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. ...
Last week, Change.org community members began asking Choice Hotels to proactively respond to the tragedy of five-year-old Shaniya Davis's sale for commercial sex at one of their hotels, a Comfort Inn in North Carolina. As of today, over 2000 of you...
In October, the FBI rescued 52 children from situations of sexual slavery across the U.S. Two months later, not a single one of those 52 girls is receiving rehabilitation services. Most of them are back at homes they ran away from or in foster care....
This evening marks the first night of Hanukkah, a celebration of light and hope. Yet around the world, millions of people still live in the darkness and despair of human trafficking. This Hanukkah, you can shed light on the issue of human trafficking...
Well, it's Friday afternoon, and that means the weekend is almost here! W00t! Perhaps you're reading this blog because you're bored at work or school and you're thinking about what you want to do this weekend. How about spending part of your weekend...
Facebook is growing -- not only as the most popular social networking site, but as one of the most popular websites on the Internet today. Everyone I know is one Facebook, from my 54-year-old dad to my 11-year-old cousin. There are entire humor sites...
