Pennsylvania: Experts say that training is the first step to fight against human trafficking. Representative from nonprofits working to fight against human trafficking and child prostitution spoke in front of law enforcement and social service individuals during the all day training.
Alabama: Another suspect was arrested in connection to the human trafficking case at Homewood motel. Police said that the victim was the daughter and the granddaughter of the two suspects. And, police arrested the male suspect last Friday. They all were charged with sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12 and human trafficking.
Ohio: Lucas County in Toledo offers John schools to first time offender soliciting prostitution. The program coordinator says that most johns believe that prostitution is victimless crime. But, they do not realize what they are doing and that they could be facing serious charges if the woman was a minor. The county opened john school last summer and modeled it after those in other cities in Ohio.
ASIA
The Philippines: Department of Justice charged an immigration officer for human trafficking. He allegedly worked with human trafficking syndicates. The Department of Justice claimed that the immigration officer facilitated human trafficking by allowing seven passengers to travel without properly inspecting travel documents.
Malaysia: Police is investigating that an Indian politician and a Malaysian Pakistani nationale used a nonprofit to trafficking people. Last week, police received a tip from the Indian police that four Indian nationals were held with bonded labor in Malaysia and recent sent back to their village. Police were also informed that there are four more Indian workers enslaved in Malaysia.
China: Police escorted a 42 year old woman from the Philippines to China for sex trafficking women. She allegedly trafficked women and forced them into prostitution in Chongqing Municipality between 1994 and 2009. After the police began the investigation, she fled to the Philippines in 2009. Many victims were physically abused when trying to escape the woman's human trafficking ring. One victim was imprisoned at a house for six years.
AFRICA
Angola: IOM representative said that human trafficking occurs more in developing countries. She also argued that traffickers targets family with no prospective livelihood by feeding them with false hopes to turn them into hostages.
Accept a victim of sex trafficking in your life
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