Topic: Human Trafficking
THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING THAT IS SLAVERY
June 26, 2014 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen – It is a cruel and hideous crime to capture and enslave an innocent human for any reason whatsoever. But to make money and indulge greed and avarice in forcing the poor and vulnerable through force and intimidation, threats and debts, to work for little or no payment, then that is slavery
Read More...The tragedy of child prostitution behind the glitz of the World Cup in Brazil
June 24, 2014 ·
San Paolo (Agenzia Fides via CNUA) – The government has invested heavily in the construction and renovation of stadiums in the 12 cities which host the matches of the World Cup Brazil 2014, while a short distance from these beautiful buildings there are slums where poverty, hunger, drug trafficking and drug addiction have further unleashed the phenomenon of child prostitution, which is already widespread in the Country.
Read More...John Kerry Remarks at the Release of the 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report
June 23, 2014 ·
John Kerry, Secretary of State, Washington, DC – “Ambassador Lou CdeBaca, thank you very, very much. Thank you for your leadership, primarily. You’re a visionary on this and a relentless advocate on behalf of human rights.[…]
Read More...20 Million victims of human Trafficking
June 21, 2014 ·
20 Millions victims of human trafficking “We each have a responsibility to make this horrific and all-too-common crime a lot less common. And our work with victims is the key that will open the door to real change—not just on behalf of the more than 44,000 survivors who have been identified in the past year, […]
Read More...Tacloban police rescue 5 minors from suspected traffickers
May 26, 2014 ·
BY RAPPLER.COM POSTED ON 05/21/2014 MANILA, Philippines Tacloban City police detained four people for allegedly trafficking young girls coming from families affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) just before Holy Week on April 2014. A Tacloban City policewoman and an officer from the city’s Social Welfare and Development Office (SWDO) intercepted the five children, aged 10 to […]
Read More...Education team continues awareness raising and anti-trafficking seminars in Tacloban Feb. 2014
May 23, 2014 ·
Click Here >>> Education team continues awareness raising and anti-trafficking seminars in Tacloban Feb. 2014
Read More...VICTIMS TRAFFICKED FROM RUSSIA AND UKRAINE FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.
April 25, 2014 ·
By Erika Sauler Philippine Daily Inquirer Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 A raid on an upscale entertainment club in Pasay City suspected of being a prostitution front led to the rescue on Tuesday night of 19 women-13 Filipinos and six others from Russia and Ukraine-believed to be victims of human trafficking. Dante Bonoan, chief of the […]
Read More...Trafficking in Innocence after the storm
April 10, 2014 ·
By Shay Cullen, SSC Social worker Marlyn received a message that a 14-year-old girl named “Princess” had been trafficked and sold to a sex bar here in the Philippines. Marlyn alerted me and we began planning to rescue the child, just one of thousands of children trafficked for sexual abuse each year in the Philippines.and […]
Read More...RELIGIONS UNITE AGAINST TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS
March 31, 2014 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen It was a solemn moment in the great meeting hall in the Vatican where the joint agreement and statement was to be signed by the representatives of the great world religions. It was not some lofty, irrelevant declaration to work for mutual respect for different faiths but to launch the “Global Freedom […]
Read More...After the Storm: Trafficking in Innocence
March 4, 2014 ·
Orphaned, destitute children in the Philippines face new danger from human traffickers By Shay Cullen, SSC Social worker Marlyn received a message that a 14-year-old girl named “Princess” had been trafficked and sold to a sex bar here in the Philippines. Marlyn alerted me and we began planning to rescue the child, just one of […]
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