By host on 5/29/2007 3:08 PM

Bahraini Development Minister Dr Fatima Al Balooshi has denied that the country has a problem with human trafficking. The minister claimed that the Bahraini government had taken all legal measures against human trafficking and had set up a social pro Read More »

By host on 5/24/2007 4:27 PM

New York State is set to make human trafficking a felony punishable by up to 25 years in jail. There are also plans to provide additional support for victims who have been rescued. With the US State Department estimating that up to 20,000 people are Read More »

By host on 5/17/2007 6:51 PM

A millionaire couple were arrested on federal charges that they kept two Indonesian women as slaves in their swank Long Island home for more than five years, beating and abusing them and paying them almost nothi Read More »

By host on 5/15/2007 10:47 AM

Indian Minister for Women and Children Renuka Chowdhury has said that the Indian government has decided to impose a ban on women under the age of 30 travelling to Gulf states, parts of Africa and southeast Asia, if they plan to become domestic maids, Read More »

By host on 5/14/2007 9:38 AM

In 2003 Thailand passed a law against the trafficking of women and children, but now more stories about the trafficking of men from the country are emerging. The National Human Rights Commission has reported that in July 2003 six fishing trawlers sai Read More »

By host on 5/9/2007 9:45 AM

Macedonian police have arrested a trafficker and rescued 14 young girls from forced prostitution in the area of Tetovo, one of whom was only 15 years old. All of the girls were Macedonian citizens, apart from one who was Serbian. Six of the victims w Read More »

By host on 5/7/2007 3:19 PM

The Red Light Destrict in Amsterdam is a tourist attraction, but most girls behind the windows are being threatened, abused and exploited. The Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant has reported that three quarters of the window prostitutes in the Netherlands Read More »

By host on 5/7/2007 10:44 AM

A court in Haifa, Israel has sentenced a brothel owner in the city to five years in jail for selling a woman to a brothel in Acre. He sold her in return for part of the profits the brothel made from her exploitation. He later sold two more women to t Read More »

By host on 5/4/2007 12:12 PM

Hui Feng Zhu, aged 24, of Manchester, England, has been found guilty of trafficking two young Brazilian women, aged 19 and 21 at the time, into forced prostitution in Portsmouth in the south of England. He had promised them jobs in a restaurant, but Read More »

By host on 4/24/2007 2:12 PM

Two women have been arrested in the Azerbaijan capital Baku, on charges of trafficking women into sexual exploitation in both the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. The Azerbaijan In Read More »

By host on 4/23/2007 3:09 PM

Ten Bulgarians have been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking. The men are accused of trafficking at least 105 Bulgarian girls into France during the years 2002 to 20056, whe Read More »

By host on 4/18/2007 9:36 AM

Four Russian citizens have been charged with sex trafficking in Sweden, and twenty Swedish men have been charged with buying sex. In Sweden, the law prosecutes the client not the p Read More »

By host on 4/17/2007 2:43 PM

There is a growing number of Mongolian women being trafficked into forced marriages with Chinese men. The women lose all rights in their new country, are often beaten and forbidden Read More »

By host on 4/16/2007 10:14 AM

Ireland has signed the European Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, a major step forward for a country that is still formulating its first legislation on the subject. Following a growing realisation that there was a problem with Read More »

By host on 4/13/2007 4:48 PM

John Miller, former US ambassador at large on the issue of human trafficking, has accused the UN of not doing enough to halt sexual abuse by peacekeeping forces. "It's very hard to take the lead (in combating human trafficking) when you are one of th Read More »

By host on 4/12/2007 2:09 PM

In Finland, the Directorate of Immigration has granted a residence permit to a victim of human trafficking, under new legislation, which came into force last August. Under this legislation a residence permit can even be granted if human trafficking c Read More »

By host on 4/11/2007 11:39 PM

What are thought to be human body parts, found in a bag in Bindura, Zimbabwe, point to the growing problem of human trafficking in the country. Some believe that human body parts can increase the success of business ventures, and as these body parts Read More »

By host on 4/10/2007 9:13 AM

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong has highlighted the growing problem of human trafficking in his country. While speaking at a conference on the subject, he urged the government to develop an action plan for 2007 – 2010. The ministry Read More »

By host on 4/9/2007 9:47 PM

Police in Spain have arrested 7 people for allegedly trafficking at least 40 young Russian women into forced prostitution in the country, after offering them jobs, for which the victims also paid $2,675. The suspects, who are from Albania, Russia, K Read More »

By host on 4/5/2007 11:04 AM

In Washington yesterday, Brian Forbes, a US citizen, pleaded guilty to six charges related to his involvement in a sex trafficking ring. The ring trafficked children and young adult women into sexual exploitation within the US. His victims were Ameri Read More »