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9 Investigates: Human trafficking happening in Charlotte
Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2012 | By Natalie Pasquarella
"Human trafficking is happening in Charlotte, and some cases involve children.
Neet Childs said she remembers when her reality was broken. At 16, a 38-year-old man befriended her at her job."
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The new Christian abolition movement
Posted: February 5, 2012 | By Eric Marrapodi
Greensboro, North Carolina (CNN) —The truck-stop hooker is no Julia Roberts, the trucker in the cab with her no Richard Gere, and this truck stop off the highway could not be any farther from Beverly Hills, the staging ground for "Pretty Woman."
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Students research hardships of rural N.C. women
Posted: Feb 14, 2012 | By Alexander Vaughn
"Several Triangle college students have looked beyond the comforts of their own lives to delve into the hardships facing women in rural areas ofNorth Carolinaand the rest of the globe."
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UNC Charlotte parties to end human trafficking with We Own the Night Rave
"The 'We Own The Night Rave' (WON Rave) is an Electronic Dance Music (EDM) event that goes beyond your normal party. The event raises awareness through music and social outreach about the worldwide problem of human trafficking and modern-day sex slavery."
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Eastern NC Stop Human Trafficking January Newsletter
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month!
For Anti-Human Trafficking Events inNorth Carolina visit:
http://wp.me/pikPQ-yT
ENC Stop Human Trafficking: November Newsletter
Events, News, Help needed
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The Abolitionist's Digest
The following are a collection of news stories about human trafficking and slavery from around the world.
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Sex & Money national film screening tour comes to UNC | Carolina Women's Center
Posted: November 2, 2011 / By Donna Bickford
I was so pleased by the great turnout at CAST's Sex & Money screening last night. We were proud to be cosponsors and I was
honored to be asked to serve on the post-screening discussion panel.
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Group Says Human Trafficking A Growing Problem In ENC
Dozens of people marched at the Greenville town common. They say the sale of human beings is happening here at home and
across the globe.
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A look at human trafficking through the eyes of survivors in our state
Posted: October 25, 2011 / UNCTV Media (Video)
A look at human trafficking through the eyes of survivors in our state.
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Human Trafficking Ring Busted In Greenville
Posted: October 31, 2011 / By WCTI Staff
PITTCOUNTY– A ring leader in the Human Trafficking organization in Eastern North Carolina was arrested after a search warrant was executed at a brothel house inGreenville.
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A look at human trafficking through the eyes of survivors in our state (Video)
Posted: Tuesday October 25, 2011
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Carrboro police crack down on prostitution in sting operation
Published: Sept 30, 2011 / By Chelsey Dulaney |The Daily Tar Heel
"While police records indicate that prostitution is not an obvious problem in Carrboro and surrounding towns, local officials say they believe some prostitution occurs discretely, below the radar of police."
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Farm-labor debate revives as N.C. issues thousands of visas
Published: Sep 29, 2011 / By Gabriel Silverman – Medill News Service
"WASHINGTON — While more than one in 10 North Carolinians are without work, thousands of farm jobs that pay more than the minimum wage are being filled by immigrants, most of them from Mexico, through a legal, temporary work program."
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The North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NCCASA) is super excited to launch its social enterprise
venture, a cutting edge t-shirt line SOCIAL JUSTEES!
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How did homeless men in Philly find themselves journeying to North Carolina to pick potatoes?
Posted: Sept 8, 2011 / By Kristen Mosbrucker / City Paper
"Rideout and the others were waiting for the "potato truck," something of a legend among Philadelphia's homeless as a free ride to opportunity — figuratively, anyway."
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Human Trafficking On The Rise (Video)
Human Trafficking Cases Up 600 Percent In NC – Group Working To Provide Help
Posted: September 14, 2011 / Copyright 2011 by WXII12.com
"WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.– The number of incidents of human sex trafficking across North Carolina are up 600 percent over the
past 18 months, according to local World Relief Inc. Director Tony Williams"
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Human trafficking gains notice
Posted: Sep 25, 2011 / By Richard Stradling
RALEIGH– "…A growing network of law enforcement and nonprofit groups…are becoming more sophisticated about dealing with a worldwide problem that experts say exists in North Carolina."
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Check out our short blog post with more information about corporate social responsibility and eradicating human trafficking.
Businesses and Human Trafficking | Carolina Women's Center
Link: womenscenter.unc.edu
Eastern NC Stop Human Trafficking Now
July Newsletter Update
Campaigns, Events, Job openings, News
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Eastern North Carolina Stop Human Trafficking Now
July's Newsletter includes events, Legislative updates, Trafficking Info, Petitions: updates & new opportunities.
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Protecting farm kids: a tough row to hoe
Published: Sat, Jun 11, 2011 / By Harry Payne
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Cumberland man faces child porn charges
Posted: May 11, 2011; 11:23 am / WRAL.com
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The NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Division just sent out the OFFICIAL notification to all BLET School Directors this morning announcing the new addition of the Human Trafficking block of instruction in the Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) curriculum to be implemented in July. Thank you to everyone that assisted in making this addition possible. This is a monumental landmark for North Carolina in our efforts to combat human trafficking. As many of you may know adding hours to the state curriculum does not happen very often so this is a great achievement.
-North Carolina Justice Academy / April 21, 2011
Human trafficking is hiding in plain sight in NC, feds say
Updated: Apr 18, 2011 4:23 PM EDT / By Derrick Rose, Reporter
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Dominican singer faces sex-trafficking charges
Posted: 4:31 pm, April 14, 2011 / ajc
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Advocates gather to oppose human trafficking
By: News 14Carolina Staff / Updated 04/12/2011 05:06 PM
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NC Legislative Update
Posted by: "Larson, Melissia" / Apr 11, 2011 5:12 am (PDT)
Legislative update from Child Fatality Taskforce
Endorse efforts to improve parity of child workers in agriculture and
other work settings. H 838 FILED
Agriculture is one of the most dangerous industries in the United
States. Working with farm machinery, chemicals, livestock and other
hazards create an environment that is particularly hazardous for
children. While children make up only a tiny fraction of the
agricultural work force, they account for 20% of all deaths on the job
in agriculture. Under current laws, children are allowed to work as paid
employees at agricultural operations beginning as young as age 10. As
an industry, Agriculture is exempt from most child labor laws. The
Protect Youth/Farm Family Employment bill, sponsored by Reps. Jordan,
Parfitt, Howard and M. Alexander, limits these exemptions to better
protect child workers. H838:
http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011%20%20&BillID=h838
Durham brothers plead guilty to trafficking aliens
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Charlotte Human Trafficking Force on WFAE 90.7 – Charlotte Talks
Posted: Tuesday March 8, 2011
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Donations needed for human trafficking victims
Posted: 03/07/2011 05:08 PM By: Ed Scannell
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Human Trafficking of Immigrant Women, Girls on Rise in North Carolina
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The North Carolina connection to human trafficking
Posted: Jan 15, 2010 9:52 AM EST Friday, January 15, 2010 9:52 AM EST Updated: Feb 02, 2010 5:38 PM EST
http://www.wbtv.com/global/story.asp?s=11828239
Human trafficking case shows desperate plight of immigrant girls forced into prostitution
By Associated Press / October 11, 2009, 9:29PM
Local and federal authorities are not sure how extensive the Charlotte sex rings have become. They say Flores' ring brought in hundreds of young women each year to work as prostitutes.
Flores was convicted of trafficking in April. But authorities say other pimps in Charlotte continue to prey on young girls from poor countries.
"I don't think we really realized how big this was," says Delbert Richburg, assistant special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Office of Investigations in Charlotte. "We're probably just scratching the surface."
The growth is so extensive that this month ICE stationed a team of agents in Charlotte to focus on human trafficking, smuggling and exploitation. Across the Carolinas, immigrant sex rings have been broken up in Monroe, Durham and Columbia.
Jennifer Stuart, a staff attorney for Legal Aid of North Carolina, says her office has seen a "sharp increase" in trafficking case referrals the last few months.
Federal agents say Flores, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, picked up vans full of eight to 10 young women each week outside the McDonald's on West Sugar Creek Road near Interstate 85, where other traffickers had brought them. Others, he smuggled in directly from Latin America.
Two pairs of children's sneakers, pink and green, now sit outside Flores' old apartment off Sharon Amity Road near Eastland Mall. It was one of two apartments where, just a year ago, he hid his teenage victims.
Authorities say he brought customers there, but mostly took the girls to hotels and brothels set up around the city.
He favored teenagers because he could charge more. Clients paid $25 to $30 for 15 minutes with one of the girls. One teenage victim testified in court that, on many occasions, Flores would drive her to a house or an apartment where men would be waiting.
An undercover agent says the teenagers would be made to have sex with up to 100 men a week.
"I have daughters," he says. " … Every time I think of that number, it's something I can't fathom."
To keep a fresh cycle of women in Charlotte, Flores traded with traffickers, including relatives, in Washington, D.C., and New York.
In November 2007, court documents say, he "sold" at least two teenagers from Mexico to Yaneth Martinez, a D.C. madam, who advertised her services with cards offering "Hair Cuts for Men Only."
