Human Trafficking Evokes Outrage, Little Evidence

U.S. Estimates Thousands of Victims, But Efforts to Find Them Fall Short

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The administration has identified 1,362 victims of human trafficking brought into the United States since 2000, nowhere near the 50,000 a year the government had estimated. In addition, 148 federal cases have been brought nationwide, some by the Justice task forces, which are composed of prosecutors, agents from the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and local law enforcement officials in areas thought to be hubs of trafficking.

In the Washington region, there have been about 15 federal cases this decade.

Ronald Weitzer, a criminologist at George Washington University and an expert on sex trafficking, said that trafficking is a hidden crime whose victims often fear coming forward. He said that might account for some of the disparity in the numbers, but only a small amount.

"The discrepancy between the alleged number of victims per year and the number of cases they've been able to make is so huge that it's got to raise major questions," Weitzer said. "It suggests that this problem is being blown way out of proportion."

Asian pop stars back fight against human trafficking

HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - Two of Asia's hottest pop acts, Thailand's Tata Young and South Korea's Rain, are to help highlight the fight against rampant human trafficking in Asia in an MTV-backed initiative on Wednesday.

"How could people do this to each other?" Thai pop sensation Tata Young told Reuters by phone from Bangkok.

"To hear all these stories of children and women and men going through human trafficking and exploitation, it hurts me so bad," added the confident, brassy 26-year-old, whose skimpy outfits and best-selling albums have led to her being dubbed Asia's Britney Spears.

Campain against Human trafficking in the Czech Republic

You may come across a woman who, in your opinion, is being forced into prostitution, who is under some kind of pressure or in danger. If the woman trusts you, she may even confide in you, asking for help.

Anyone who has witnessed a woman being forced into prostitution or knows about a place where he/she suspects it could be happening, can report it to us. It could be a prostitute’s client, a person living in the vicinity of a club or an apartment where prostitutes provide their services, or a family member of the victim. Each piece of information is of great value!

BKA: BUNDESLAGEBILD MENSCHENHANDEL 2006 
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Kurzfassung des Bundeslagebildes Menschenhandel 2006

http://www.bka.de/lageberichte/mh/2006/mh2006.pdf

Secretariat - Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings


Latest publications on combating trafficking in human beings
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Women Trafficking: True Story Of My Friend

I wrote this article about my friend. Actually after returning from Brothel, my first meeting with her began the strange day for me. In a way, every day I have been meeting a person or the other. Whatever it may be, among those I met at this moment she is a bit different from other and, in fact, this is an important in our friendship. It's not that I am trying to keep this day separate from others from the expected thought of other things. I am not trying either to interpret the concept of the philosopher that people live in their own ways. Whatever it may be, in this situation of tension I am delighted to have met this friend. She told me "My daily life's routine has started. The large city of prostitute brothel which is terrifying to look at with its tall buildings, I felt as if everyone who lived inside felt satisfied and they quenched their hunger. I don't like even to remember. I was buried in my mind's inner conflict of that really.

Due to the compulsion to sell my body every evening, all the time within me an unknown fear, terror and fright created an empire of its own. I felt restless at my living; I was disgusted every moment with that kind of life.

Pact on human trafficking with IOM signed

(IOM/TNA) -- The Geneva-based International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Thailand's Ministry of Social Development on Monday signed a counter-human trafficking pact extending a decade of cooperation.

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IOM and Ministry of Social Development Sign Counter-Trafficking Pact

Thailand - IOM and the Thai Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperation in the Implementation of Projects Addressing Trafficking in Persons and Assistance to At-Risk Groups.

Dancing to a TRAFFICKER'S TUNE Making the rounds in Nana district, ERIKA FRY finds out the joyless story behind some of Bangkok's most farflung sex workers

Campain against Human trafficking in the Czech Republic

You may come across a woman who, in your opinion, is being forced into prostitution, who is under some kind of pressure or in danger. If the woman trusts you, she may even confide in you, asking for help.

Anyone who has witnessed a woman being forced into prostitution or knows about a place where he/she suspects it could be happening, can report it to us. It could be a prostitute’s client, a person living in the vicinity of a club or an apartment where prostitutes provide their services, or a family member of the victim. Each piece of information is of great value!

Britain's 'invisible army' of African slaves
By Emily Dugan
Published: 13 August 2007

Brought into the country under false identities and tricked into leaving their families with the promise of an education and a better future, hundreds of African children are being trafficked into the UK for a life of servitude, according to human rights campaigners.