Oregon: The legislators are considering a bill to get tough on child prostitution. The bill, if implemented, would impose a $20,000 fine for people convicted of paying for sex with a minor. Also, according to the bill, the lack of knowledge of a minor cannot be a defense to an offender.
Massachusetts: A new bill is proposed to combat human trafficking. The bill, if implemented, will establish human trafficking for sexual or labor exploitation as a crime in Massachusetts. The sponsors say that the bill will give a tool to law enforcement to investigate and prosecute human trafficking.
California: A trafficking survivor speaks up about her past. She was sold by her own mother from Belize to Fresno, California when she was 11 years old. She was also forced into domestic servitude, cleaning and caring for a family with four children for a decade. She also endured physical and psychological abuse. One advocate says that her organization has identified 24 victims in Fresno county last year.
EUROPE
Italy: Thousands of Nigerian women are forced into prostitution in Italy. One 19 year old victim says that she left Nigeria for Europe to find a better life five years ago. Then, a man brought her a ticket to Amsterdam to work at a department store, but she was fired in a day because her document was false. She then met another Nigerian woman at a refugee center who promised her to take care of her. But, the woman forced her into prostitution in Italy when she was only a minor.
ASIA
The Philippines: Trafficking conviction doubled in eight months under the current administration, according to the report. So far, the Filipino court made convictions in 39 cases.
AFRICA
Ghana: ILO report says that over 200 million children are exploited with child labor worldwide. The report says that children are exploited with child prostitution, stone quarrying, and mining. Also, though the number of child labor is decreasing in other parts of the world, the report says that the situation is getting worse in Africa.
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