Washington: Police nets two pimps who allegedly forced a 16 year old girl into prostitution. Police also charged a 55 year old state employee for purchasing sex from a minor. He admitted that he paid $400 to a man he called Prince to have sex with the 16 year old victim.
Oregon: Police denies previous statistics that police find two cases of child trafficking on daily basis. The controversy involves a news release citing police statistics after the mayor of Portland claimed that the city is a hub of human trafficking. The supervisor of police sex crime unit later said that the statistics is unreliable because police doesn't track down such statistics.
District of Columbia: Coalition of women's groups urges legislators to find easier ways to enforce the current anti-human trafficking law. The new bill will give law enforcements a stronger tools to fight against human trafficking by helping police convict traffickers. The current legislation requires police to "get consent from both parties being recorded to get recorded voice evidence for human-trafficking cases", and the new bill aims to eliminate such requirement.
Ohio: Two Russian women were charged with promoting prostitution and practicing medicine without license. Police is still investigating whether possible human trafficking ring is involved the case. According to the police, thought the advertisement only offered massage service, it suggested commercial sexual service.
ASIA
India: A human trafficking survivor launches an anti-human trafficking organization. She was trafficked and subject to physical and psychological abuse by her employer about 30 years ago. When she was sold again to adoption agency by her employer, she was sent to Canada then the U.S., where her adoptive parents helped her be healed. In New Delhi, young girls escaping from anti-Christian violence are preyed by traffickers for sexual exploitation. More than four girls are trafficked to Delhi, where they were sold to the placement agency. According to the report, police found two of the victims, and one of them returned home. However, the last one is still missing.
AFRICA
Ghana: Three siblings appeared before the court for trafficking 10 girls to Nigeria for prostitution. According to the report, the victims were also forced to sell "porridge kooko" during the day and turn over the profits to the traffickers.
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