Martinez worked the girls in the capital city and gave Flores a cut of the profits. A month later, she returned them to him.
http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/10/human_trafficking_case_shows_d.html
SHERIFF: Man Arrested In Prostitution Bust
A prostitution bust in Wilson County led to an arrest, according to lawmen, and they say the case may have a human trafficking tie.
Posted: 10:20 AM Feb 6, 2010 / Updated: 10:33 AM Feb 6, 2010
http://www.witn.com/wayneandwilsoncounty/headlines/83711017.html
Sex slave operation found at massage parlor
July 21, 2008 / Monroe, NC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REF9x6ymG4E
Duke Employee
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5445704/
Greensboro 2006
http://www.countyncnews.com/northcarolina08/1guilford2.php
http://www.wxii12.com/news/23495330/detail.html
North Carolina law states: PROMOTING PROSTITUTION OF A MINOR IS A FELONY
Sun at 9:39pm
§ 14‑190.18. Promoting prostitution of a minor.
(a) Offense. – A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution of a minor if he knowingly:
(1) Entices, forces, encourages, or otherwise facilitates a minor to participate in prostitution; or
(2) Supervises, supports, advises, or protects the prostitution of or by a minor.
(b) Mistake of Age. – Mistake of age is not a defense to a prosecution under this section.
(c) Punishment and Sentencing. – Violation of this section is a Class C felony. (1985, c. 703, s. 9; 1993, c. 539, s. 1199; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1995, c. 507, s. 19.5(p); 2008‑117, s. 6.)
http://law.onecle.com/north-carolina/14-criminal-law/14-190.18.html
Comparison of Anti-Trafficking Laws by State
North Carolina: HB 1896 establishes human trafficking of an adult for involuntary servitude or
sexual servitude as a Class F felony and human trafficking of a minor (a person under 18) for
involuntary servitude or sexual servitude as a Class C felony. The definition of human trafficking
includes recruiting, enticing, harboring, transporting, providing or obtaining a person with the
intent to hold that person in involuntary servitude or sexual servitude. HB1896 creates a Class F
felony for knowingly and willfully holding an adult in involuntary servitude or sexual servitude
and a Class C felony for knowingly and willfully holding a minor in involuntary servitude or sexual
servitude. Effective Date: December 1, 2006.
SB 1079 makes victims of human trafficking who are not legal residents of North Carolina
eligible for public benefits as long as they are allowed to remain in the United States under federal
law. SB 1079 includes victims of trafficking in the Address Confidentiality Program in the Office
of the Attorney General to prevent the victim's assailants from finding the victim through public
records. The Attorney General shall designate agencies of North Carolina and nonprofit
organizations that provide counseling and shelter services to assist individuals applying to be
program participants. The Attorney General shall determine a victim's eligibility for state benefits
and services within 96 hours of receiving the application. SB1079 also charges the North Carolina
Justice Academy to establish protocols suitable for the training of State and local law enforcement
officers. Effective Date: December 1, 2007.
http://www.centerwomenpolicy.org/documents/FactSheetonStateAntiTraffickingLawsJanuary2010.pdf
NCWU Draft Womens Agenda
http://ncwu.org/2010/AgendaAssembly/Draft%20Agenda_10-11_083010_FINAL.pdf
Man Indicted for Forced Labor and Sex Trafficking of Women Forced to Work as Prostitutes in Orange County
Posted: May 01, 2012 | FBI Los Angeles
"A Long Beach man was arraigned Monday in federal court after being indicted by a federal grand jury with sex trafficking and forced labor in connection with coercing women to engage in prostitution."
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US revamps student work-visa program after abuses
Posted: May 4, 2012 | By Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
"JACKSON, Miss.(AP) — The State Department announced major changes Friday to one of its premier cultural-exchange programs following an investigation by The Associated Press that found widespread abuses."
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State Department Revises Foreign Student Job Program After Abuse Complaints
Posted: May 4, 2012 | By Julia Preston
"The State Department, responding to a wave of complaints from foreign students about abuses under a summer cultural exchange program, issued new rules on Friday significantly revising the types of jobs the students can do, prohibiting them from most warehouse, construction, manufacturing and food-processing work."
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Florida Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Sex Trafficking of Minors and Production of Child Pornography
Posted: May 7, 2012 | Department of Justice
"James Mozie of Oakland Park, Fla., was sentenced today to life in prison on charges of sex trafficking of minors and production of child pornography"
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Sacramento Pimp Indicted for Trafficking Underage Girls
Posted: May 10, 2012 | U.S. Attorney's Office
"Marquist Piere Bradford, 26, of Chicago, has been brought back to Sacramento to face charges of sex trafficking of children by force, fraud, or coercion."
Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Gang Member Convicted in Houston of Racketeering Charges
Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 | Department of Justice
"WASHINGTON- Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang member David Harlow was found guilty today by Senior U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. in Houston of racketeering aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit racketeering aggravated assault for his role in the 2008 beating of a gang prospect."
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Georgia Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking of a Minor
Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |Department of Justice
"WASHINGTON– An Atlanta man was sentenced today to 17 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for sex trafficking of a minor, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department's Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Sally Quillian Yates."
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Paso Robles Couple Sentenced to Federal Prison in Case Involving Smuggled Aliens who Worked Under Abusive Conditions
Posted: February 13, 2012 | U.S. Attorney's Office
"LOS ANGELES—A husband and wife from Paso Robles who admitted harboring illegal aliens after they were smuggled into the United States and forced to work in substandard conditions at the couple's elder care facilities were each sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison."
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Posted: February 23, 2012 | By Sarah Mendelson
"This morning, the Administrator of USAID, Dr. Rajiv Shah, launched the Agency's new Counter-Trafficking in Persons Policy…providing guidance on pursuing more effective, efficient, and evidence-based approaches in counter-trafficking."
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Human Trafficking on the Rise in Border Region
Posted: January 12, 2012 | By Elizabeth Aguilera
"Human trafficking between the U.S. and Mexico is on the rise as more young women are kidnapped or lured to the border area with promises of a better life but who find themselves locked away in an underground world of sexual slavery, according to experts gathered Thursday in Chula Vista."
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Washington State Seeks to Ban Sale of Underage Sex Ads
Posted: January 16, 2012 | By Jonathan Kaminsky
"Washingtonstate lawmakers introduced legislation Monday that would require classified-advertising companies to attempt to verify the age of escorts listed in sex-related postings."
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Bill would make Trafficking Minors First Degree Felony
Posted: January 17, 2012 | By Brian C. Rittmeyer
"Ellis' legislation, House Bill 2016, would make the sex trafficking of minors in Pennsylvaniaa first-degree felony. It's now only a third-degree felony to exploit a child to sex trafficking in the state. It also states that a parent who subjects a minor to commercial sex purposes would be charged with a first-degree felony."
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Former Suburban Massage Parlor Operator Convicted of Human Trafficking of Four Women in Illinois
Posted: Monday, January 30, 2012 | Department of Justice
"CHICAGO – A federal jury today convicted Alex Campbell, 45, a northwest Chicago suburban massage parlor owner, of various federal crimes including sex-trafficking, forced labor, harboring illegal aliens, confiscating passports to further forced labor and extortion involving four foreign women whom he mentally and physically abused while forcing them to work for him between July 2008 and January 2010."
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The truth about human trafficking, pimps, and johns
Posted: January 12, 2012 – Rights So Divine by Youngbee Dale
"WASHINGTON, January 12, 2012 ―Most pimps and johns are not escaped mental patients living in remote forest cabins who have a sex slave caged in their back yard."
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Gangs Enter New Territory With Sex Trafficking
Posted: November 14, 2011 | by Carrie Johnson
"Fairfax County,Va., one of the wealthiest places in the country, authorities have brought five cases in the past year that focus on gang members who have pushed women, sometimes very young women, into prostitution."
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Victims Twice Over: Sex-Trafficked Women Are The Real Losers In The Obama Administration's Decision To Cut USCCB Grant
Posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 | By Jeanne Monahan
"For the past five years the USCCB has received the grant award to provide necessary services such as medical care, food and clothing to over 2,700 victims of human trafficking."
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Massachusetts Lawmakers Approve Human Trafficking Bill Posted
"BOSTON—Massachusetts lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that would impose life sentences for pimps and others found guilty of trafficking children for sex or forced labor."
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Child sex trafficking on rise in Clark County
Victim recounts nightmarish experience
Posted: November 15, 2011 | By Laura McVicker
"Over the past three years, police in Clark Countyhave seen child sex trafficking emerge as one of the major crimes to watch. It's no longer just a Portland problem."
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Hofstra study shows thousands of human trafficking victims in N.Y.
Posted: November 15, 2011 | By Fran Berkman
"New York is home to thousands more human trafficking victims than official sources had previously estimated."
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Hopes for better lives lead to slavery in U.S. (Video)
This is part of a series on the CNN Freedom Project on domestic servitude.
"(CNN) – One was sold by her impoverished parents, the other willingly left her family to become a nanny. But both found years of their lives turned to domestic servitude before finally finding freedom."
