A UN forum is calling for child sex tourists to be prosecuted in their home countries. From the AP (via Google News): Tourists who go abroad to abuse children should face the prospect of prosecution in their home countries if they are caught having sex with kids in nations with lax penalties, participants at a U.N.-backed conference [...]

A new law in the United Kingdom would give out stronger penalties to men who knowingly have sex with women were are trafficked. From the Guardian: New prostitution laws to be set out today will mean a plea of ignorance is no defence for men facing prosecution for buying sex from a woman who has been trafficked [...]

As pirates continue to hold hostages off the coast of Somalia, the process to pay out ransoms remains a tricky business for those paying. From the Guardian: The lesson from recent years in the Gulf of Aden is that piracy pays, and it is a lesson that has not been lost on the pirates. Piracy is big business [...]

A report by the Attorney General of Texas has found that 20 percent of all human trafficking victims are found in the state. From the Guardian: Texas has become a major hub for human trafficking, state officials said yesterday while proposing a more aggressive response to what a senior government official described as “modern-day slavery”. Nearly 20% of [...]

The elite in Mexico are spending more on private bodyguards as the drug war and kidnapping spread throughout the country. From the New York Times: With drug-related violence spinning out of control and kidnappings a proven money-maker for criminal gangs, members of Mexico’s upper class find themselves juggling the spoils of their status with the fear of [...]

Human Trafficking from China is the worst offender in Canada. From Canada.com: China, Romania, the Philippines and Moldova are the top four worst offenders in international human trafficking to Canada, according to the first national statistics on the extent of the crime in Canada. And the figure of 31 foreign nationals - four of them minor children - [...]

According to experts, Rhode Island is becoming  a major hub for sex trafficking. From the Providence Journal: When most people think of slavery these days, “they think of the Civil War,” says Shanna Wells, director of the Rhode Island Commission on Women. But in fact, said Wells, slavery is occurring now in neighborhoods around Rhode Island, in the [...]

The FBI has broken up a prostitution ring where 47 children were being exploited. From the AP (via Google News): More than 600 adults have been arrested and 47 children rescued in a three-day roundup targeting people who force children into prostitution. The FBI said the roundup by federal, state and local law enforcement occurred in 29 cities, [...]

Although the issue of pirates are receiving most of the news coverage in Somalia, human smugglers are also prevalent in the area. From the New York Times Blog: Another set of unsavory characters also plies the Gulf’s azure waters. Human smugglers traffic thousands of people each year from war-torn Somalia to Yemen, about 100 miles across the [...]

The government of Mexico has announced that it will begin deporting Cuban citizens attempting to enter the United States through its country. From the LA Times: In a move likely to reduce the number of Cubans reaching U.S. soil, Mexico agreed Monday to deport Cubans smuggled into the country on their way to the United States. The agreement [...]