Tennessee: Law enforcement receives applaud for dismantling a human trafficking ring preyed on girls nationwide. According to the report, the persistent effort of law enforcement in Nashville charges most of gang members selling Minnesota girls to sex trade in Tennessee. Report also states that girls as young as twelve years old were enslaved in sex industry for more than a decade while some of them were sold for as little as a bottle of brandy.
North Carolina: A local church uses holidays to support human trafficking victims around the world. On Christmas day, The pastor shared a sermon on human trafficking victims around the world, which led the congregation to raise $128,000 for trafficking victims.
Michigan: Advocates call for tougher measures against human trafficking. One advocate says that Michigan is particularly vulnerable to human trafficking as an agricultural and a border state. Another advocate pointed out that lack of awareness among public and law enforcement authorities are another reason why many victims are not rescued in Michigan.
EUROPE
UK: A group of nonprofit pressures the authority to adopt EU directive to fight against human trafficking in UK. They argue that hundreds of children are at risk of trafficking for labor and sexual exploitation. The group believes that EU directive, upon adoption, will increase protection of children and prosecution of traffickers. Meanwhile, the UK government announced that it would launch a new plan to combat human trafficking in spring.
AFRICA
Rwanda: The authorities are working to deport Bangladeshi human trafficking victims to their country. A Bangladeshi man was arrested for trafficking 64 men in the age between 20 and 50 years old. Prior to this event, the man was arrested in 2006 for smuggling a group of Bangladeshis in Mozambique.
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