Trafficking News
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Two Alaskans have pleaded guilty to trading in walrus tusks and polar bear hides in the largest wildlife trafficking case in over two decades. A third person involved in the ring is expected to plead guilty this week.
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"Are you a real man? If you are you would never buy a girl." That's the message of Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore's latest venture battling the growing trend of human trafficking, called Real Men Don't Buy Girls.
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New York -
A new report on human rights obligations in war-ravaged Iraq shows commonplace abuses eight years after the US-led occupation began, notably among the country’s most vulnerable, including women, detainees and those exposing corruption.
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Oakville -
The Halton Regional Police have arrested two men in connection to a cocaine trafficking investigation in Oakville that began in December.
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Kathmandu -
The Asia Foundation has launched a five-year, $6.8 million project to prevent human trafficking, protect victims, and prosecute traffickers in six districts in Nepal. Its own contributions will bring the total amount to approximately $7.4 million.
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On Aug. 12, a liner crammed with 492 migrants seeking the shelter of Canadian lands entered the exclusive waters of the world’s second largest country.
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San Francisco -
Human Rights activists have scheduled a protest at the headquarters of Craigslist for Thursday afternoon. Activists want Craigslist to put a stop to human sex trafficking through the adult services section of its website.
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Lilongwe -
A report on labour standards has shown that there are 1.4 million child workers in Malawi, especially in tea plantations and domestic servitude.
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Wichita -
Federal grand jury indicts a pair of brothers for operating a guided hunting service that specialized in the illegal hunting and killing of white-tailed deer and mule deer in Comanche County, Kansas in violation of the federal Lacey Act.
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Johannesburg -
A South African cabinet minister says human trafficking threatens to be the “dark side” of the World Cup. Key areas in this evil trade are prostitution, use of drug mules and child slavery.
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Trafficking Headlines
Confronting Argentina's people-traffickers
 A new campaign targeting human trafficking is hitting Ontario highways, with the hopes that truckers and truck-stop workers can help report suspicious activity.
How online ads are being used by the sex trafficking industry
Will a desert wall of wrecked cars stop Libya's migrant trafficking?
Confronting the men who pay for sex
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Zena Amevor was held as a slave for several years in a New Jersey hair braiding salon
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Trafficking Blogs
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