Gulf countries speak out against US Trafficking Report
Gulf countries has spoken out against the US Trafficking in Persons Report as being political and misinformed.
From AFP (via Google News):
The Arab countries of the Gulf have dismissed as unjustified and political a recent US report which accused the rich countries of not combating human trafficking.
Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), who met [...]
Natural Disasters could lead to child trafficking
A Human Trafficking expert stated that natural disasters like the cyclone in Burma/Myanmar could lead to orphaned children being trafficked and exploited.
From the AP (via IHT):
Natural disasters such as the cyclone in Myanmar can put children at risk for abuse and exploitation, a human trafficking expert said Monday.
Eva Biaudet, of the Organization for Security and Cooperation [...]
Child Prostitution on Craigslist
5 teenage girls between the ages of 16 and 17in Canada were found to have been selling sex on the free classified website Craigslist, thus raising concerns about the spread of child prostitution on the Internet.
From canada.com:
Child prostitution in Vancouver has largely shifted from the streets to the Internet, Houghton said.
“It’s moved successfully inside for [...]
Teenagers from Nigeria trafficked to work for $13 month
Girls between the ages of 12 to 17 are being trafficked in Nigeria to work as domestic help.
From the AFP:
The trafficking of teenage girls from poor villages to northern Nigerian cities to work as domestic help for meagre wages is on the rise, officials said at the weekend.
“The business of recruiting teenagers as domestic help [...]
Human Trafficking Market Value: $32 Billion
$10 billion is generated based on the initial sale of a person.
If the profits from the activities that is produced by the person who is trafficked is included, then the International Labour Organization (ILO) states that the market value of human trafficking stands at $32 billion, leading to a profit of $13,000 per trafficked person.
Source: [...]
One to Two percent of all migrants from Moldova may be trafficked
According to an article in The New Yorker, “one to two percent of all Moldovan migrants may find themselves trafficked at some point.”
Source: William Finnegan, “The Countertraffickers,” New Yorker, May 5, 2008.
10,000 people in United States working under forced labor conditions
According to a study by Free the Slaves and the Human Rights Center at the University of California Berkeley, an estimated 10,000 people are estimated to be working in forced labor conditions in the United States as a result of Human Trafficking.
Source: Free the Slaves and the Human Rights Center at the University of California, [...]
18,000 to 20,000 human trafficking victims in the United States
United States Department of State, ” 2003 Trafficking in Persons Report,”.
4,000 women trafficked into United Kingdom
As of 2003, an estimated 4,000 women are believed to have been trafficked into the United Kingdom to work in the prostitution industry.
Source: “2012 Games sex trafficking fears,” BBC News, March 23, 2007.
420,000 women from Ukraine trafficked out of country
A 2005 study on the Human Trafficking Situation in Ukraine stated that ” some 420,000 women were estimated to have been trafficked out of the country in the last few years alone.”
Source: Olga Pyshchulina, ” An Evaluation of Ukrainian Legislation to Counter and Criminalize Human Trafficking,” Human Traffic and Transnational Crime: Eurasian and American Perspectives, [...]
