NORTH AMERICA
New Mexico: A man is convicted of trafficking a woman into prostitution. This was the first conviction through the state's human trafficking legislation in New Mexico. He admitted to coerced the victim into prostitution at a local motel by using threats, force, and coercion. He is facing three year jail term.
Tennessee: Police arrested five people from Columbia on human trafficking charges. Police also stated that Nathaniel Roberts used Backpage.com to advertise victims. He also boasted that he learned $100,000 as a pimp on MySpace.
Nevada: Cab drivers benefit from providing transportation to prostitutes and customers to message parlors, brothels, etc. in Las Vegas. According to the report, a $140 massage at a parlor can result $70 in a driver's pocket. Cab drivers also benefit from sex industry by bringing tourists to the brothels and clubs, where they can receive profits the most. According to the report, IRS is making the drivers accountable for the fast cash generated from delivering prostitutes.
LATIN AMERICA
Jamaica: Twin sisters were denied on bail after being arrested for allegedly prostituting a teenage girl. According to the report, the teenage victim ran away form her home to live with the twins who introduced her to a man. The man later took her to his home and forced her to have sex with other men at his house. Police also arrested the three men who had sex with the victim. But, the men were offered bail in the amount of $100,000.
EUROPE
Bulgaria: Police arrested an Italian man who pimped on women in France. According to the report, he appeared at a court in Strasburg for his trial in 2005. But, he moved to Italy then Bulgaria in order to avoid the four year jail term in France. After the arrest, he however requested a voluntary extradition to France to Bulgarian police.
The Netherlands: A 27 year old man was arrested for abusing more than 50 children for child pornography. He worked as a substitute carer at a daycare in Armsterdam and advertised babysitting job on internet. The investigation began after a number of child pornography generated from the Netherlands were found in the U.S.
ASIA
Nepal: A 24 year old man was charged with trafficking a 17 year old girl and sold her to a brothel in Mumbai. He pleaded guilty to luring the victim with a promise of a marriage and a lucrative job and sold her to sex trade in India.
AFRICA
South Africa: A 32 year old Nigerian man was arrested on human trafficking charges. He allegedly lured a 18 year old girl with a promise of a job as a house sitter. But, when she arrived in Durban, he drugged her at his apartment, where she was supposed to work as a house sitter. After she was drugged with cocaine, he forced her into prostitution. He was denied the bail.
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