Colorado: A CEO was indicted on human trafficking charges. He allegedly brought foreign nurses from abroad to work as teachers at a false college. Upon arrival, however, he forced them into working at long term care facilities. He is currently released on bond. Law makers attempt to make prosecution of traffickers easier. The senate committee unanimously passed the bill HB 12-1151 to grant victims better rights and prosecutors easier to convict traffickers.
Texas: Authorities face challenges in collecting statewide data on human trafficking. The lack of uniform reporting system hinders policymakers from measuring the scope of the problem to invent better policy mechanisms.
EUROPE
Germany: Thai police said that they arrested a 61 years old pimp from Germany. The arrest came about after the police received a tip from an under age victim who was prostituted in his prostitution ring. The German man and his Thai partner allegedly were running a prostitution ring at a club in Soi Kaonoi. The investigation continues.
Norway: Three Filipino nurses were rescued from a trafficking ring. A couple running a furniture company recruited three nurses from the Philippines with a promise of a job at Olsen Hospital in Norway. According to the report the nurses were forced to borrow money and pay off the loans to the recruiters from wage deduction.
ASIA
Australia: Australian Federal police raises awareness of human trafficking. AFP reports that it rescued more than 200 people from human trafficking incidents in the past. It also hopes that more officers are aware of human trafficking in the country.
China: Police rescued 24,000 women and children from trafficking rings last year. Over all, police rescued over 8000 children and 15,000 women, and caught 3195 traffickers in 2011. The highlights of police arrests in 2011 includes a trafficking ring bust of women to Angola.
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