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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6/22/2009 7:59 PM
Three of the most wanted human traffickers in Pakistan have been arrested. They are accused of trafficking between 150-200 people into Europe and also of human smuggling. To read more, click here.
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6/18/2009 3:25 PM
The United States State Department issued its 2009 Trafficking in Persons report put 52 countries on the watchlist, a jump of 30 percent over the 40 on the list in 2008. The major jump is in part tied to the worldwide recession. Countries newly added to the list include Angola, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Iraq, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, Senegal and the United Arab Emirates. For more and to link to the report, click here.
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6/17/2009 9:47 PM
A recent report published in Vancouver says it is not realistic to expect a surge of women trafficked into Canada to meet the needs of the attendees of the 2010 Winter Olympics. To read more, click here.
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6/17/2009 7:59 PM
Forty-six members of a human trafficking ring were arrested in eight European countries for smuggling Iraqi Kurds into Europe stuffed into trucks full of merchandise.
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6/17/2009 7:54 PM
Two members of Britain's largest human trafficking ring have been jailed for 10 years. Convicted of smuggling hundreds of Chinese overland into Britain, it is suspected that the group made over a billion pounds in profit before being arrested. To read more, click here.
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6/9/2009 5:58 AM
Eleven people were arrested in Dubai this week in connection with an alleged human trafficking ring. The charges include running a brothel and forcing women into prostitution through violence and intimidation. Additionally, nine women were charge with prostitution for working in the brothel. Two underage girls were removed from the brothel, they are being treated as victims of trafficking. Click here for more information.
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6/8/2009 9:53 AM
Organizers are trying to figure out how best to minimize and deal with the expected boom of women trafficked into South Africa for the 2010 World Cup to feed the sex tourism demand. Not only is the act of trafficking of great concern, but the spread of HIV/AIDS in that population has organizers scrambling for a solution. To read more, click here.
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6/8/2009 9:50 AM
Hiding behind a web of pizza shops in the United Kingdom, this human trafficking ring has been proven responsible for illegally trafficking at least 230 men into the UK where they are forced to work to pay off their "debts." For more, click here.
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6/4/2009 10:05 AM
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6/4/2009 9:57 AM
The commercial sex trade is booming in Indonesia, and many of the women and girls fueling it have been trafficked. To read more, click here.
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6/4/2009 9:39 AM
After joining the European Union and incorporating itself into Europe's borderless Schengen zone, trafficking in Poland has increased as the country has become a transit and destination country, in addition to the number of Polish victims of trafficking. A new UN report called on Poland to better enforce its existing laws against trafficking. Click here to read more.
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6/4/2009 9:26 AM
The United States has taken steps to ease the visa application process for victims of trafficking and abuse. This move recognizes the victimhood of those people who have faced domestic violence, sexual assault, and were trafficking into the country. The new T and U visas will allow the holder to work while waiting for permanent residency. To read more, click here.
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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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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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