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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5/28/2009 10:07 AM
The United Nations and the European Commission have partnered in a three-year global project to implement the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, and the Protocol against Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, both supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. For more information, click here.
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5/28/2009 9:33 AM
The report states there are at least 5,000 victims of trafficking living in Britain right now, being forced to beg and to work in the sex trade. Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz said: "This is not immigration crime and cannot be dealt with as such. What we are seeing is in effect a resurgence of a type of slave trade, yet we have no good information on the scale of the problem, enforcement is patchy, prosecution rates are low and there is little protection for victims." Click here to read more.
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5/28/2009 9:20 AM
Two women originally facing charges in connection with a human trafficking ring have had those charges dropped as they are now suspected to be victims of the traffickers, not participants. The women were forced to dance nude at the Vegas Showgirls club in Florida, USA, and sometimes to offer sexual services to the clientele. To read more, click here.
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5/28/2009 9:11 AM
The police in Spain have arrested 23 people in connection with a human trafficking ring that brought women from Nigeria to Spain and forced them into prostitution with threats of voodoo curses. To read more, click here.
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5/14/2009 10:06 AM
A new International Labour Organization report states that the human trafficking market has risen above USD$36 billion a year. Similarly, people forced to work without pay are losing approximately USD$20 billion a year. To read more about the report, click here.
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5/14/2009 9:35 AM
Saying that moral outrage is easy to come by but that "real action requires real commitment," United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon called for collective action to stop human trafficking during a themed debate on the subject in the General Assembly. His call to action included that all countries ratify the UN Anti-Trafficking Protocol. To read Ban's statement, click here.
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By host on
5/12/2009 2:07 PM
Even when all the signs of exploitation are present when men are being trafficked - such as the confiscation of legal documents - men are more likely to be labeled migrant workers and passed over by authorities. In a recent study by the NEXUS Institute for the IOM, men were found to represent 28 percent of all those people trafficked from Belarus, for example, usually being sent into forced labor in Russia. For more on this study, click here.
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5/12/2009 7:25 AM
The CBI chief, Ashwan Kumar, said that more than 85 percent of the more than 1.2 million people trafficked in India are trafficked around the country. Sex tourism - especially child prostitution - is a rising industry in the country that serves as a source, transit center and destination for the crime. Kumar also said "The root cause of the problem is poverty, under development, unemployment among others. Therefore, we have to address the problem both socially and by enforcing law." To read more, click here.
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By host on
5/7/2009 9:41 AM
A new report from the Border and Immigration Agency shows that at least 77 Chinese children have gone missing from a home under local authority control near Heathrow Airport. It is suspected that organized criminal groups are trafficking these children into prostitution and forced labor around Britain. Click here to read more.
Following outrage from local civil society and government members, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has vowed to investigate why these children are disappearing under the government's watch. Read about his statements by clicking here.
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By host on
5/5/2009 10:00 AM
A Burmese man tells how we was handed over to a trafficking ring by immigration authorities in Malaysia. Forced to "buy his way into the country," he became debt-bonded to the trafficking ring and forced to beat new arrivals into submission. To read more, click here.
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By host on
5/5/2009 9:53 AM
Two North Korean female refugees told how they were trafficked out of North Korea when they fled, only to be sold as sex slaves in China. After escaping from these conditions, they were recaptured, forcibly repatriated to North Korea and then put in a detention camp. For more of their story, click here.
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By host on
5/5/2009 9:48 AM
Victims of trafficking blend into the many migrants crossing from Zimbabwe into South Africa following the recent unrest there. Some are taken by traffickers, others are being kidnapped while they flee. For more information, click here.
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5/5/2009 9:45 AM
A series of raids has broken up a Chinese gang run human trafficking ring in Scotland. Authorities say they seek to track down the customers of the brothels the trafficked women lived in as well. Click here to read more.
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5/5/2009 9:42 AM
Four have been charged with human trafficking in Dubai regarding the trafficking and forced prostitution of a 13-year-old girl. Government and civil society members applaud the application of the recently strengthened anti-trafficking law. To read more, click here.
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By host on
4/30/2009 9:14 AM
A new report written jointly by the UN Global Compact, the ILO, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and UN.GIFT makes the case for increased private sector involvement in human trafficking. Here at CSR Asia we have long been involved in efforts to raise awareness of this important issue so it is good to see that UN agencies are also encouraging the private sector to act. For me the statistics relating to human trafficking that the report reveals is a good starting point for demonstrating that modern-day slavery really remains a contemporary challenge for us all:
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By host on
4/29/2009 8:20 AM
The number of children trafficked into Britain has gone up 50 percent in the past two years according to a study conducted by the Home Office's Child exploitation and online protectin centre (Coep). Three hundred and seventy-five children have been identified as potentially trafficked into Britain for activities including prostitution, illegal labour, forced marriage and illegal adoption. To read more, click here.
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By host on
4/28/2009 12:39 PM
Maximino Mondragon has been sentenced to 156 months incarceration and, jointly with his seven co-defendants, to pay $1,715,588.05 in restitution to the victims of a trafficking ring. The convicted traffickers convinced Central American women to come to Texas with promises of good jobs, and then forced them to work in their bars selling drinks to men. The traffickers threatened to harm the victims and their families if they did not pay off their debts incurred in transit to the US. Click here to read more.
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By host on
4/21/2009 1:45 PM
In the UK, raids across London and the nearby county of Hertfordshire have lead to the arrest of three women and six men on suspicion of human trafficking and the rescue of seven women who may have been trafficked into prostitution. To read the full story, please click here.
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By host on
4/7/2009 6:24 PM
The annual profit from human trafficking and prostitution for the Bulgarian mafia is over one billion euros, a RiskMonitor report revealed on Tuesday.
Every year the victims of human trafficking in Bulgaria are around 10,000. The schemes for money laundry of human trafficking profits include luxury boutiques, outlets and car stores.
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By host on
4/6/2009 3:23 PM
Two Thai men have been arrested for allegedly trafficking workers into the fishing industry in Thailand and then forcing them to work in slave like conditions. Malisa Promkote from the Anti-Human Trafficking Centre and The Mirror Foundation Bangkok said;
“We found migrant boys working, who were just nine to ten years old. Migrants from Burma and Cambodia were hired to work in the boats while there are many undocumented cases of exploitation of labour. They are not allowed to go back for over to two to three years. They are made to work hard for long hours and face acute shortage of food. Some have been beaten up or killed and thrown into the ocean,”
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