Human trafficking is modern day slavery in action. It is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, and retention of a person obt..
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On-Line Dating and Human Trafficking
Published on 2010-07-23 10:19:00
The trend of on-line dating can be a fun and convenient way to meet new people and potentially fall in love. It can also be a dangerous portal into the world of human trafficking, specifically sex trafficking and forced labor. Sex trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world today. Women and children are deceived, lured with the promise of a job or better life but in reality are traded within and between countries for commercial sex work and forced labor. Such was t
The United States in the Human Trafficking Report
Published on 2010-07-22 14:23:00
After signing the Human Trafficking Protocol in 2000, the US State Department has monitored levels of compliance with the protocol among the member states. Human trafficking is now an international crime according to the United Nations. For the first time this year the State Department audited the US and included the data on the list. States are graded on their compliance with the human trafficking protocol by a tier system. Tier 1 states recognize trafficking as illegal and enforce laws to main
Texas Creates New Human Trafficking Commission
Published on 2010-07-22 12:11:00
Texas was one of the first states to realize that human trafficking was a major problem. As the state with the largest border with Mexico, Texas is a prime entry point for smuggled humans. The "coyotes" or smugglers of Mexican citizens have been operating for years. The coyotes' customers are often there by choice; trying to make a new life in the United States, but because of the nature of the illegal smuggling they are involved in, many die on the way and once they get get into America get sca
