New York: A Queens man is charged for forcing at least three women into prostitution by using violence, threat, and intimidation. According to the law enforcement, he allegedly moved these women across the state lines from New York to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and D.C.
Iowa: Two people are convicted of sex trafficking women, including a 15 year old minor. They emotionally, physically, and mentally abused the women to forced them into prostitution. Mary Crane Horton was sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison and Nate Horton received 14 and a half years in jail.
Texas: An Austin man was arrested for forcing a minor and her adult sister into prostitution in Dallas. He attempted to bring two sisters to Dallas for prostitution. When the older sister refused to the idea that the younger sister would be prostituted, the man physically assaulted her and bit her arm twice to force her teenage sister into prostitution for him inn Dallas.
EUROPE
Ireland: Many migrant women are sexually exploited in Ireland. During the Dublin conference, the speaker stated that approximately 1000 migrant workers are exploited with commercial sex in the country. The conference also recognizes the successful system in Sweden to countermeasure human trafficking and prostitution.
UK: A sex trafficking survivor shares her story as a victim. She was trafficked by a Romanian gangs who were jailed for sex trafficking and related charges. She was 17 year old when she was kidnapped in 2008. The gangs forced her to sleep with at least 12 men a day and turn over the profits to the gangs. She, however said, that at least 1000 girls are forced into sex slavery in Birmingham.
ASIA
South Korea: A Cambodian woman was arrested for cutting off her husband's genital area. According to the family members, the couple often fought since they got married in 2007. He often alleged his wife of having an affair. Domestic violence among international marriage couple in South Korea is common, according to the report.
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