Topic: Sexual Exploitation
Many thanks from all at PREDA on the success of the “Run for Freedom”
May 11, 2012 · By Philip Cribbin
Just under 300 people ran, jogged and walked on April the 28th in the Phoenix Park to show their solidarity with the children being rescued on a continuous basis by the team at PREDA.
Read More...“Run for Freedom” with Damien Dempsey and Catherina McKiernan
March 13, 2012 ·
PREDA’s “Run for Freedom” with musician Damien Dempsey and athletics legend Catherina McKiernan on Saturday 28th April, 2012 in the Phoenix Park. The “RUN FOR FREEDOM” will take place in the Phoenix Park on Saturday April 28th at 1pm with registration also accepted from 11am on the morning of the run.
Read More...Child Protection is Still a Low Priority
October 15, 2010 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Trafficking of street children for sexual exploitation is a heinous crime in most countries but flourishes nevertheless and it is difficult to get accurate figures since most of it is done in secret. However, estimates say that over 2 million are trafficked in Asia every year. Police and social services are inadequately trained, have low [...]
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...American ship captain in sex trysts with Filipino children arrested
October 16, 2009 ·
Cotabato Rep. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza has lauded the arrest of an American ship captain who allegedly prostituted Filipino children on several occasions during visits to Manila.
Read More...Child Pornography on the Internet
October 9, 2009 · By ROGER DARLINGTON
Contents: -What Is The Problem? -What Difference Does The Net Make? -What Is The Law In The UK? -What Is The Law In The USA? -What Kind Of Cases Have Come To Court? -What Can Be Done? -Further Reading WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? The Internet is overwhelmingly a power for good. It provides cheap and [...]
Read More...Philippines – Trafficking in Persons
July 31, 2009 · By Hyun Jae Lee
Independent Study of a Legal Intern to PREDA Research by: Hyun Jae Lee BACKGROUND: Based on the report generated by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (OMCTP), the Republic of Philippines was categorized in the 2nd Tier Watch List.[1] It is considered as a country of origin, transit, and destination for human [...]
Read More...European Union to authorize UK to filter child porn
April 3, 2009 ·
According to The Register report, The European Union wishes new laws to be created to give governments the power to force ISPs to block child pornography. This move among other things will enable the UK Home Office to impose filtering technology on small ISPs who say they cannot afford it, or argue it is ineffective.
Read More...Suspected German paedophile arrested in the Philippines
February 20, 2009 ·
A GERMAN national who is allegedly a pedophile is now facing charges of child abuse, acts of lasciviousness and consented abduction after he was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
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...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 [...]
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