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Micronesian Couple Sentenced in State of Washington in Connection with Human Trafficking Violations
Posted: October 19, 2011 / Department of Justice
WASHINGTON – Edk Kenit, 28, and Choimina Lukas, 30, a Micronesian couple living in Longview, Wash., were sentenced today for their roles in a scheme to compel the labor of an 18-year-old woman, also fromMicronesia.
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U.S. Attorney Issues Sex Trafficking Charges Against Long-Time Milwaukee Pimp
Posted: October 26, 2011 / U.S. Attorney's Office
United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced today that he has issued a four-count information charging former Milwaukee resident Sean D. Patrick (age 37) with a four-year conspiracy to traffic children in the sex trade and three counts of sex trafficking children by force, fraud, and coercion.
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Feds: Margate Company lured Haitians to U.S. with false promises
Posted: October 25, 2011 / By Jon Burstein, Sun-Sentinel
FORT LAUDERDALE—The operator of a now-defunct Margate company promised steady-paying jobs to Haitian workers, but left them in the U.S. desperately fending for themselves or living in trailers without electricity, according to federal prosecutors.
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Society of Professional Journalist Votes to End Use of Term 'Illegal Alien'
Published: September 29, 2011 / By Matthew Fleischer
"The Society of Professional Journalists voted this week to support the recommendation that newsrooms abandon the terms "illegal immigrant" and "illegal alien.""
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Final Defendant Pleads Guilty to His Role in International Conspiracy Involving the Forced Labor of Eastern European
Women in Detroit-Area Exotic Dance Clubs
Posted: September 13, 2011 / US Attorney's Office – Eastern District of Michigan
"DETROIT—The Justice Department announced today that Veniamin Gonikman, 56, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Ukraine, pleaded guilty in federal court in Detroit, Michigan, for crimes related to an international conspiracy to compel Eastern European women to work in exotic dance clubs in the Detroit metropolitan area."
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Atlantic City Man Sentenced to 188 Months in Prison for Transporting Minors for Work as Prostitutes
Posted: Sept 16, 2011 / U.S. Attorney's Office / District of New Jersey
"CAMDEN, NJ—A child sex trafficker was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for transporting two minor girls across state lines in support of a prostitution enterprise he ran in Atlantic City, N.J., U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced."
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District Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking of Children and Transporting a Child for the Purpose of Prostitution
Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Evidence
Posted: September 16, 2011 / US Attorney's Office / District of Columbia
"WASHINGTON—Robert Brathwaite, 37, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to federal charges of sex trafficking of children, transportation of a minor for the purpose of prostitution, and possession of a firearm"
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Internet a potent weapon in fight against human trafficking: Report offers recommendations for industry & government
Posted: September 20, 2011/ By Geoffrey Baum
"The rapid expansion of the Internet is being used to facilitate human trafficking, yet it also can be harnessed to monitor and combat this form of modern-day slavery."
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Peacekeepers Sex Scandals Linger, On Screen and Off
Posted: September 7, 2011 / By Neil MacFarquhar – New York Times
UNITED NATIONS — On screen, two senior United Nations officials in Bosnia are arguing about firing Kathy
Bolkovac, an American police officer battling to stop peacekeepers from both trafficking in young women and frequenting the brothels where they became indentured prostitutes.
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Nation's farm states push competing guest-worker bills
Published: Sep 08, 2011 07:37 PM / By Michael Doyle
WASHINGTON– Half a million foreign farm workers could gain visas annually under a new plan that some U.S. growers believe doesn't go far enough.
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Sentencing Pulls Back the Curtain on Slavery
Posted: September 9, 2011 / By James Walsh, Joy Powell and Bob von Sternberg
An Eaganman who kept five workers in a house with no pay gets two years in federal prison.
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Kansas Law Falls Short in Combating Human Trafficking
Posted: September 10, 2011 / By Mike McGraw / Kansas City Star
A national anti-trafficking organization is giving Kansas low marks on state efforts to police human trafficking, but Missouri fares much better.
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Trial Set to Begin For Botsvynyuk Brothers in Human-Trafficking Case
Posted: September 13, 2011 / By Michael Matza / Philadelphia Inquirer
From 2000 to 2007, federal prosecutors charge, the brothers Botsvynyuk smuggled about 30 immigrants from their homeland to Philadelphia, promising them jobs, $500 a month, and free room and board. Instead, the immigrants say, they were enslaved.
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Fairfax Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking Minor Females
Posted: August 22, 2011 / U.S. Attorney's Office / Eastern District of Virginia
ALEXANDRIA, VA—Alonso Bruno Cornejo, aka "Casper," 22, of Fairfax, Virginia, pled guilty this morning to sex trafficking teenage runaways to work in his juvenile prostitution business that serviced clients throughout Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C., andMaryland.
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9 arrested for sex trafficking ring involving girls as young as 12
Posted: August 24, 2011 / By Rummana Hussain & Mitch Dudek
Those that didn't cooperate, were beaten, whipped, threatened with death, branded with tattoos and even stuffed in car trunks for hours as punishments.
Nine states lag in laws to stop human trafficking
Posted: August 25, 2011 / By Chuck Neubauer / The Washington Times
A Washington-based group that advocates stronger laws against human trafficking says nine states are lagging in passing laws to combat the growing crime.
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Quincy sex slave case factor in push for human trafficking law
Last update: Aug 29, 2011
The Polaris Project ranked states based on the presence or absence of 10 categories of state laws that it believes are critical to a comprehensive anti-trafficking legal framework.
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AG Cooper concerned about Backpage.com
Raleigh: Backpage.com needs to step up efforts to remove advertising for human trafficking, especially ads that could involve children, say Attorney General Roy Cooper and 45 other state attorney general. "Websites must not turn a blind eye to those who profit from the abuse of children," Cooper said.
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FLORIDA – Feds Set for Human-Trafficking Crackdown
Posted: August 13, 2011 / By Erika Pesantes / Sun Sentinel
South Floridais a hotspot for human trafficking because of its gateway air and sea ports, and last month was one of six regions picked to launch an anti-trafficking coordination team to combat the problem.
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Frederick Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking of a Minor
Posted: August 15, 2011 / U.S. Attorney's Office
GREENBELT, MD—Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Duane Mason, age 36, of Frederick, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a minor.
CHICAGO – Campaign Gaining Ground Against Sex Trafficking
Posted: August 15, 2011 / By Meribah Knight / Chicago News Cooperative
A new Illinois law signed this month, the Illinois Justice for Victims of Sex Trafficking Crimes Act, enables victims of sex trafficking to clear their records of
prostitution convictions.
COLORADO – Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Trafficking a Child
Posted: August 16, 2011 / Huffington Post
A Jefferson County District judge sentenced a Colorado man, Dallas Colby Cardenas, 20, to eight years in prison for trafficking a child.
Micronesian Couple Pleads Guilty in Washington to Withholding Passport in Connection with Human Trafficking Violations
Posted: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 / Department of Justice
TACOMA, Wash.– Edk Kenit, 29, and Choimina Lukas, 31, a Micronesian couple living in Longview, Wash., pleaded guilty today to document servitude in connection with a scheme to compel the labor of an 18-year-old woman, also from Micronesia. They each face a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
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Two Mexican Nationals Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking
Posted: August 4, 2011 / Department of Justice
MIAMI– The Justice Department announced today that two Mexican nationals, Israel Cortes-Morales, 31, and Alberto Cortes-Castro, 30, pleaded guilty in
federal district court in Miami to charges of conspiring to commit sex trafficking of Mexican women.
In Congress, a Bid to Make US Firms Take Steps Against Modern-day Slavery
Posted: August 5, 2011 / By Patrick Wall / Christian Science Monitor
House Representative Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-New York) has introduced a bill to require any company earning more than $100 million worldwide to provide details of their anti-slavery efforts through two sources; annual Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) filing, and the company website.
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-rA
New Law to Help Sex Trafficking Victims Rebuild Their Lives
Posted: August 6, 2011 /Chicago Sun-Times
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced approval of a bill that enables trafficking victims convicted of prostitution to expunge their records.
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-rx
Korean Housekeeper Says Employer Enslaved Her
Posted: August 7, 2011 / By Kirk Semple /New York Times
Korean immigrant Oak-Jin Oh, 60, has accused her former employers of keeping her as a prisoner in their homes in Queens, New York, for 12 years and forcing her to work under threat of death, according to a civil suit recently filed inManhattan's federal court.
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-ru
CNN: Slavery in the US Capital, Tina Frundt and Bradley Myles Interviewed
Posted: June 27, 2011 / By Barbara Starr /CNN
CNN's Barbara Starr investigates human trafficking in Washington DC. She speaks to both Tina Frundt of Courtney's House and Bradley Myles of Polaris Project about the sex trafficking of young girls which occurs two blocks from the President's front door.
To watch this story: http://wp.me/pikPQ-ri.
