Topic: Human Trafficking
Secretary De Lima Vows Justice for Human Trafficking Victim
May 4, 2012 · , doj.gov.ph
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Monday vowed to pursue the human trafficking syndicate which allegedly victimized a Filipina worker who labored in Hong Kong without pay for more than two years.
Read More...United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review
November 28, 2011 ·
Jubilee Campaign promotes the human rights and religious liberty of ethnic and religious minorities; advocates the release of prisoners of conscience imprisoned on account of their faith; advocates for and assists refugees fleeing religious based persecution; and protects and promotes the dignity and safety of children from bodily harm and sexual exploitation.
Read More...Sen. Cayetano hits Palace downplay of sex tours
September 27, 2011 · By Cathy Yamsuan, Philippine Daily Inquirer
How exactly would Malacañang know if a tourist was coming to the Philippines for sex? Did he check a box on his visa application indicating so? Senate women and youth committee chairperson Pia Cayetano wanted to know in a privilege speech she delivered Monday, after the Palace downplayed last week a claim made by US Ambassador [...]
Read More...Most Trafficked Victims Worldwide Sold For Sex
December 20, 2009 ·
BAGUIO CITY (December 12, 2009) Most victims of human trafficking around the world are being sold for sex, the Asia against Child Trafficking (Asia ACTs) claimed Saturdayon the occasion of the Day against Trafficking being celebrated around Asia and throughout the globe.
Read More...UN Report Says Sex Trafficking a Big Concern
February 16, 2009 ·
UNITED NATIONS – A NEW report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said on Monday that sexual exploitation and forced labour are the most common forms of human trafficking around the globe.
Read More...Germans, Americans and Cambodians sentenced in
March 12, 2007 · By The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Two Germans who worked as English teachers in Cambodia were among five people sentenced Friday to prison terms for sexually abusing four Vietnamese girls, a crime that one of the girl’s mothers was an accomplice to.
Read More...Sex slavery plagues Romania and Bulgaria
December 28, 2006 ·
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Anca thought girls who spoke on television about being sold into sex slavery were paid to invent such stories to boost tv show ratings.
That was until she answered a friend’s invitation to join her in Germany and work as a dishwasher in a town near Hamburg.
Read More...SAN FRANCISCO IS A MAJOR CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIME NETWORKS THAT SMUGGLE AND ENSLAVE
October 6, 2006 ·
San Francisco Chronicle Friday, October 6, 2006 Many of San Francisco’s Asian massage parlors — long an established part of the city’s sexually permissive culture — have degenerated into something much more sinister: international sex slave shops. Once limited to infamous locales such as Bombay and Bangkok, sex trafficking is now an $8 billion international [...]
Read More...Human Trafficking and U.S. Military
January 16, 2006 ·
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2006 – Harsher punishments for Defense Department personnel who participate in human trafficking or support the industry by patronizing prostitutes are part of a bill signed into law today by President Bush.
Read More...Trafficking in Persons Report – Philippines
July 14, 2004 ·
THE PHILIPPINES (TIER 2 – WATCH LIST)
The Philippines is a source, transit, and destination country for persons trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. There is internal trafficking from rural to urban metropolitan areas. Filipino women who are trafficked for sexual exploitation to destinations throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America, are often lured abroad with false promises of legitimate employment. The Philippines is a transit point and destination for victims from the People¹s Republic of China (PRC).
Read More...Hawaii: Legislation to End Sex Tourism and Hold Sex Tour Operators Accountable
March 2, 2004 ·
Every May and November, Melvin Hamaguchi of Video Travel in Honolulu, Hawaii, leads sex tourists on his Ultimate Asian Sex Tour to Thailand, which he describes as “The Sex Capital Of The World!!” Mr. Hamaguchi provides customers with single occupancy rooms to “enjoy the sexual pleasures with the girl or girls of your choice….” He [...]
Read More...Philippines- a main source of human trafficking
September 3, 2003 ·
The United States has identified the Philippines as a main source and transit of human trafficking for labour and sexual exploitation. According to the US State Department’s Trafficking In Persons Report the Philippines was a source, transit and to a lesser extent destination country for persons trafficked for labour and sexual exploitation. The report cited [...]
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