New York: New York doctor is held in prison in Cambodia for molesting a 14 year old boy. He went to Cambodia for volunteer work at a children's hospital. He was arrested in February for purchasing sex from a minor. If convicted, the doctor could face up to 15 years in jail.
Tennessee: Two Nashville men are charged with child prostitution and child porn. The two were arrested after the law enforcement saw the online advertisement for commercial sex of a minor on Backpage.com. The investigators said that one of the men was a photographer, and another was involved in exploitation.
Rhode Island: The UAE colonel case reflects growing problem of human trafficking in New England. One ICE officer says that ICE launched 651 investigation last year, more than twice the number in 2006.
Washington: Governor signed a bill to step up its effort to fight against human trafficking. The new bill expands the definition of human trafficking to include, forced labor, involuntary servitude, commercial sexual abuse of minor, and criminal sex acts. Law enforcement says that current human trafficking statute makes it harder for them to prosecute traffickers. They hope that the new statute will give clearer definition of the crime and make it easier to prosecute traffickers.
EUROPE
Russia: Thirteen international gang members were charged with trafficking women for prostitution abroad. The defendants include Russian, Israeli, and Moldovan citizens. Also, one of the gang members was a retired top intelligence officer from Russian government. They will be sentenced on Monday at the Moscow district office.
ASIA
UAE: UAE authority sees increasing number of human trafficking cases at courts. According to the annual report, the number of human trafficking cases prosecuted in 2010 were 58, up from 43 cases in 2009. The report also said that labor trafficking cases more common than sex trafficking cases last year.
AFRICA
Kenya: Corruption gives rise to human trafficking of children in Kenya. Many young girls and infants become primary targets of human trafficking to Western Europe. Though children go missing, police takes a little or no actions to fight against the crime. Also, the Kenyan law treats people who have been missing for more than seven years as deceased.
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