Montgomery County Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking of Juvenile
Posted: July 29, 2011 / U.S. Attorney's Office
Cooper Kweme, 31, of Silver Spring, Md., pled guilty today to sex trafficking of a female juvenile, stemming from a prostitution business operated by Kweme earlier this year in the District of Columbia, Maryland, andVirginia.
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-rg
Feds work to increase use of special visa for human trafficking victims in Philly, around US
Updated: July 31, 2011 – 12:46 pm / Patrick Walters / Associated Press
Federal immigration officials are working with authorities in Philadelphia and other cities around the U.S. to try to increase the use of a special visa to help
victims of human trafficking, a visa that has been underutilized since its creation nearly a decade ago.
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-re
Human trafficking summit explores darker side
Posted: Monday, August 1, 2011, 5:56 pm / ByAndria Simmons
The state's most powerful law enforcement officials held a summit on Monday seeking new solutions to combat the age-old problem of human trafficking. The stories they heard were as disturbing as they were unfortunately familiar.
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-rc
New Film Highlights Human Trafficking
Posted: August 1, 2011 / By Jordan Zakarin / Huffington Post
DHS-OSE Daily HumanTrafficking and Smuggling Report
This document was prepared by the Office of Intelligence and Analysis to facilitate a greater understanding of the nature and scope of threats to the homeland. It is provided to Federal, State, Local, Tribal, Territorial and private sector officials to aid in the identification and development of appropriate actions, priorities and follow-on measures.
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-pI
Polaris Project e-Newsletter
Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-pG
Enslaved In America
An NBC News special report
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-pC
Georgia Couple Pleads Guilty to Human Trafficking Charges
Posted: Friday, July 8, 2011 / Department of Justice
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-pA
Potent weapon to stem sex slavery often left unused
Visa program aimed at persuading victims of forced prostitution to finger tormentors undercut by fear and ignorance of some in law-enforcement
Posted: 7/11/2011 9:19:43 AM / By Azriel James Relph: NBC News Investigations producer
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-py
3 voices: How to end modern-day slavery
Posted: July 12, 2011 / By Liane Membis, CNN
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-pv
Nine indicted in sex-slavery ring
Illegal immigrant women allegedly traded and sold
Posted: July 13, 2011, midnight / By Jamie Satterfield / Knoxville News Sentinel
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-pt
The Upstream July Newsletter
Houston Rescue and Restore Coalition
Events, News around the world, Chances to get involved!
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-ph
Real Men Get Their Facts Straight
Ashton and Demi and Sex Trafficking
Posted: Wednesday, Jun 29 2011 / By Martin Cizmar and Ellis Conklin and Kristen Hinman
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-pf
Senate approves anti-human trafficking bill
Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2011 / By Associated Press
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-pd
Sex trafficking victim testifies, then vanishes
Posted: June 22, 2011 12:26 p.m. / By Patrick Oppmann, CNN
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-pb
Alexandria MS-13 Member Receives 10 Years for Sex Trafficking of Juveniles
Published: July 01, 2011 / U.S. Attorney's Office
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-p9
Trafficking in Persons Report 2011
Secretary Clinton (June 27): "Every year, we come together to release this report, to take stock of our progress, to make suggestions, and to refine our methods. Today, we are releasing a new report that ranks 184 countries, including our own.
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-ox
East Hartford, Conn., Woman Sentenced to More Than Nine Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking of Minors
Published: Friday, June 24, 2011 / Department of Justice
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-oz
Stop Wyndham Hotel Staff from Supporting Child Sex Trafficking in Wyndham Hotels
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-oB
Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna, the 2011-2012 President of the National Association of Attorneys General, has chosen human trafficking as the focus of his presidential initiative.
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-o2
Shared Hope International
On June 16, Shared Hope International hosted a briefing on the Protected Innocence Initiative at the Family Research Council.
Consul General of India accused of keeping a mother of four as virtual slave in posh UES digs
Posted: Monday, June 20, 201 / By: Scott Shifrel
Polaris Project Weekly E-Newsletter
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These articles cover every form of human trafficking, which happens across the United States. We need your help to raise awareness and take action against this crime in our
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Why Human Trafficking is a Men's Issue
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-oa
Head of sex trafficking ring sentenced to 40 years in prison
Amador Cortes-Meza smuggled young victims from Mexico and forced them into prostitution
Published: March 24, 2011 /Atlanta,GA
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-nt
Slavery in the Tomato Fields
Published: Jun 8 2011, 3:58 PM ET / By Barry Estabrook
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-nD
Students Promote Anti-Sex Trafficking Program
Posted: June 9, 2011 / 3:55 pm PDT / KPTV.com
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-nv
Woman convicted of forcing nannies into slavery in Suwanee, Sugar Hill
Published: Saturday, June 11, 2011, 4:16 p.m. / By Kelly Yamanouchi
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-nG
Nigerian Citizen Convicted in Atlanta for Trafficking Young Women from Nigeria to Work for Her as Nannies
Published: Monday, June 13, 2011
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-nJ
Sexual-slavery bills aid minors around Tennessee
Youths will no longer be charged for prostitution under new law
Posted: June 13, 2011 at midnight / By Beth Warren / Memphis Commercial Appeal
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-nB
Human trafficking measure heads to Gov. Bobby Jindal
Published: June 14, 2011, 10:56 PM / By Ed Anderson, The Times-Picayune
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-nx
Millennium Hotel partnering with Covering House to train its employees to spot the signs of human trafficking
Published: Jun 14, 2011, 10:49 PM / By Mike Rush
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-nz
New York City Sex Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 26 Years
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-nO
Three Defendants Plead Guilty in Honolulu in Connection with Human Trafficking Scheme That Exploited 600 Thai Workers
Case Marks Largest Human Trafficking Case inU.S. History
Published: Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-nL
Tennessee legislation eyes 'safe harbor' for young sex victims
Lawmakers seek shelters for trafficking's prey
Posted: June 20, 2011 at midnight / By Beth Warren
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-nQ
Mass. House Approves Anti-human Trafficking Bill
Posted: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 / By Associated Press
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-mz
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two Lubbock Residents in Child Sex Trafficking Conspiracy
Defendants Caused Minor Female to Engage in Prostitution
Published: June 02, 2011 / U.S. Attorney's Office
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-mp
Massage Parlor Details Emerge
Published: June 3, 2011 / By David Falchek
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-mn
Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison
Posted: June 3, 2011 / By: United States Attorney's Office – District of Oregon
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-mr
Maryland Fails to Act on Human Trafficking
Posted: June 6, 2011 / TheBaltimore Sun
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-mB
Maryland Couple Charged with Domestic Servitude of Filipina Woman
Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 / Department of Justice
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-mw
Truckers Against Trafficking
Posted: June 1st, 2011 / By Jessica Wells
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-lJ
HHS Issues Funding Opportunity Announcement for the National Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Program
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-lH
Las Cruces Hotel Owners Charged with Federal Human Trafficking
Posted: May 24, 2011 / U.S. Attorney's Office
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-lE
Sex Trafficking of Americans: The Girls Next Door
Posted: May 24, 2011 / By Amy Fine Collins• WEB EXCLUSIVE
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-lB
In Oakland, Redefining Sex Trade Workers as Abuse Victims
Published: May 23, 2011 / By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-lz
Posted: Saturday May 21, 2011
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-lx
SugarSugar app makes sex trafficking a snap
Posted: May 17th, 2011 1:46am/ by Holly Craw
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-lv
End Slavery Tennessee – Newsletter
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-lL
Pair faces sex trafficking charges in Georgia
Published: May 18, 2011 at 3:17 pm / By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-lf
Human Trafficking: A Crime Against Humanity
By: Greg Ferency / SWAT Digest
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-jJ
Missouri lawmakers pass human trafficking legislation
Posted: May 10, 2011, 3:52 PM
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-kh
Uzbek Man Sentenced for Role in Multi-National Racketeering and Forced Labor Enterprise
Posted: Monday, May 9, 2011
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-kj
Human traffickers tough to prosecute
Updated: May 7, 2011 – 10:45 am / By Ellie Bogue of The News-Sentinel
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-kl
Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison
Defendant Also Admitted to Being a Felon in Possession of an Assault Rifle
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-kn
Sex-trafficking survivors
Published: April 25, 2011; 10:47 am / By Chuck Neubauer / TheWashington Times
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-ji
The world's oldest oppression
Posted: April 26, 2011 by Martha Groppo
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-jg
Louisiana legislature to address rise of human trafficking in metro area
Posted: April 27, 2011 at 10:20 PM / Monica Hernandez/ Eyewitness News
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-je
Third Peruvian shepherd claims abuse in Craig ranch lawsuit
Posted: Apr 29, 2011 1:00am / By Felisa Cardona / TheDenver Post
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-jc
Allegations of child sex-trafficking imperil diplomatic immunity
Are diplomats getting away with human trafficking?
Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2011 / By Traver Riggins
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-ja
Justice Department Report Sheds Light On Human Trafficking Stats
Written by Chandra R. Thomas on May 1, 2011
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-j8
Johns should be targets in prostitution fight
Posted: May 2, 2011, 2:10 am / Wesley G. Hughes
Hogsett Announces the Take-Down of Multi-State Criminal Organization
Posted: May 4, 2011 /United States Attorney's Office
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-jy
Mexican Thug Amador Cortes-Meza Convicted in Georgia Sex Trafficking of Under-age Mexican women
Published: 11/24/2010 11:48:00 by AP_News
Links: www.gadailynews.com; also www.msnbc.msn.com
Most Suspected Incidents Of Human Trafficking Involved Allegations Of
Prostitution Of An Adult Or Child – More than 2,500 incidents of human trafficking investigated between January 2008 and June 2010
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10 A.M. EDT / THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-iZ
Shocking news report out of Orlando, FL: your action needed now!
Link: Polaris Project – eNewsletter
Stop Pimps' Tattoo Branding of Sex Trafficking Victims
Reflections On Reporting On Nashville Prostitution
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-iQ
What About American Girls Sold on the Streets?
Published: April 23, 2011 / By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-iN
Business Owners Sentenced for Employing Illegal Aliens
Posted: April 21, 2011 / US Attorney's Office
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-iF
Polaris Weekly Pulse: read all about human trafficking around the country!
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-gX
Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Forcing Underage Girls Into Prostitution in New York
Posted: April 14, 2011 / U.S. Attorney's Office
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-gZ
Tea Man Sentenced to Life Imprisonment Plus 10 Years for Sex Trafficking of a Child by Force and Solicitation to Murder a Federal Witness
Posted: April 15, 2011 / FBI – Minneapolis
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-h1 / Additional related link: argusleader/sentenced-life-prison
15 Men Arrested in Undercover Child Sex Sting in Florida
By Diane Macedo / Published August 16, 2010 | FoxNews.com
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-h5
Members and Associates of Oceanside Crip Street Gangs and One Hotel Charged with Racketeering Conspiracy Relating to Prostitution of Minors and Adults and Other Crimes and Criminal Forfeiture
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-ha
Legislation targets sex trade in Pittsburgh
Bill requires massage parlors, their employees to be licensed
Posted: Monday, April 18, 2011 / By: Joe Smydo,Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-hd
EEOC Files Its Largest Farm Worker Human Trafficking Suit Against Global Horizons, Farms
Posted: 4-20-11 /US EEOC
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-hf
Sounding the Alarm on Human Trafficking – CBN TV
Ashley Judd will discuss her worldwide work to fight sex trafficking. She is the author of "All That is Bitter & Sweet".
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-fQ
Human Trafficking Makes a Big Splash in National Media
Link: Polaris Project e-newsletter
Senator criticizes US anti-trafficking approach
By: Shaun Tandon (AFP) – Apr 7, 2011
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-fU
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Launch 'Real Men Don't Buy Girls' Campaign (VIDEO)
Huffington Post / Lucas Kavner / Updated: 04/11/11 08:52 AM ET
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-fY
Child sex trafficking is growing, even in U.S.
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 | by Amanda Kate Winkelman
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-g6
Protecting your kids from web predators
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-gb
Texas: Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking and Related Federal Charges
Link: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/March/11-crt-348.html
New Jersey Man Indicted for Taking Minnesota Girl to Chicago, Denver for Prostitution
Link: http://minneapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel11/mp031111.htm
Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty to Child Sexual Exploitation Offense
Link: http://www.fbi.gov/albuquerque/press-releases/2011/kentucky-man-pleads-guilty-to-child-sexual-exploitation-offense
Missouri Legislation Toughens Penalties for Sex Traffickers
With a 155-0 vote, the Missouri House has passed legislation to expand the definition of sex trafficking and increase fines and prison time for offenders. The vote came just a few days before a state inmate and a Kansas City woman were indicted on federal sex-trafficking charges.
"What was striking to me was to realize the pervasiveness of this in Missouri," Republican Rep. Jeff Grisamore said during the floor debate.
Link: http://www.citizenlink.com/2011/03/missouri-legislation-toughens-penalties-for-sex-traffickers/
Stones in the Backpack: The Burden of Teen Prostitution in Alaska, Part 5
By: Rhonda McBride – Channel 2 News
Posted: 11:41 p.m. AKST, March 4, 2011
This is the fifth of a five-part Channel 2 series on teen prostitution and its toll in Alaska. In this concluding part, reporter Rhonda McBride takes a look at what Alaskans can do to stop this epidemic of exploitation.
Link: http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-stones-in-the-backpack-part-5-030411,0,4554274.story
New Interagency Initiatives To Combat Trafficking in Persons
Special Briefing: Luis CdeBaca – Ambassador-at-Large, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons – Washington, DC
Link: http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/rm/2011/155833.htm
Department of Justice Announces Launch of Human Trafficking Enhanced Enforcement Initiative
Link: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/February/11-ag-140.html
Police watch for sex trafficking ahead of big game
Link: http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/national_world&id=7932122
Navigating The Underworld of Human Trafficking
By: Sherry Ricchiardi Posted: November 26, 2010
Link: http://www.globaljournalist.org/stories/2010/11/26/navigating-the-underworld-of-human-trafficking/?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d7695c5248faeab%2C0
For Runaways, Sex Buys Survival
By IAN URBINA / Published: October 26, 2009 / Part of a 3 part series
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/us/27runaways.html?emc=eta1
Despite Law, Few Trafficking Arrests
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/nyregion/04trafficking.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
Horrors of sex trade are all too real
By CONNIE BELCIUG / HOUSTON CHRONICLE / Jan. 10, 2010, 10:45PM
Natasha – birthing babies for organ sale
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6808673.html
Teen Prostitution: A Stolen Innocence
Updated: Tuesday, 09 Feb 2010, 9:38 PM MST / Published : Tuesday, 09 Feb 2010, 9:38 PM MST
There's an epidemic on the streets of the valley — teenage prostitution. At 16, "Jane" says a so-called friend sold her to a pimp who forced her into prostitution. The average age of a teenage prostitute in Phoenix is 13 — that means there are some even younger. They are kidnapped, and often starved, drugged, and branded. Years later, "Jane" is sharing her tragic story.
FOX 10's John Hook reports.
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/only_on_fox/teen-prostitution-2-9-2010
4 men, woman charged in online sex trafficking
By Rob Shikina / POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 19, 2010
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20100219_4_men_woman_charged_in_online_sex_trafficking.html?page=all&c=y
Victory! Choice Hotels Takes Action to Prevent Child Prostitution
by Amanda Kloer / Published February 16, 2010 @ 09:00AM PT
http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/victory_choice_hotels_takes_action_to_prevent_child_prostitution
Sting nabs 5 alleged prostitutes, drug dealer
By Gustavo Reveles Acosta / El Paso Times / Posted: 02/14/2010 12:00:00 AM MST
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_14398964?source=most_emailed
Suit: Prostitute, strippers part of Blackwater fraud
February 12, 2010 — Updated 1535 GMT (2335 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/12/blackwater.suit/
Sex Slave Tells Her Story
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2009/11/17/damon.indo.sex.slave.cnn.html
Florida Teenager Sold As Slave
Kidnapped, drugged, raped, and tortured. Sold on the internet for $300,000 within 3 days.. No one has been arrested or prosecuted.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27098382#27098382
A US man who imprisoned a 19-year-old homeless woman and advertised her online as a prostitute has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1010963/us-man-sold-homeless-woman-as-sex-slave
Hundreds Forced Into Sex Trade, Ohio Report Concludes
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585407,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r2:c0.101937:b30506824:z0
Man goes undercover to combat child sex slavery
By Leif Coorlim, CNN Producer / February 8, 2010 10:23 p.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/08/cambodia.wus.child.sex.trafficking/?hpt=Sbin
Latest Big Names in Human Trafficking Fight: Liu, Streep & Jolie
by Angela Longerbeam /Published February 02, 2010 @ 09:32AM PT
http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/latest_big_names_in_human_trafficking_fight_liu_streep_jolie
Legal adviser for Americans in Haiti facing his own charges
From Karl Penhaul, CNN / February 15, 2010 4:29 p.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/15/haiti.legal.adviser.charges/index.html
Volunteers try to dissuade young sex workers on Super Bowl weekend
By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN / February 6, 2010 8:52 p.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/06/florida.superbowl.sex.trafficking/index.html#cnnSTCText
Sex trafficking: An American problem too
By Bridgette Carr, Special to CNN / November 25, 2009 6:58 a.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/25/carr.human.trafficking/index.html#cnnSTCText
Expert: Child traffickers target runaways, 'throwaways'
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN / November 18, 2009 1:48 p.m. EST
"The FBI did not return messages to discuss human trafficking, but news releases from the agency's Innocence Lost initiative show that in the past 18 months, four stings — dubbed Operations Cross Country I, II, III and IV — have yielded about 2,300 arrests and the recovery of about 170 children."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/18/domestic.child.trafficking/index.html#cnnSTCText
FBI: Stings rescue 11 local underage sex workers
By KATU.com Staff and News Wires
http://www.katu.com/news/66001762.html
Child trafficking victim: 'They conned me'
By Keith Eldridge / Story Published: Jan 23, 2010 at 1:15 PM PST
http://www.katu.com/news/local/82448532.html
U.S. Marshals: We have your 82nd Ave. pimp
Submitted by KATU.com Staff on Mon, 2010-01-18 09:34
http://southeastportland.katu.com/content/us-marshals-we-have-your-82nd-ave-pimp
High Profile Case:
http://www.tmz.com/2010/05/06/lawrence‐taylor‐rape‐investigation‐pimp/
Pt. 1/3 Teen Prostitute on Tyra Banks Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx3SrhmqOtQ&feature=related
Sex Trafficking of American Indian Girls and Women
by Amanda Kloer / Published January 18, 2010 @ 03:30PM PT
http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/sex_trafficking_of_american_indian_girls_and_women
Texas D.A. Prosecutes Girl, 13, For Prostitution While Her Pimp, 32, Walks
by Amanda Kloer / Published January 21, 2010 @ 01:00PM PT
http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/texas_da_prosecutes_girl_13_for_prostitution_while_her_pimp_32_walks
Men Who Buy Sex Know Women May Be Trafficked, Abused, or Underage
http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/men_who_buy_sex_know_women_may_be_trafficked_abused_or_underage
U.S. man faces Haiti child sex charges
School founder pleads not guilty to trading food, shelter for sex acts
updated 12:08 p.m. ET, Tues., Feb. 2, 2010
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35199895/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
Stag parties 'fuel sex trafficking'
Page last updated at 11:56 GMT, Thursday, 14 January 2010http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8457172.stmFormer Chief U.N. Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter Nabbed in Teen Sex StingMonday, January 18, 2010
By Joshua Rhett Millerhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583027,00.html?test=latestnewsThe Rise of the E-Brothelby Amanda Kloer categories: Child Trafficking , Prostitution , Sex Trafficking Published January 03, 2010 @ 03:00PM PThttp://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/the_rise_of_the_e-brothelRescued Child Prostitution Victims Have Nowhere to Goby Amanda Kloer categories: Child Prostitution , Child Trafficking Published December 13, 2009 @ 09:00AM PThttp://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/rescued_child_prostitution_victims_have_nowhere_to_go
TN Man Charged with Sex Trafficking, Food Stamp Fraud
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/082310-tn-man-charged-with-sex-trafficking-and-food-stamp-fraud
New law passed in NY that allows trafficked women to get prostitution arrests off their record
http://peoplesworld.org/new-law-seen-as-victory-for-trafficked-women/
Chocolate's Child Slaves
Posted: January 12th, 2012 | Video
"Everyone loves chocolate. But for thousands of people, chocolate is the reason for their enslavement."
