Rhode Island: A New York man was sentenced to 20 years in jail for forcing two women into prostitution. He brought two women from his home town in New York to Rhode Island by luring them with affection and friendship. He then forced the two women into the internet prostitution by advertising them on Backpage.com. Federal judge released the UAE officer who allegedly forced a Filipino maid into unpaid labor on $100,000 cash bail with GPS monitoring. He was indicted on a charge that he persuaded the Filipino woman to come to the U.S. then forced her into labor for seven days a week without pay. He also is charged with providing false documents stating that he paid her $19,000 to federal agents.
Oklahoma: Oklahoma is a hub of human trafficking, according to the report. Its position along the I-40 and I-35 corridor makes it a hub for traffickers smuggling from in and out of Mexico and Texas cities. Also, the social problems in the state, including high poverty and incarceration rates, attract more traffickers to recruit vulnerable women and children to exploit.
Texas: Vietnamese workers filed a lawsuit in federal court against several companies seeking $200 million in damages for exploiting them with labor. The lawsuit accuses several Vietnamese companies of engaging human trafficking with their co-conspirator American companies, Coast to Coast Resources and ILP Agency. The workers claimed that they lured with a promise a job with $15 an hour wage, but was forced into indentured servitude and subject to poor living conditions.
EUROPE
Ireland: Experts say Irish criminals are partnering with foreign gangs in sex trafficking. Many foreign victims are recruited and smuggled by the criminals from their countries, they are often kept in Ireland by the Irish gangs. The victims are also broken down by the gangs from their own countries in order to be sold to Irish gangs, according to the expert.
France: France aims to tackle demand side of sex trafficking and prostitution. Johns face fines of up to 3000 euro ( a little over $4300) and six month jail term, according to the new plan. One MP argued that johns are knowingly and unknowingly supporting sex trafficking by visiting prostitutes and brothels. According to the report, approximately 80% of women in prostitution are minor and 64% of street prostitutes are controlled by pimps.
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The Philippines: The Filipino President announced that the country is now off of U.S. watch list on human trafficking. She also said that the Justice Department and National Prosecution Office made 22 convictions in trafficking cases. The U.S. TIP report attributed the significant progress to the higher conviction and prosecution rates by the law enforcement.
UAE: Two men and a woman were sentenced to five years in jail followed by deportation for forcing a woman into prostitution. The victim was the female defendant's sister that the defendant lured to come to UAE to live with her. The victim testified that she was locked up in an apartment with two other women, raped and forced into prostitution by the defendants.
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