Monday, January 17, 2011

Global human trafficking roundup (January 15-17, 2011)

NORTH AMERICA

New Hampshire: Child pornography is high on the new list of New Hampshire law enforcement. One strategic assessment report states that child pornography is becoming more violent and increasing in number.

Ohio: A critic says while anti-human trafficking law implementation is a good start, much needs to be done more to combat human trafficking. He further urges the lawmakers and public to treat child trafficking victims as victims, instead of criminals. Also, the business must be held accountable for forced labor of their employees.

New York: The founder of Stop Child Trafficking Now (CTNow) says that pornography fuels sex trafficking of children. She says more children are victimized by child trafficking partly because of child pornography, which is in great demand. She also says that her organization wants not only bring awareness but also go after perpetrators to combat human trafficking.

LATIN AMERICA

Argentina: Police rescued 133 seasonal working employed by a Dutch company living in a condition that "resembles poor concentration camp." Police also arrested seven executives for forced labor and fined the company more than $160,000. The workers used a pesticide container for bath and two holes for toilets. They also had no electricity and were forbidden fro leaving the plantation.

EUROPE

Russia: Russian investigators arrested members of an international human trafficking gang that trafficked hundreds of women to Western European countries. Police charged three people with human trafficking made up of Russian and Greek citizens. The gang recruited women under the pretense of job recruitment agency and forced them into prostitution upon their arrival in their destination countries.

UK: Romanian couple were sentenced to two and a half years in jail for forcing their seven children to beg and steal. The children are in the age between 2 and 16. When the police found the children, they were sleeping on the floor in their home.
ASIA

India: Police rescued nine people, including teenagers. The investigation began after the police received a tip that suspects recruited a minor in connection to the Australian killing case in Zambles. The rescued victims were in the age between 14 and 20.



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