-minute video, believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, explains that it is illegal to refuse a fare based upon a person’s appearance or gender. “On one hand we want to make sure the taxi drivers don’t become part of criminal activity, on the other hand it’s not their job to be doing profiling of any kind and you don’t...
Thai police will now be equipped with a detailed manual helping them identify and address human trafficking, a growing crime in many countries that involves forced labor or sexual exploitation. The Solidarity Center provided technical and financial support to the Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF) for the project. The HRDF then engaged in a series of lengthy consultations with a range of Thai government agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to compile the 346-page...
We see slavery and trafficking stories throughout the world each week. It’s great news that journalists and bloggers are exposing the problem of slavery, and examining solutions to it. Awareness creates momentum for change. Here are 10 top stories that caught our eye:
1. Lancaster Online. “North Star Initiative formed to fight sex trafficking.” http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/797578_North-Star-Initiative-formed-to-fight-sex-trafficking.html#ixzz2GvHNy7Pv
2. The Voice of Russia [audio...
Human trafficking, both for labor and sex, is among the largest and fastest-growing criminal enterprises in the world. Labor trafficking dominates much of the world economy, and accounts for upwards of two-thirds of the estimated 27 million people enslaved today. Sex trafficking, the more common form in the United States, depends on the willingness of men to pay for sex, and all too often from minors.
Trafficking exists in every state in our nation, in every major city and, in many cases,...
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