Hawaii: A report reveals sex trade in Waikiki. With its high turn over tourist population, many girls are prostituted on the street. According to the report, though some of them are local recruits, many of them are from out of town. Many victims live with physical and emotional abuse but are afraid of asking for help.
New Jersey: A man is accused of offering a 14 year old boy money in exchange for sex. He allegedly showed pornographic images to the 14 year old boy and offered him money for sexual favor according to the prosecutor. The 64 year old man is now facing charges on endangering child's welfare and promoting prostitution.
EUROPE
Luxembourg: ECPAT, a nonprofit organization to fight child trafficking and sexual exploitation of children, says Luxembourg government does little to fight human trafficking. According to the report, the organization severely criticized that the government makes no effort of raising awareness nor educating public and government officials to fight against human trafficking.
UK: Campaign against sex trafficking says crackdown on brothels is vital to combat trafficking in Britain. The Poppy Project urged police to prioritized brothels as urgent target as an environment of human trafficking.
ASIA
China: Authority announced that more than 9000 children were rescued as a result of nationwide campaign against human trafficking. In particular, Chinese microblog found by a professor in Beijing further helped missing children reunite with their parents.
India: Police rescued five teenage girls and arrested their trafficker. The arrest is made during the raid at a Bus stop. Police also seized cash from each victim who told the police that the man was transporting them from Orissa to Uttar Paradesh.
Australia: A pimp was fined $3000 after pleading guilty to running an illegal prostitution. He pleaded guilty to nine counts of procuring and other related charges. He also pleaded guilty to possessing child exploitation materials.
AFRICA
Nigeria: Immigration officer captured two people who were attempting to cross the border with three people, including a female. They allegedly were heading to Italy without proper immigration documents. The authority is still investigating whether there is human trafficking involved.
South Africa: Police arrested two Chinese women and rescued two victims. The two Chinese women were forced the victims into prostitution at a massage parlor. The victims were tied up with nylon straps at the time of rescue.
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