By host on 12/31/2005 12:41 AM

Despite recent crackdowns, there is still a large problem with child sex tourism and human trafficking in Mexico, particularly in the resorts of Acapulco and Cancun as well as border cities such as Ciudad Juarez. The numbers of child victims of comme Read More »

By host on 12/30/2005 12:44 AM

A Hungarian couple were arrested on December 26th in England’s Stanstead Airport, accused of trafficking women into forced prostitution. The arrest of Andrea Kinga Borcsok, 27, and Atilla Makai, 21 is thought to be linked to the raids on Cuddles mass Read More »

By host on 12/28/2005 11:59 PM

A court in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro, has sentenced 10 members of a human trafficking gang to prison terms. The “Pancevo group”, named after the Serbian town they operated out of, were found guilty of deceiving women with offers of good jobs and th Read More »

By host on 12/28/2005 12:04 AM

A court in Ogun State, Nigeria has sentenced two Republic of Benin nationals to seven years in prison for human trafficking. Jean Adafayi (21) and Gilbert Ganysode (33) decieved four young girls, two from Togo, one from Ghana and one from the Republi Read More »

By host on 12/26/2005 1:33 PM

An Indian national is asking to be recognised as a victim of human trafficking in Israel. The woman claims that she was held in conditions of slavery as she worked as a domestic servant in Tel Aviv. The NGO Hotline for Migrant Workers has written to Read More »

By host on 12/23/2005 11:21 AM

Police in Suriname are investigating an alleged case of human trafficking. Brothel owner Henry Kunath has been arrested in the city of Paramaribo on charges of embezzlement and people trafficking. Police are investigating claims that Kunath invited a Read More »

By host on 12/22/2005 11:24 AM

A recent report by NGOs Fundajia Romana Pentru Copii Communitate Si Familie and Casa Dei Diritti Sociali Focus and sponsored by the international NGO Terre Des Hommes has shown that many hundreds of children are being trafficked into prostitution, be Read More »

By host on 12/21/2005 4:15 PM

Police in Russia have detained five men on charges of trafficking children as sex slaves. It is alleged that the gang operated in the Russian Urals region for several years. As part of the police operation, a police officer bought a 15 year old boy f Read More »

By host on 12/20/2005 11:31 AM

The National Council of German Women’s Organisations is concerned that the World Cup in June will see thousands of women and children being trafficked into the country from Eastern Europe to be used as prostitutes. Berlin alone already has 10,000 pro Read More »

By host on 12/19/2005 10:57 AM

The US government is proposing that the US linked Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas be used as a safe haven for Vietnamese victims of human trafficking. The plan is that the victims be allowed to stay on the pacific islands in order to recover fr Read More »

By host on 12/16/2005 2:08 PM

The US House of Representatives has passed Rep. Chris Smith's (R-NJ)\r\nTrafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act. This ensures that\r\nthe existing act does not lapse and will also secure more funding for\r\nthe global fight against human t Read More »

By host on 12/16/2005 2:07 PM

Chinese national has been convicted of sex trafficking in the pacific\r\nisland state of Palau. "Defendant Song Jie voluntarily, intelligently\r\nand knowingly entered a guilty plea to two counts of exploiting a\r\ntrafficked person," the court said. Read More »

By host on 12/14/2005 7:33 PM

The United Nations Children's fund UNICEF has warned that millions of children are at increased risk of human trafficking because the governments of their countries are not even aware that they exist. In its annual report on the State of the World's Read More »

By host on 12/13/2005 11:35 AM

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has adopted a decision “Ensuring the Highest Standards of Conduct and Accountability of Persons Serving on International Missions and Forces.” The decision was made at the OSCE’s minister Read More »

By host on 12/12/2005 10:44 PM

A Russian woman has pleaded guilty to trafficking her niece into forced prostitution in the United States. The woman, Alena Okhotina, 35, invited her niece to come to the Los Angeles and paid for her travel, but on arrival she took her passport from Read More »

By host on 12/9/2005 5:42 PM

The first person to appear on charges of trafficking people into forced labour in Northern Ireland has appeared before a court in the town of Colraine. The 22 year old Polish national is accused of kidnapping, false imprisonment, and causing grievous Read More »

By host on 12/8/2005 11:43 AM

The large scale trafficking of children from Yemen to Saudi Arabia to beg or find jobs is still continuing according to the UN. “The exact figure is difficult to ascertain because it’s a clandestine business and the children don’t go through official Read More »

By host on 12/7/2005 10:43 AM

John Miller, Director of the US State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, has urged the Philippines to convict and jail more human traffickers. On Monday two traffickers were sentenced to life in prison in the southern c Read More »

By host on 12/6/2005 11:09 AM

A US Justice department report has named twelve cities as hubs for child trafficking from which the children are moved around the country. The cities are San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, New Orleans, Miami, Atlanta, New York, Read More »

By host on 12/5/2005 10:34 AM

Child welfare organisations in South Africa have warned that unless the country toughens laws against paedophilia, it will continue to grow in popularity for sex tourists. The warning comes after a paedophile, Peter Zimmerman, was only asked to pay R Read More »