Topic: 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...The Moral Challenge of Responsible Tourism
November 2, 2011 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The Philippines is spending large amounts of money for a slogan that will summarize a new attractive tourism programme to promote the best aspects of the beautiful country and its people. It is not hard to love the Philippines once you visit here. The people in general are courteous, welcoming, friendly and hospitable. There are [...]
Read More...Most London sex workers ‘not trafficked’, says study
October 31, 2011 · , BBC News
The majority of interviewed migrant workers in the sex industry in London are not forced nor trafficked, says a report. The International Union of Sex Workers (IUSW) welcomed the new research by a team led by Dr Nick Mai. The Metropolitan Police said it worked hard to prevent trafficking. Last year the Association of Chief Police [...]
Read More...Preda Newsletter October 2011
October 31, 2011 · By Preda Information Office
Dear friends and defenders of children, The happiest child at the PREDA home for children is ten year-old Rose Ann; she was rescued from her abuser by the PREDA team a few weeks ago. Her mother made a mistake and sent her to her auntie to help in house chores but she was abused by [...]
Read More...The Suffering of Children
January 26, 2011 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Saving and protecting children from abusers, pimps, pedophiles, and traffickers, be they parents or corrupt business people, is the work that goes on everyday here at the Preda Children’s Home. New cases, seemingly one worse than the other, arrive every few days. The child care team and the legal team help them cope up with [...]
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...The Sexual Abuse of Children
October 9, 2008 ·
The Speech of Fr Shay Cullen as he received the THE INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY PRIZE. AWARDED BY THE PRESTIGIOUS WORLD MEDICAL CHILD CARE ASSOCIATIONS HEADED BY PROMINENT PROFESSORS AND GYNECOLOGISTS.
Read More...BRITISH PAEDOPHILE ESCAPES JUSTICE IN TRIAL FIASCO
September 14, 2006 ·
CAMPAIGNERS HOPE THAT BRITISH POLICE WILL PROSECUTE UNDER BRITISH LAWS
MANILA.
Barry Raymond Edwards, a British subject, was on trial charged on three counts of rape and the sexual abuse of children at the Regional trial court of Angeles City, about 60 miles north of Manila. However this trial has ended in farce as vital video evidence and a key witness were not produced in court.
Read More...Jill Nesbitt writes on Preda projects in Ireland’s Woman’s way:
July 5, 2006 ·
Irish people were recently outraged by the possible release of sex offenders, who had sex with underage girls. We all agree that men who commit such crimes in this country deserve severe punishment. But what about the Irish men who travel abroad to avail of sex with underage girls in other countries? Or with women who have been forced into prostitution?
Read More...AUSTRALIANS FEED CAMBODIAN CHILD SEX TRADE
August 12, 2002 ·
According to ECPAT Australia, hundreds of Australian men are flocking to Cambodia to have sex with girls and boys sold in brothels. In Cambodia, brothels openly thrive and sex with a girl aged 10 to 13 costs $30. Cambodian women’s affairs minister Mu Sochua told that corruption in the legal system and government in difference [...]
Read More...Kids In Perilous Work
August 12, 2002 ·
Many of 300,000 employed in cocoa production not paid The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Labour Department released key findings that indicate that some 284,000 child labourers work in hazardous conditions on cocoa farms in West Africa, 200,000 of whom work in Cote d’Ivoire and most of whom work alongside their families. [...]
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