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-zh
The Worst Form of Human Trafficking
Posted: January 17, 2012 | By Youngblee Dale
"WASHINGTON, January 17, 2011— Human trafficking often involves prostitution and forced labor of victims. But in Uganda, traffickers buy and sell children against their will to use their genitals, heads, and blood for ritual sacrifice."
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-zf
Eritrean Hostages in Sinai Appeal for International Help
Posted: Wednesday, January 4, 2012; By Jeremy Reynalds
SURREY,ENGLAND(ANS) — Thirteen Eritrean hostages currently held in northern Sinai, close to the Israeli border face a bleak future.
They've issued a desperate appeal for international intervention after being informed that they will be sold to organ traffickers if a large ransom is not paid for them.
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-yj
The Face of Modern Slavery
Published: November 16, 2011 | By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
"Srey Pov's family sold her to a brothel when she was 6 years old. She was unaware of sex but soon found out."
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-xy
From Vietnam's Forced-Labor Camps: 'Blood Cashews'
Posted: Sept. 06, 2011 / By Andrew Marshall
A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report claims cashew nuts and other Vietnamese exports are produced by drug addicts detained in forced-labor camps across the country.
Read more: http://wp.me/pikPQ-tC
Chinese Police Rescue 30 Disabled Men in Brick Factory Raids
Posted: September 7, 2011 / By Barbara Demick / Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Beijing – Chinese police have raided brick factories scattered through a rural swath of Henan province and rescued 30 mentally disabled men who authorities say had been held as slave laborers.
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-tE
Leighton Buzzard 'Slave' Empire Uncovered in Major Police Raid
Posted: September 11, 2011 / By Alexandra Topping / The Guardian
Twenty-four modern day slaves were released from bondage on Sunday after a pre-dawn police raid found them emaciated, hungry and living in "filthy and cramped" conditions on a caravan site in Leighton Buzzard.
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Trafficked to Baghdad's Green Zone
Posted: Aug 25, 2011 (IPS) / By Rebecca Murray
BAGHDAD – Ukrainian and Bulgarian workers are currently camped out on a construction site of half-built luxury villas in Baghdad's elite "Green Zone" – a vast security enclave housing government offices, embassies and international NGOs – demanding their salaries before being shipped back home.
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-sB
CAMBODIA-THAILAND: Men trafficked into "slavery" at sea
Posted: August 29, 2011 (IRIN)
PHNOM PENH- Each year, hundreds of Cambodian men, many impoverished farmers, are lured from their homes with the promise of better-paying jobs in Thailand, only to find themselves on Thai fishing boats plying the waters of theSouth China Sea.
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CHINA – Cross-Border Human Trafficking Cases Rising
Posted: August 12, 2011 / By Zang Yan /China Daily
The trafficking of women and children into China continues to rise despite efforts to combat it, a senior police office has said.
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ABU DHABI – Human Traffickers Appeal Life Sentences
Posted: August 15, 2011 / By Haneen Dajani / The National
Seven men sentenced to life in prison 18 months ago for human trafficking told an appeals court judge yesterday they had new evidence to support their innocence. The men were involved in what was the capital's largest human trafficking ring.
VIETNAM – Village Combats Stigma of Human Trafficking Victims
Posted: August 16, 2011 / By Julie Cohn /The New York Times
A Vietnamese woman, Vang Thi Mai, 49, runs a women's co-op for victims of human trafficking and helps to combat the stigma of former forced sex workers.
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Halton, Ontario Police Get Anti-Trafficking Funds
Posted: August 5, 2011 / By David Lea / InsideHalton.com
The Halton, Ontario police department has received grant funding for efforts to curb human trafficking in the area. The funds will go toward special investigations targeting the sex trade, increased surveillance of suspected human trafficking activities and officer training.
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18 Human Trafficking Victims Rescued; Suspects Arrested
Posted: August 10, 2011 / By Michael Vincent D. Cajulao / Philippine Information Agency
Authorities in Zamboanga City rescued 18 human trafficking victims on Monday. Suspects Rodolfo and Gloria Pasaylo were presently detained at the city police office at the time of the writing. None of the 18 victims had agreed to file charges at the time, and if no charges are filed within 36 hours the suspects must be released.
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The Country Where Slavery Is Still Normal
Posted: Jun 28 2011, 12:17 PM / By Max Fisher
Singapore blasts US over trafficking report
Posted: June 29, 2011, 5:18 am / AFP
Report: Illegal immigrants abused as domestics
Posted: 5 days ago / By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press
Sex trafficking trade forces women from Odessa to massage parlours in Britain
Many women drawn to the Ukrainian city end up working as prostitutes in the UK, but our government seems unwilling to act
Posted: Saturday 2 July 2011 / By Mark Townsend
Today's Hidden Slave Trade
Modern human slavery isn't just about sex trafficking—up to 27 million people are forced into labor in the global economy, from tomatoes to electronics to American military contracting in places like Iraq. Michelle Goldberg on our underreported slave trade.
Published: June 28, 2011 10:55 pm
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UN.GIFT.newsletter – Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-mE
Demi Moore to Host Report for CNN on Human Trafficking
Posted: June 5, 2011, 10:00 pm / By BRIAN STELTER
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-mG
Nigerian 'Baby Farm' Raided – 32 Pregnant Girls Rescued
Teenage mothers were allegedly forced to give up newborns to human traffickers in southern city ofAba
Posted: Thursday 2 June 2011 / David Smith inJohannesburg
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Police Launch Phone Line to Crack Down on Human Trafficking
Posted: Sunday, June 5, 2011, 4:10pm
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-mK
'Illegal Children' Abducted by Chinese Authorities and Trafficked Abroad
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Study finds 'alarming' human trafficking figures in Mexico's capital
Posted: May 27, 2011, 11:15am / By the CNN Wire Staff
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-lN
15 more trafficked Swazis saved in SA
By: MUSA NHLEKO on May 11, 2011
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-kt
China Province Probes Sale of 'Illegal Children
Published: May 10, 2011 at 3:48 AM / By REUTERS
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The Abolitionist's Digest – Stop Modern Slavery
A collection of news stories about human trafficking from around the world
Link: http://wp.me/pikPQ-hl
The UN.GIFT.HUB launches virtual forum with the UN Special Rapporteur on human trafficking
More than 40 experts gathered on the UN.GIFT.HUB's forum to exchange their views on the "draft basic principles on the right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons". The participants discussed a variety of topics, including remedies for trafficked children, the notion of "restitution" in the context of trafficked persons, and gender-related barriers to access to justice for trafficked women.
