Each year, thousands of women, children and men are trafficked into modern day slavery. It may be that, as you travel on business, you see signs of people being forced to sell sex, or work in forced labor. Now you can report in a low-key and simple way, what you have seen. By sending a message through this website, you will enable Business Travellers against Human Trafficking to connect with the appropriate authorities to investigate further.
Business Travellers against Human Trafficking can also supply high quality training and resources to inform you and your staff on how to recognize the signs of human trafficking and what action to take.
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Global news on human trafficking
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3/7/2008 11:34 AM
A total of 34 people, mostly from Vietnam, went on trial in southern Sweden on Tuesday accused of trafficking people from Vietnam to Sweden, judicial sources said.\r\nThe suspects are accused of "having set up a human trafficking ring, fraud ... and
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3/7/2008 11:32 AM
A Fort Lauderdale federal jury on Tuesday convicted a south Florida mother and daughter on slavery charges for keeping a teenage girl from Haiti in servitude for six years.\r\nAfter deliberating 51/2 hours, the jury of six men and six women convicted
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2/14/2008 11:35 AM
Four men between age 20 and 34 have been arrested by the dutch police after two bulgarian women pressed charges for forcing then into prostitution. They were arrested in different locations in Holland.
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2/13/2008 11:06 AM
More than 1200 organisations from all over the world are gathered in Vienna to discuss the "human trafficking" issue.\r\nThe conference will take 3 days. In this time NGO's goverments and even victims of trafficking will speak. Stop The Traffik has p
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2/7/2008 9:50 AM
A man, born in Curaçao, is beinig held on charges of forced prostitution of several women in the Netherlands. The man will be transferred to the Netherlands as soon as possible. (source, www.telegraaf.nl, article now deleted)
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1/4/2008 3:47 PM
In the UK, the opposition Conservative party called for the government to do more to fight human trafficking. Despite co-ordinated police efforts against this crime, the actual number of convictions of traffickers under the sexual Offences Act 2003 d
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1/4/2008 12:02 PM
Nine trafficked children were returned to their parents in central China on Thursday in a rare success story in a nation where population controls have led to rampant child-trafficking, state media reported on Thursday.\r\n\r\nPolice detained 10 suspects after the abduction of nine children in Henan province early last month.\r\n\r\nThe gang was led by Ye Zengxi, his son, daughter-in-law, and his brother.
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12/14/2007 8:12 PM
By HENRY SANDERSON The Associated Press BEIJING -- Cross-border human trafficking for forced labor and prostitution is a growing problem along
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12/13/2007 1:54 AM
MUMBAI: The 30-year-old son of a restaurant owner here has been arrested b
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12/5/2007 7:50 PM
SACRAMENTO -- California is a top destination for human traffickers who coerce people into the sex trade or hard labor through force or fraud, according to an 18-month government study released Tuesday.The report by a 19-member task force of the Cali
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12/1/2007 1:05 AM
There are hundreds of homes on Long Island where immigrants, especially women, are held in conditions that approach slavery, Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota said Friday at
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11/29/2007 11:23 PM
At a Stop the Traffik Event, police cited how they have dramatically changed how they tackle trafficking investigations in the last year.\r\n \r\n"It is a hidden crime, which makes investigation difficult, " Det. Insp Bodell said.\r\n \r\n"Historical
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11/29/2007 1:04 AM
The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) yesterday passed the Anti-Human Trafficking Act, which subjects violators to heavier penalties, especially government officials, pol
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11/27/2007 10:16 PM
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11/26/2007 7:00 PM
Seven women and two men have been arrested after a series of raids on ten suspected brothels in the UK. \r\nRead More »
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11/22/2007 3:01 AM
The Vietnam Women’s Union announced that national consulting agencies against human trafficking will be set up in Vietnam and Cambodia.
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11/15/2007 12:34 AM
As Britain continues in its crackdown on human trafficking, their latest drive to stop the crime involves targeting gang leaders and their trade route
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11/13/2007 9:53 PM
Two Iranian nationals were banned over the weekend from entering the Philippines for their alleged involvement in human trafficking operations. \r\n
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11/12/2007 8:12 PM
The Philippine embassy in Singapore warned against a human trafficking ring that is using fraudulent electronic plane tickets to smuggle Filipinas into Singapore. \r\n
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11/9/2007 10:23 PM
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated the anti-human trafficking unit in a joint effort between the state government and the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime.
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