The Slave Next Door exposes human trafficking and slavery in America today

"Most Americans believe that slavery in our country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. They are wrong. As Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter document in this excellent volume, human bondage is a reality for thousands of children, women and men living in the United States. The Slave Next Door exposes slavery in today's America in all its forms, and sounds a call to arms to government, corporations, and private citizens alike."
—Kerry Kennedy, Founder, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights Read more

Fighting Human Trafficking By Genetic Identification

Next October, the Southern Spanish city of Granada will host DNA-Prokids 1st International Conference: genetic identification against children trafficking. Scientists, NGOs, international bodies, representatives of security forces and experts from judicial systems will gather in this meeting with the aim of creating an international alliance against children trafficking by making the most of new genetic identification techniques. Read more

WHI’s “Never Silent: The Abolitionist” Anti-Trafficking Forum a Success

World Hope International's (WHI’s) first-ever Anti-Trafficking Forum was a great success, ringing together anti-trafficking experts and concerned citizens from all over the globe to discuss the impact and implications of human trafficking in today’s world. The forum was an effort to raise awareness and brainstorm innovative ways to fight human trafficking. There are an estimated 27 million people enslaved today. In every nook and cranny of the world, people are still being bought and sold; then forced into labor or commercial sexual exploitation. Read more

Avon police make arrests in prostitution ring

Avon, Indiana - After a six-month investigation, Avon police have arrested several people accused in a prostitution ring. Read more

Secretary-General and celebrities unite against human trafficking

Academy-award winning actor Nicholas Cage, Alec Baldwin, fashion designers Calvin Klein and Donna Karan, and a host of other celebrities joined the Secretary-General in honouring New York artist Ross Bleckner, appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking.  The event featured an exhibition of some 200 paintings created by former child soldiers and abducted girls from Gulu, northern Uganda, who had benefited from an art therapy project by Bleckner. Continue reading

Official: Craigslist to replace 'blatant Internet brothel'

Wed May 13, 2009 CNN

Craigslist will replace its controversial online "erotic services" listings with a section where ads are individually checked by Craigslist employees before they are posted, according to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.

The popular classified-ad Web site, which Blumenthal called "a blatant Internet brothel," has been accused by law enforcement officials across the United States of promoting prostitution through its erotic ads. Continue Reading

The world is waking up to scope of the problem of human trafficking

May 13, 2009, United Nations Headquarters

"The world is waking up to the scope of the problem of human trafficking. We see it in movies, novels and talk shows," Mr. d'Escoto noted in a statement delivered by Maged Abdelaziz of Egypt, Vice-President of the Assembly at the start of the day-long event entitled the Interactive Thematic Dialogue on Taking Collective Action to End Human Trafficking.

There are plenty of anti-trafficking efforts being carried out around the world - locally, nationally, and regionally. but thus fare the y have been poorly coordinated.  Continue Reading     More

$400m to hit human trafficking networks

The Federal Government will unveil a $400 million package to combat people-smuggling in next week's budget as it employs an aggressive strategy to extradite bosses of crime networks for prosecution in Australia. Continue reading.

Norway to punish sex buyers

OSLO - AS NORWAY rang in the new year it was to introduce a new law making the purchase - but not the sale - of sex a criminal act, threatening even to put Norwegians who buy sex abroad behind bars. The new law, which is modelled on similar legislation in Sweden, aims to clean up the streets and protect the prostitutes by outlawing the buying of sex, but not the sale. continue reading

Amenesty International Celebrates 60th Anniversary in a Unique Way

Amnesty International in Germany celebrated the 60th anniversary of human rights in 2008 with “Frau im Koffer”, an ambient advertising campaign at German airports. “Woman in Suitcase” stunt involved putting a woman in a transparent suitcase and sending her around the baggage carousel with what appeared to be official airport stickers. Upon closer inspection airline passengers discovered that this was a protest against human trafficking. View videos

Container Exhibit Highlights Plight of Trafficking Victims

VIENNA, (UNODC) - A unique art installation that maps the journey of a victim of human trafficking is coming to Vienna this February.

"The Journey Against Sex Trafficking" uses seven transport containers to illustrate the brutal and harrowing experiences of women sold into the sex trade. This interactive exhibition is based on the real-life stories of young women who leave their home countries in search of a better life but are deceived or coerced by traffickers and forced to work in the sex industry. Read more

This would be awesome to have Emma Thompson bring this to the U.S.

Odessa, Ukraine is a haven for human trafficking of children

May 5, 2009

Odessa, Ukraine, is a haven for human trafficking of children, says Sergiy Svystun, director of World Hope Ukraine. Mr. Svystun, whose organization created a drop-in centre that helps hundreds of children in Odessa annually, was in Ottawa last night to give a talk. Read more