Texas: A 36 year old man pleaded guilty to sex trafficking young women. According to the report, he recruited young women, especially vulnerable single mothers from troubled backgrounds and forced them into prostitution. He also required each woman to meet a daily quota and wire the funds to his account. Under the terms of the plea agreement, he is facing 30 year long prison sentence.
District of Columbia: Two U.S. Senators introduced a bill to fight against sex trafficking in the U.S. The senators argue that Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act will give law enforcement the tools and funding to investigate, prosecute, and incarcerate pimps and traffickers. It would also authorize block grants of 2-2.5 million dollars to six locations considered as major hubs of sex trafficking.
California: A man was convicted of pimping on teenage girls in San Francisco, Oakland, Reno, and other cities. He was convicted of forcing two teenagers in the age of 14 and 16 into prostitution in 2006. Because of his previous conviction in Nevada for pandering, he was sentenced to life in prison.
LATIN AMERICA
Argentina: Many farm workers live in a slavery conditions, according to the report, They are forced to work 14 hours a day and live in a mud-floored dorms or sheet material trailers with no water and electricity available. Also, they only receive a small compensation after the costs of food, clothing, and transportation were deducted from the wages.
EUROPE
Portugal: More than 31,000 people signed a petition to fight against child sex trafficking in the country. The petition is aimed at urging the lawmaker to strengthen the measure against child traffickers and was part of Body Shop campaign against child trafficking.
UK: A retired doctor was found guilty of enslaving an African woman. She was convicted of forcing the African woman into sleeping on the kitchen floor and feeding her two slices of bread a day, etc. for three and a half years. The doctor also confiscated the victim's passport and kept her belongings locked in the backyard. The doctor was sentenced to nine months in jail and ordered to pay 25,000 pounds to the victim.
ASIA
Thailand: Surrogate rings are trafficking foreign women to bear children for wealthy couples in Thailand. The ring is spread out through South Asian countries, such as Vietnam, Cambodia, Taiwan, and Thailand. Just last month, the police rescued 20 Vietnamese women and arrested four individuals who trafficked these women.
India: Police rescued sixteen girls in the age between two and seven years old from brothels in Mandaur district. According to the report, the girls were from Bachhras tribes, in which the families keep tradition of selling the first daughters to prostitution to receive financial support. The little girls were held in captivity so they can prostitute when entering puberty.
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