Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. It is a heinous crime of exploitation committed against a person or people by a person or people. There are a number of guesses (and they are all guesses) as to how many people in the world are enslaved, ranging from 4 million to 27 million. Eight out of ten trafficking victims are women or girls; half of all trafficking victims are children. Human beings are the second most profitable commodity to trade in the world, slightly behind drugs. Human traffick...
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Sokha and Makara are from Poipet in Cambodia. When they were just 14 and 15 years old, their mother was ill with a liver problem. The family needed money to pay for the medicine to treat her. They also hoped to buy some land to build a home. A man...
Each week, I will be bringing you a new interview with a formerly-active activist or abolitionist, that is, someone now deceased. I'll be talking to the men and women who paved the way for the abolitionists of today and getting their thoughts on the...
Italian law enforcement agents are patting themselves on the back today after busting a huge country-wide and international human trafficking ring. Police have arrested 17 men on charges of human trafficking and aiding illegal immigration.
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What do men who use prostitutes and polygamists have in common? According to Marci Hamilton, quite a lot. They are both populations of men who get away with raping, abusing, and degrading women, even in places where what they're doing is illegal. ...