Global human trafficking roundup (December 17, 2010)
NORTH AMERICA
Tennessee: A woman was arrested after advertising sex service by a juvenile online. The investigation of the case coincided with another case involving a prostitution ring run by two men. One of them men, according to the court document, controlled women with mental and physical abuse. He also advertised commercial sex of the victims on Backpage.com.
Ohio: A woman is facing sentencing before a federal judge for trafficking more than three dozens of Eastern European women. According to the prosecutor, she helped luring Eastern European women into taking hotel jobs they couldn't escape. She also took away the victims' passports to control their movement.
Maryland: Police arrested two suspects after an undercover operation. The police found an ad on Craigslist, and the detectives, posing clients, made an appointment with a 25 year old woman at a hotel. When she arrived, she asked the detective money for sex. The second woman, a 23 year old, was charged with human trafficking after driving the 25 year old suspect to hotel.
LATIN AMERICA
Hundras: According to the authority, more than 3000 Hondurans were trafficked in 2010. The authority also stated that majority of the victims were women and children who were vulnerable to sexual and labor exploitation. He also stated that human trafficking of Hondurans have intensified since many migrants leave the country for better opportunity abroad.
ASIA
Vietnam: The national statistics show that nearly 1600 human trafficking cases were found for the past five years. During that period, the authority says that over 3500 women and 500 children were trafficked abroad. Moreover, more than sixty percent were trafficked to China and 10 percent of them were trafficked to Cambodia.
India: A mother and a grandmother of two girls were arrested for allegedly trying to sell girls in the age of 12 and 9. The arrest of the two women were made after the villagers rallied behind the girls and their physically disabled father to inform the police. The mother was
AFRICA
South Africa: Six girls in the age between 14 and 18 escaped from their traffickers after being sold to Cape Flats. According to the police, they were recruited from a small town to work at restaurants, bakeries, and shops. However, upon arrival, they were displayed before men who paid cash for sex. The oldest girl encouraged the younger ones to escape and reported to the police.
Starting January 2011, Global human trafficking roundup will be published on globalhtnews.blogspot.com/. Thank you so much for your readership.
Tennessee: A woman was arrested after advertising sex service by a juvenile online. The investigation of the case coincided with another case involving a prostitution ring run by two men. One of them men, according to the court document, controlled women with mental and physical abuse. He also advertised commercial sex of the victims on Backpage.com.
Ohio: A woman is facing sentencing before a federal judge for trafficking more than three dozens of Eastern European women. According to the prosecutor, she helped luring Eastern European women into taking hotel jobs they couldn't escape. She also took away the victims' passports to control their movement.
Maryland: Police arrested two suspects after an undercover operation. The police found an ad on Craigslist, and the detectives, posing clients, made an appointment with a 25 year old woman at a hotel. When she arrived, she asked the detective money for sex. The second woman, a 23 year old, was charged with human trafficking after driving the 25 year old suspect to hotel.
LATIN AMERICA
Hundras: According to the authority, more than 3000 Hondurans were trafficked in 2010. The authority also stated that majority of the victims were women and children who were vulnerable to sexual and labor exploitation. He also stated that human trafficking of Hondurans have intensified since many migrants leave the country for better opportunity abroad.
ASIA
Vietnam: The national statistics show that nearly 1600 human trafficking cases were found for the past five years. During that period, the authority says that over 3500 women and 500 children were trafficked abroad. Moreover, more than sixty percent were trafficked to China and 10 percent of them were trafficked to Cambodia.
India: A mother and a grandmother of two girls were arrested for allegedly trying to sell girls in the age of 12 and 9. The arrest of the two women were made after the villagers rallied behind the girls and their physically disabled father to inform the police. The mother was
AFRICA
South Africa: Six girls in the age between 14 and 18 escaped from their traffickers after being sold to Cape Flats. According to the police, they were recruited from a small town to work at restaurants, bakeries, and shops. However, upon arrival, they were displayed before men who paid cash for sex. The oldest girl encouraged the younger ones to escape and reported to the police.
Starting January 2011, Global human trafficking roundup will be published on globalhtnews.blogspot.com/. Thank you so much for your readership.
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