Link: http://www.ungift.org/the-un.gift.hub-launches-virtual-forum-with-the-un-special-rapporteur-on-human-trafficking.html
A police officer and divorced mother of three, Kathyrn Bolkovac was looking for a fresh start when she signed up as a UN peacekeeper in Bosnia. But when she began to investigate the local trafficking of young girls into prostitution, all the evidence pointed to those she worked alongside
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/jan/22/whistleblower-sex-traffickers-bosnia
Forced into prostitution, MP girl complains to Renuka
Hemender Sharma / CNN-IBN
Published on Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 13:21 in India section
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/forced-into-prostitution-mp-girl-complains-to-renuka/84425-3.html
Foreign girls in flesh trade worry police
Dwaipayan Ghosh, TNN, Feb 22, 2010, 12.38am IST
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Foreign-girls-in-flesh-trade-worry-police/articleshow/5601039.cms
Traffickers targeting Haiti's children, human organs, PM says
By Tom Evans, CNN
January 27, 2010 10:21 p.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/27/haiti.earthquake.orphans/index.html#cnnSTCText
Human trafficking in Mexico targets women and children
January 13, 2010 10:57 a.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/13/mexico.human.traffic.drug/index.html#cnnSTCText
Report lifts veil on trafficking, prostitution of Palestinian women
December 11, 2009 11:49 a.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/11/female.trafficking/index.html#cnnSTCText
Recession boosts global human trafficking, report says
By Elise Labott, CNN State Department Producer / November 6, 2009 5:37 p.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/02/human.trafficking.report/index.html#cnnSTCText
Chinese officials try to find parents of 60 lost children
October 29, 2009 7:48 a.m. EDT
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/china.baby.ring/index.html#cnnSTCText
Sex Trafficking High Around U.S. Military Bases Abroad
by Amanda Kloer / categories: Child Prostitution , Prostitution , Sex Trafficking
Published February 09, 2010 @ 02:00PM PT
http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/sex_trafficking_high_around_us_military_bases_abroad
Abu Dhabi court jails 13 for trafficking Moroccan women
Page last updated at 16:18 GMT, Tuesday, 19 January 2010
China's crackdown on *human trafficking* frees 16517 abducted women
http://news.in.msn.com/international/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4404083
Poverty robs Yemeni children of young years
Aug 11, 2010 at 08:03
http://business.maktoob.com/20090000506156/Poverty_robs_Yemeni_children_of_young_years/Article.htm
Salvador Reyes, on January 21, 2011 at 2:38 pm said:
Dear sirs, my name is Salvador Reyes. I write you from El Salvador. I'm journalist, I write for http://www.inmigrantetv.com
Yesterday I wrote an article about Human Trafficking in North Carolina, but I need to include a telephone for victims get help by talking about their cases. Do you have a number for helping them? Thanks a lot and when article be published I could send you the link. I mentioned your organization and presidente Charityn Magnuson.


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Coroner's Court
Feet of brain-damaged homeless man not washed in year he was kept in Mountjoy
Judge says case of man in prison for year after HSE cancelled care plan should not happen in a civilised state
Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 17:25
Mary Carolan
The doctor described the man's bed linen as "appallingly filthy", having not been changed in months
It is "staggering" that a brain-damaged homeless man has been on remand for more than a year in Mountjoy Prison's high dependency unit despite persistent reports he is of unsound mind and needs residential care, the president of the High Court has said.
Mr Justice Peter Kelly was told a senior HSE official had cancelled a residential care plan due to "resource issues" and it was being proposed to discharge him to access homeless services . He said this was a "truly awful situation and one that should not exist in a civilised state".
A court appointed medical visitor had reported the man, while otherwise doing well in the high dependency unit (HDU), has "absolutely filthy" feet and hugely overgrown and curled toe nails, a rare nail disease known as ram's horn not seen here in decades.
It appeared his feet were never washed during his year long remand and the doctor also described his bed linen as "appallingly filthy", having not been changed in months.
The man's situation, the doctor reported, was "all the more shocking" as he was on a unit under the care of consultant psychiatrists, doctors, nurses and wardens. The doctor was told by wardens they had a policy not to invade a prisoner's "personal space" but the doctor considered that should not be applied to vulnerable adults.
The judge shared the doctor's concern there must be many more vulnerable adult prisoners who are deficient in their ability to maintain their personal care and the situation "should be addressed at the highest level".
He directed that papers in the case be served on the Minister for Justice, the HSE, the Irish Prison Service and the DPP and returned the matter to next week.
He commended the man's solicitor, Danica Kinnane, of ME Hanahoe Solicitors, for writing to the court as a "last resort" to have the man made a ward of court after alleging the HSE was well aware of the man's "chronic medical and social history" and was avoiding its statutory duty towards him.
The man, aged in his fifties and homeless for some time, has a history of mental disorder but does not meet the Mental Health Act criteria for admission to psychiatric units.
He was charged in November 2018 with assaulting two security guards who approached him when sheltering in the women's toilets of a Dublin shopping centre.
Just after his arrest, a doctor at a Dublin Garda station said he was unfit to plead. He defecated in a Garda cell, covered himself with excrement, was charged the following day and remanded by the District Court to the HDU where he has remained.
In her letter to the High Court, Ms Kinnane said the HSE decided last April to apply to have the man made a ward but had made no application so far. She wrote as a "last resort" because the man had effectively served any prison term that might have been imposed on him were he fit to plead and because no one, including the District Court judges, believed it was in his or the public's interest to release him back onto the streets.
The HSE is failing in its statutory duty towards the man whose rights, including to life, are being breached, she alleged.
Having received her letter last month, Mr Justice Kelly directed a medical visitor to assess the man and returned the matter to Thursday when he made directions for service on various parties address the matter.
Felix McEnroy SC, instructed by Ms Kinnane, said this matter was "shocking to the conscience" and so bad this very experienced law firm had, for the first time in its history, to seek wardship.
This was not just an "operational failure" but also a policy failure concerning provision of health services in prison.
The District Court has been frustrated for some time in finally disposing of the man's case and the DPP's office had known since March last there could never be a criminal trial as the man was not fit to plead, he said.
A Central Mental Hospital plan for the man's move to a care unit was cancelled by an administrative officer at the "highest level" in the HSE for "resource" reasons and another doctor prepared a report with a view to the man accessing homeless services. Asking someone in this man's condition to voluntarily access homeless services was "an impossibility".
All this meant the man was in prison when he should not be, he cannot he discharged because he would be at risk and the situation was "utterly unacceptable", counsel said.
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Toronto, April 4, 2018 – PwC Canada has named Nicolas Marcoux, FCPA, FCA, as its new chief executive officer, beginning July 1, 2018. Marcoux began his career with PwC in 1989 and is currently national managing partner, Montréal office, Major Cities, and Consulting and Deals at PwC. He will succeed Bill McFarland, who has served as CEO of PwC Canada since 2011.
The accounting firm had a strong 2017, as PwC Canada led the Big Four in public client gains and losses, with a net gain of seven new public audit clients for 2017, according to SEDAR analysis provided to Canadian Accountant by Audit Analytics.
Of the 20 new public clients added overall by PwC in 2017, the largest by market capitalization was the Canadian subsidiary of Progressive Waste Solutions, rebranded in 2017 as Waste Connections of Canada, at $11.5 billion.
Marcoux has served a wide range of clients and industries as a corporate finance partner and the lead relationship partner on many of the firm's key clients. A specialist in mergers and acquisitions, Marcoux is "very familiar with the various intricacies of a transaction," according to PwC.
"Nicolas has a lot of experience dealing with private equity firms in Canada and throughout North America." The Montreal native has carried out more than 100 transactions over the past 20 years, assisting in mid-market public and private companies with acquisitions, divestitures and raising capital.
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A graduate of the University of Sherbrooke with a Bachelor of Business Administration, Marcoux holds the corporate finance (CF) designation. He is a board member of Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and Youth in Mind Foundation.
Colin Ellis managing editor of Canadian Accountant. With files provided by PwC Canada. Composite image, PwC Canada and iStock.


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LeetPress template – creating pages for about me etc.
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I just started using this template and was hoping to create my other pages for the information. Also wanted to link the social pages to this page too, but wasn't sure how to do that either.
Just use "Documentation" file it has setup instruction.


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Belize Audubon Society's mission is to promote the sustainable use and preservation of natural resources through leadership and strategic partnerships in order to maintain a balance between people and the environment. This is similar to BirdLife's mission and BAS is, therefore, committed to the mission and strategy of BirdLife.
Oversees policy making processes critical to protected areas and the protection of ecosystems, plant life, animals, and marine life within those areas.
Provides stakeholder communities with community development initiatives, alternative livelihoods, community empowerment and voice.
BAS's annual spring and Christmas bird counts help to identify and monitor threatened bird species.


In early phases of new product development I've designed experiments to validate assumptions around the proposed business model - customer segments in this case.
I've implemented research regimes to inform early design phases and measure usability during iteration. At left, is an exercise designed to prioritize information architecture for a dashboard application.
