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Notorious Pedophile Tony Munro Living in Siem Reap Arrested in Australia Linked to Missing Beaumont Children in Adelaide
July 18, 2017 · By cambodiaexpatsonline.com
Siem Reap: 71 year old convicted pedophile (who has since been identified as Tony Munro/Anthony Munro) from Adelaide has been arrested upon returning to Australia for crimes against children as far back as 1962. He seems to have been a person of interest in the disappearance of 3 children, Arnna, Jane and Grant Beaumont from […]
Read More...British Gymnastics coach under investigation over athlete abuse claims
July 18, 2017 · By Martha Kelner for www.theguardian.com
A British Gymnastics licensed coach is being investigated by police in the latest development in the duty of care scandal engulfing Olympic sport. The Guardian has learnt the coach is part of an investigation by the Metropolitan police, who are assessing whether they have enough evidence to bring criminal charges. It is not known whether […]
Read More...98 environmental defenders while protecting their community’s land or natural resources
July 18, 2017 · By Marilyn Campbell, QUT for www.theguardian.com
*** This year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian will attempt to record the deaths of all these people, whether they be wildlife rangers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or indigenous land rights activists in Brazil. At this current rate, chances are that four environmental defenders will be killed this week somewhere […]
Read More...Trump conflict of interest concerns over links with law firm run by Philippine government official
July 17, 2017 · By Oliver Holmes for www.theguardian.com
Exclusive: Donald and Ivanka Trump’s companies pay a firm managed by a foreign government official to secure their trademarks in the Philippines Donald and Ivanka Trump’s companies employ a law firm managed by a Philippine government official, the Guardian has found, the latest in a string of potential conflicts of interests stemming from the first […]
Read More...Even 2-month-old babies can be cybersex victims – watchdog
July 17, 2017 · By Patty Pasion for www.rappler.com
International Justice Mission says abuse comes in many forms, with children’s parents even sometimes involved in their own exploitation MANILA, Philippines – Eight in 10 victims rescued from online sexual exploitation are minors, with some of them as young as two months old, said International Justice Mission (IJM). IJM, a human rights group handling cases […]
Read More...House passes anti-trafficking bill; measure goes to Senate
July 14, 2017 ·
WASHINGTON The House passed a bill July 12 that puts more than $500 million over the next four years into efforts to fight labor and sex trafficking both in the United States and abroad. The bill — named after Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery and became an abolitionist — now goes to the Senate. “According […]
Read More...3 arrested in human trafficking case
July 14, 2017 · By Courtney Ryan, FOX 11 News for fox11online.com
GREEN BAY (WLUK) — A human trafficking bust has landed three people behind bars in Brown County. The sheriff’s office says investigators were tipped off to the activity starting Tuesday. The investigation ended with the arrests of a man, a woman and a girl. “We received information of commercial sex trafficking and also human trafficking,” […]
Read More...Two arrested in child abuse case
July 14, 2017 · By www.wjhg.com
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) The Bay County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two people in Fountain, charging them in relation to alleged abuse involving multiple children. According to arrest paperwork filed by BCSO, Frankie Dewayne Stallings, 34, is charged with two counts of aggravated child abuse. Investigators wrote in a report that a child told them […]
Read More...Health committee rejects Bill to legalise medical cannabis
July 14, 2017 · By Jack Power for www.irishtimes.com
Report says proposals would have unintended consequences The Oireachtas Health committee has voted to reject People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny’s Bill to legalise medical cannabis and said the Bill “should not proceed to committee stage”. The report by the committee on the proposals says the Bill has major legal issues and the proposed framework […]
Read More...House passes sweeping overhaul of law to combat human trafficking
July 13, 2017 · By Emma Kinery , USA TODAY for www.usatoday.com
The House on Wednesday approved a sweeping reauthorization of the nation’s most comprehensive law to combat human trafficking, in a rare bipartisan vote. The bill allocates $520 million over four years toward programs that aim to identify and aid victims of trafficking and prevent it from occurring. The bill — called the Frederick Douglass Trafficking […]
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