By host on 3/29/2007 9:40 AM

Police in Romania have arrested 6 men who they claim were running a human trafficking gang which sold Romanian women to Turkish citizens in Germany. It is alleged that the women were sold for 5000 Euros ($6,700). They were recruited in villages in th Read More »

By host on 3/21/2007 10:44 AM

An Icelandic man has been arrested in the capital Reykjavík on suspicion of trafficking women into sexual exploitation. A Brazilian woman was arrested for soliciting for sex in local hotels, but after being questioned, she was deported. If this woman Read More »

By host on 3/16/2007 10:06 AM

UK family justice minister Harriet Harman has said that, whilst the UK government is making progress in the fight against human trafficking, more needs to be done to reduce demand for prostitutes, if victims are to be protected. Speaking at the women Read More »

By host on 3/14/2007 5:18 PM

It has long been acknowledged that significant numbers of young women are being trafficked into Israel for sexual exploitation, but now a new trend is emerging – Israeli women being trafficked into forced prostitution in England, Croatia, Singapore, Read More »

By host on 3/12/2007 5:03 PM

Inspector General of Assam Police (CID) Dilip Bora has admitted that his police force is finding it hard to keep pace with the growing problem of human trafficking in Assam, a state in the northeast of India. Speaking to the Assam Tribune, he said;\r Read More »

By host on 2/22/2007 10:08 PM

The Irish NGO Ruhama in co-operation with Stop the Traffik has launched a campaign in Ireland against human trafficking. Ruhama, which provides outreach servi

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By host on 2/19/2007 5:27 PM

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has reported that more people have been trafficked from Ukraine than from any other Eastern European countr Read More »

By host on 2/2/2007 11:04 AM

A conference in Kolkata,

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By host on 2/1/2007 5:02 PM

Two Albanian men have been jailed in Wales for trafficking four Lithuanian women into sexual exploitation in brothels in Cardiff and Birmingham. The women were forced to give Erjon Javori, 32, Arjan Kanani, 22 the £400 they made each day, out of fea Read More »

By host on 1/31/2007 10:33 AM

Three young women aged between 18 and 20 from the Indian city of Vijayawada were rescued from being trafficked into forced prostitution, after being promised jobs in Hyderabad. Four people were arrested in conn

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By host on 1/30/2007 5:22 PM

A woman from Nashville, Tennessee, USA, pleaded guilty Read More »

By host on 1/25/2007 11:58 AM

Police in Italy have made more than 2000 arrests after investigations revealed that hundreds of gangs had trafficked women, children and men into forced prostitution, forced begging and forced labour. Chief Superintendent Chiara Giacomantonio said;\r Read More »

By host on 1/19/2007 12:19 PM

The government of Gambia has made progress in its fight against human trafficking, with the positive enforcement of new anti child trafficking legi

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By host on 1/15/2007 2:57 PM

A Thai woman has been arrested on suspicion of trafficking women into forced prostitution in an unnamed Middle Eastern country. La-iad Kaewdee, 32, was arrested today in Muang Samut Prakan. The Police division Read More »

By host on 1/11/2007 6:03 PM

The Jamaican Child Development Agency has launched a help line for victims of human trafficking and those who have information on human trafficking cases in the country. The number is 1-888-PROTECT or 1-888-776 Read More »

By host on 1/9/2007 6:03 PM

The main defendant in a human trafficking case in Finland has unexpectedly admitted to making Euros 17,000 from the prostitution of 4 Estonian women. The 32 y Read More »

By host on 1/4/2007 11:21 AM

The British Conservative Party has called on the UK Government to sign and ratify the Council of Europe convention on Action Against Trafficking in human beings. The government has been reticent to sign the con

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By host on 1/2/2007 2:39 PM

Bulgaria and Romania have now joined the EU, but they are still struggling with a huge human trafficking problem which could now become worse as borders open up and also as people look towards travelling to oth Read More »

By host on 12/22/2006 1:59 PM

A 22 year old Romanian woman living in Malta has appeared in court on charges of human trafficking. It is alleged that Simona Ortansa Bostan trafficked people Read More »

By host on 12/21/2006 6:00 PM

The European Union and the United Nations Development Plan have agreed to jointly fund efforts by the police in Bangladesh to combat human trafficking, a crime which is rife in the country. Ambassador Stefan Frowein, Head of the Delegation from the C Read More »