I have expertise in designing collaborative workshops to expose ideas quickly and get everyone on the same page.
In more waterfall environments or Sprint 0 situations, I've leaned on processes like Twin Peaks - developed at Wireless Generation (now Amplify).
Along with a history of more traditional UX and visual design deliverables like site maps, wireframes, and mockups - I've been part of movement at Amplify to move towards code based deliverables that promote collaboration and coordination with development teams, and also promote early user testing. Our first implementation was a live style guide for a student data platform.


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Merck Suspends Lobbying For Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 5:00 pm
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ Merck & Co., bowing to pressure from parents and medical groups, is immediately suspending its lobbying campaign to persuade state legislatures to mandate that adolescent girls get the company's new vaccine against cervical cancer as a requirement for school attendance.
The drug maker, which announced the change Tuesday, had been criticized for quietly funding the campaign, via a third party, to require 11- and 12-year-old girls get the three-dose vaccine in order to attend school.
Some had objected because the vaccine protects against a sexually transmitted disease, human papilloma virus, which causes cervical cancer. Vaccines mandated for school attendance usually are for diseases easily spread through casual contact, such as measles and mumps.
``Our goal is about cervical cancer prevention and we want to reach as many females as possible with Gardasil,'' Dr. Richard M. Haupt, Merck's medical director for vaccines, told The Associated Press.
``We're concerned that our role in supporting school requirements is a distraction from that goal, and as such have suspended our lobbying efforts,'' Haupt said, adding the company will continue providing information about the vaccine if requested by government officials.
Merck launched Gardasil, the first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, in June.
Sales totaled $235 million through the end of 2006, according to Merck.
Last month, the AP reported that Merck was channeling money for its state-mandate campaign through Women in Government, an advocacy group made up of female state legislators across the country.
Conservative groups opposed the campaign, saying it would encourage premarital sex, and parents' rights groups said it interfered with their control over their children.
Even two of the prominent medical groups that supported broad use of the vaccine, the American Academy of Pediatricians and the American Academy of Family Practitioners, questioned Merck's timing, Haupt said Tuesday.
``They, along with some other folks in the public health community, believe there needs to be more time,'' he said, to ensure government funding for the vaccine for uninsured girls is in place and that families and government officials have enough information about it.
Legislatures in roughly 20 states have introduced measures that would mandate girls have the vaccine to attend school, but none has passed so far. However, Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Feb. 2 issued an executive order requiring that schoolgirls get the vaccinations, triggering protests from lawmakers in that state, who may seek to pass a law overturning the order.
The National Vaccine Information Center has been publicizing reports of side effects _ mostly dizziness and fainting _ in several dozen people getting Gardasil, which is approved for use in females ages 9 to 26. The center, a group of parents worried that vaccines harm some children, questions whether the vaccine was tested in enough young girls.
Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, say that reports of side effects through the end of January don't raise any red flags.
The vaccine also is controversial because of its price _ $360 for the three doses required over a six-month stretch. Because of that cost and what pediatricians and gynecologists say is inadequate reimbursement by insurers, many are choosing not to stock the vaccine or requiring surcharges to administer it, increasing the cost for many families and making the vaccine hard to come by.
Merck shares were down in after-hours trading on the New York Stock Exchange, falling 35 cents to $44.15 after rising 22 cents in regular trading to close at $44.50.
News On 6 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ Merck & Co., bowing to pressure from parents and medical groups, is immediately suspending its lobbying campaign to persuade state legislatures to mandate that adolescent girls get


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    await state.finish()

A: Попробуйте таким способом, так всё работает:
@dp.message_handler(state='*', commands='cancel')
async def cancel_handler(message: types.Message, state: FSMContext):
    current_state = await state.get_state()
    if current_state is None:
        return
    await state.finish()

Чтобы всё работало коректно, вставляйте этот фрагмент кода в файл со всема основными командами, по типу: /start
Так же можете попробовать переместить ваш пример кода в тот файлик с командами, если он у вас где-то в другом месте проекта

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WHAT: The European Union Studies Program of the University System of Georgia invites students from program institutions* and Georgia College and State University to showcase their research on the European Union and EU-related topics at the annual EU Studies Program Student Conference, to be held March 27-29, 2019 at Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA.
Students may present research papers written for courses in previous semesters, or being written for a course in the current semester. Independent study research papers are also welcome.
How: Paper proposals must be nominated by the EU Studies Program campus representative at the student's school. A list of campus program representatives can be found here.
Students, through their campus representative, must submit an abstract (150-word limit) summarizing the content of their paper.
Financial support for conference travel expenses may be available at the student's home institution. Check with your campus program representative.


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BA owner plans expansion of budget long-haul airline
1 Jun 2017 1:45 pm | Tom Newcombe | 0 Comments
British Airways owner IAG is already looking to expand its new budget airline Level across Europe as early as next year.
Level is the company's low-cost transatlantic service, which will operate out of Barcelona.
Today it launched its inaugural flight from Barcelona to Los Angeles, with 314 passengers onboard.
Flights to LA will operate twice weekly and tomorrow the three-times weekly service to San Francisco will start.
The airline confirmed it would increase its fleet to five aircraft in 2018.
Last month, Level announced it had sold more than 100,000 tickets after going on sale for just four weeks.
Willie Walsh, IAG's chief executive said: "This is the start of a fantastic new adventure for IAGInternational Airlines Group - the parent company of British Airways and Spain's Iberia which was created by the merger of the two carriers in 2010. Level's sales are well ahead of our expectations in all markets. The brand has resonated with a new audience, many of whom are flying long-haul for the first time.
Level will operate the service with two new Airbus A330 aircraft branded in its own livery and fitted with 293 economy and 21 premium economy seats.
It will initially be operated by Iberia's crew and create up to 250 jobs in Barcelona.
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Bee County Farm Bureau member James O'Brien was one of 10 graduates of the American Farm Bureau Federation's (AFBF) Partners in Advocacy Leadership (PAL) program.
PAL is designed to develop advocates for agriculture and grow leaders to help advance the policy goals of Farm Bureau.
PAL consists of four modules across a two-year period in which participants develop leadership skills and learn to properly form and deliver effective messages.
One of the most significant aspects of PAL for O'Brien, a seventh-generation rancher who runs a cow-calf operation in Beeville and also raises American Quarter horses, was the focus on developing messages for the audiences agriculture needs to reach.
Forming those messages is an important part of agricultural advocacy, O'Brien said.
Legislative leaders also influence the decision-making process for farmers and ranchers, so developing relationships and communicating properly with those lawmakers is imperative.
PAL also helped prepare participants to be more comfortable with media interviews, O'Brien said.
O'Brien decided to apply for the program to hone his advocacy skills and learn to better communicate with those who want to know more about food safety and food quality.
Local food trends have opened markets closer to home for O'Brien and other farmers and ranchers across the country.
Joining PAL equipped O'Brien with the knowledge and skills to engage with consumers, while also appropriately handling any negative attention that comes along with new ventures.
Before participating in the program, O'Brien didn't feel confident when advocating for agriculture, feeling as if there were many others with more knowledge and experience that could speak out. He now knows he can be a voice for agriculture.
O'Brien used the communication skills he learned through PAL to help him when he was interviewed by The Western Horseman for an article documenting recovery efforts after Hurricane Harvey.
It was an honor to be selected to participate in PAL, O'Brien said. Not only did the program provide an incredible opportunity to develop as a leader, O'Brien was able to learn from interacting with his fellow participants.
Having completed PAL, he now feels prepared to effectively represent agriculture.
Other graduates of the PAL class include Angi Bailey, Oregon; John Boelts, Arizona; April Clayton, Washington; Becca Ferry, Utah; Amy France, Kansas; Amelia Kent, Louisiana; Matt Niswander, Tennessee; Tyson Roberts, Utah; and Jamie Tiralla, Maryland.


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Canada in International Law at 150: Past, Present and Future - Featuring Yves Fortier
Valerie Hughes
Yves Fortier
Yves Fortier is a Canadian diplomat, trial and appellate lawyer, arbitrator and corporate director. From 1988 to 1991 Maître Fortier was Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations which was the last time that Canada had a seat on the UN Security Council.
In this podcast, Yves Fortier is interviewed by Valerie Hughes (former director of the Legal Affairs Division of the World Trade Organization (WTO) from 2010 to 2016) about a range of topics that span Maître Fortier's illustrious career in international law. The interview was recorded in Ottawa in April 2017 at the initial Exploratory Workshop for CIGI's project on Canada in International Law at 150: our Past, Present and Future.
The topics for this workshop, and the book project that has emerged from it, cover a range of discrete international legal subjects that includes sources of international law, the intersection of indigenous and international law, international economic law, international environmental law, international intellectual property law and international human rights and humanitarian law. Viewed as a whole, these topics are an exploration of Canada's place in the making of international law as well as the legal consequences of Canada's work in international organizations at home and abroad.
For media inquiries, usage rights or other questions please contact CIGI.
The opinions expressed in this article/multimedia are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of CIGI or its Board of Directors.
Moments in Time: Canadians on the International Stage