Scope of Human Trafficking Remains Largely Unknown "We operate in an information fog," Antonio Maria Costa, director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, told reporters last month. more >>DW World-DE
UN's Fight Against Moldova Sex SlaveryMoldova is among the countries singled out as the worst offenders, but Chisinau will not officially collaborate with Tiraspol to help diminish the problem. more >>Tiraspol Times
Human Trafficking Fight Steps up a GearEuropean efforts to crack down on human trafficking and protect victims appear to be bearing fruit. more >>NZZ Online
Woman tells Students of own Human Trafficking OrdealIn high school, Theresa Flores was an upper-middle-class teenager who did well in school and ran track. Underneath Flores had a secret: She was a victim of modern-day human trafficking. more >>The Advocate
Some Hope for Victims of Human TraffickingWhile there has never been a human trafficking conviction in Hamilton, police are certain it does exist here. more >>Hamilton Spectator
Egypt Works As "Middle Man" In Human TraffickingHassan Eissa said "street children are a phenomena that has existed in Egypt for many years, still in the last 10 years it has spread wide and they are estimated to be 3 million kids now." more >>AHN
Authorities 'Failing to Stop Child Trafficking'A lack of police and immigration officers is allowing the trafficking of children into Northern Ireland. more >>Belfast Today News
Human Trafficking Investigation Leads to Johnson County RaidsAuthorities rescued 15 women from Johnson County businesses that an FBI spokesman characterized as massage parlors. more >>Kansas City Star
Crackdown on Organized ProstitutionA series of police raids on Tuesday resulted in ten arrests in a Bulgarian prostitution ring. more >>Aftenposten
Trafficking of African Women is ThrivingTrafficking of women from west Africa to Europe for sexual exploitation is thriving amid inaction from African governments. more >>IOL
The Misery of Male SlaveryAmid despair at the trafficking of women and children, men too are being treated as less than sub-human. more >>The Nation
Brazil's Ethanol Slaves 200,000 migrant sugar cutters who prop up the renewable energy boom. more >>Guardian
Chad Signs Deal to Demobilise Child SoldiersChad pledged on Wednesday to work to demobilise hundreds of child soldiers fighting in the ranks of the government army and rebel groups across the conflict-torn central African country. more >>Reuters
Modern-Day Comfort Women Face a Hell on EarthLee Ok-sun was 16 when she was grabbed off a dark street, tied up by two men and thrown into a truck with 5 other girls. more >> Asia Sentinal
Islamic Slavery in SudanThe ICC this week issued warrants for the arrest of Ahmed Haroun, the minister for humanitarian affairs of Sudan, and Ali Kosheib, a leader of that country’s notorious janjaweed militia. more >>Human Events.com
Course to Save Hilltribe Girls from Flesh TradeHuman trafficking has been inducted as a course in the school curriculum in some schools in the northern province of Chiang Rai to prevent hilltribe girls from being lured into the flesh trade. more >>Bangkok Post
Brothel Owner Sentenced to Five Years in Jail for Human TraffickingA Haifa District Court on Sunday sentenced a brothel owner to five years in prison for human trafficking and pandering. more >>Haaretz.com
Of Human BondageThe girl was forced to work from 4am to midnight every day, serving 50-year-old Wipaporn Songmeesap and her family of six. more >>Bangkok Post
Human Smuggling and Trafficking in the era of GlobalizationThe increasing incidents of human smuggling and trafficking in the wake of the arrest of an MP belonging to the Bhartiya Janata Party have become a major topic of discussion. more >>ZNet
Man Guilty of Human TraffickingA 24-year-old man has been found guilty of trafficking two Brazilian women into the UK to make them work in a brothel. more >>BBC News
Human Smuggling and Human Trafficking in SomaliaHuman smuggling continues unabated from the northeast coast of Puntland, Somalia, resulting in the death of hundreds of Ethiopians and Somalis. more >>Reliefweb
Child Pornography and Human Trafficking: Cancun's Dark SideA conversation with human rights activist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro on the coastal city's violence and abuses -- and her lifelong mission to combat them. more >>Alternet
Child Soldiers: "A Four-Foot Tall Killing Machine"From Sierra Leone to Congo, from Afghanistan to Kosovo, child soldiers are the war weapon of choice, "easily manipulated, intensely loyal, fearless and, most important, in endless supply." more >>Reuters
NGOs Concerned at Lack of Action to Release Child SoldiersLocal child protection agencies in Nepal are concerned over the lack of action to trace and release child soldiers in the country. more >>Reuters
