'I speak for Oklahomans Against Trafficking Humans and Stop Child Trafficking Now,' said Julie, 'two non-profit organizations in Oklahoma raising awareness for human trafficking.'"
February 23, 2010 "An Interview with "The Slave Across the Street" Author Theresa Flores" "Theresa Flores wants you to know that, in the United States, human trafficking can happen to anyone. Factors such as gender, race, and ethnicity are moot in terms of who is trafficked –- and who is trafficking. As someone who was enslaved as a teenager while living in an affluent Detroit suburb, she would know."
"Human Trafficking: Children in Nevada (Sex Trafficking)" "Nevada - is synonymous with entertainment. We all know Las Vegas as "Sin City," and the public relations side of the city wishes to project it is okay to act outside your moral bounds when in Las Vegas as "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas," while the Reno-Tahoe has started saying, "Reno Tahoe USA ... Far from expected." Well they both are right, and so so very wrong."
February 19, 2010 "SCTNow and CAS partner to pass human trafficking bill" "FREMONT, Calif. -- Feb. 19, 2010 -- California Against Slavery is now gathering signatures for a state ballot initiative to strengthen human trafficking laws. The initiative would deter traffickers with stiffer criminal penalties, aid district attorneys in prosecuting human trafficking offenses, increase protection for human trafficking victims, and mandate human trafficking training for law enforcement officers."
February 16, 2010 "Victory! Choice Hotels Takes Action to Prevent Child Prostitution" "After receiving over 4200 letters from Change.org community members, Choice Hotels has made an important decision. They will take proactive action to prevent child prostitution in their hotels. Their decision comes after a long letter-writing campaign from Change.org and over a month of discussions with leading child protection organization ECPAT. I hope you will all join me in celebrating Choice Hotels' commitment to the important issue of prevent child sex trafficking. We welcome them as an ally in the fight to protect America's children from exploitation in prostitution."
February 15, 2010 "Singer Ricky Martin calls for more effective anti-human trafficking laws in native Puerto Rico" "SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Puerto Rico needs more effective legislation to halt human trafficking in the U.S. Caribbean territory, Latin superstar Ricky Martin said Monday."
February 11, 2010 "Hundreds Forced Into Sex Trade, Ohio Report Concludes" "COLUMBUS, Ohio — About 1,000 American-born children are forced into the sex trade in Ohio every year and about 800 immigrants are sexually exploited and pushed into sweatshop-type jobs, a new report on human trafficking in the state said Wednesday."
February 1, 2010 "Haiti says US missionaries could face kidnapping charges" "A group of American Baptists who tried to take 33 Haitian "orphans" out of the country without permission faced charges of kidnapping on Monday as it emerged that most of the children have living family members."
January 27, 2010 "With 1-child policy, China 'missing' girls" "When Chinese officials created the country's one-child-per-couple policy in 1978, they intended to contain the country's burgeoning population for the sake of economic growth, national security and environmental preservation."
January 20, 2010 "Youth in lawless Haiti at risk for sex trade, slavery, murder" "Brace yourself for a new level of horror in Haiti: Vulnerable children and teens sold into slavery and the sex trade, or simply shot in the streets for no reason."
January 19, 2010 "Calling Attention to the Problem of Child Sex Trafficking" "It’s been called a form of modern-day slavery: trafficking children for work in the illegal sex industry. Police estimate there are more than one million victims across the country and, unfortunately, Las Vegas is at the center of it all."
January 15, 2010 "The North Carolina connection to human trafficking" "CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - North Carolina ranks as the 8th most likely state in the United States where human trafficking takes place.
WBTV, and former White House, Cyber Expert Theresa Payton says there are things you can do to keep it from happening to someone you love."
January 12, 2010 "Bill Planned That Would Fight I-5 Sex Trade" "Former U.S. Rep. Linda Smith heard from a missionary about children being locked up in cages in a far away place. To see for herself, Smith traveled in 1998 to the front lines of India’s commercial sex industry on Falkland Road in Mumbai, home to one of the worst brothel districts in the world."
January 11, 2010 "5 Ways to Support Human Trafficking Awareness Day--Jan 11" "Today, January 11, 2010, is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Human Trafficking Awareness Day was passed by the Senate on June 22, 2007. The day was established to support the goals and ideals of observing an established National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness to be recognized each year on January 11. The day is set to raise awareness of, and opposition to human trafficking/modern slavery, both nationally and internationally."
January 4, 2010 "National Human Trafficking Prevention Month" "The United States was founded on the principle that all people are born with an unalienable right to freedom -- an ideal that has driven the engine of American progress throughout our history. As a Nation, we have known moments of great darkness and greater light; and dim years of chattel slavery illuminated and brought to an end by President Lincoln's actions and a painful Civil War. Yet even today, the darkness and inhumanity of enslavement exists. Millions of people worldwide are held in compelled service, as well as thousands within the United States. During National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we acknowledge that forms of slavery still exist in the modern era, and we recommit ourselves to stopping the human traffickers who ply this horrific trade."