Eyes on Trafficking

Human trafficking articles and commentary from different perspectives.

Human trafficking investigation follows Meade County traffic stop, children taken into protective custody
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Human trafficking investigation follows Meade County traffic stop, children taken into protective custody

MEADE COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH) – A Wednesday-afternoon traffic stop in Meade County led to an investigation into possible human trafficking. The Meade County Sheriff’s Office said during the stop at miles marker 51 on US-54, there were nine people in a vehicle, two of which were children younger than 10 year old. “The remaining seven…

Transitional Housing For Young Girls Who Survived Human Trafficking Is Coming To Georgia
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Transitional Housing For Young Girls Who Survived Human Trafficking Is Coming To Georgia

Source: Tinnakorn Jorruang / Getty Tharros Place, a shelter that provides support for survivors of human trafficking, is set to receive a massive grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. The nonprofit has been awarded $250,000 which will be dispersed annually over the next three years to build a 12-bed facility exclusively for young female victims…

Zimbabwe clamps down on illegal recruitment – Bulawayo24 News
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Zimbabwe clamps down on illegal recruitment – Bulawayo24 News

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the Government is strengthening inter-agency cooperation to deal with unscrupulous recruitment agencies using unethical means to recruit desperate job seekers and ultimately subjecting them to human trafficking and exploitation. He said regional mechanisms to deal with issues of unfair and unethical recruitment in the Sadc region, particularly personnel from the health…

Supreme Court Keeps Title 42, Causing Rise in Deadly Human Trafficking & Blocking Asylum Seekers
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Supreme Court Keeps Title 42, Causing Rise in Deadly Human Trafficking & Blocking Asylum Seekers

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. Editor’s note: watch the episode here. AMY GOODMAN: Hundreds of migrants facing freezing cold temperatures in camps along the U.S.-Mexico border were among those closely watching a decision by the Supreme Court Tuesday on whether it would halt the Trump-era Title 42…

Disgraced FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Hires Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘Relentless’ P.I. To Dig Up Dirt In Cutthroat Legal Battle
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Disgraced FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Hires Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘Relentless’ P.I. To Dig Up Dirt In Cutthroat Legal Battle

Embattled FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried made a last-ditch effort to beat federal fraud charges by hiring a top private investigator who’s worked with several high-profile clients, including socialite-turned-convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, RadarOnline.com has learned. Bankman-Fried, 30, faces up to 115 years in prison after being accused of using his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange as his…

Nine children rescued from factory during anti-child labour raid in Noida: official
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Nine children rescued from factory during anti-child labour raid in Noida: official

The children, including six girls and three boys, hail from different parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar  PTI   |   Noida   |   Published 28.12.22, 02:04 PM Nine children, who were illegally employed at a garment’s factory in Noida, have been rescued by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Gautam Buddh Nagar police, officials said on…

Odisha Government Provide Rs 367.19 Cr For Production Of Button Mushroom and High Value Flowers
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Odisha Government Provide Rs 367.19 Cr For Production Of Button Mushroom and High Value Flowers

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet today approved a provision of Rs 367.19 crore for five years from 2022-23 to 2026-27 for implementation of the State Sector Scheme-“Empowerment of Women in Agriculture-Promotion of Entrepreneurship for Women SHG”, said an official press release. The scheme has been introduced with the objective to double the mushroom production across the State…

Parents must ensure the safety of their children over the festive season – Alex News
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Parents must ensure the safety of their children over the festive season – Alex News

The Alex Kidz Clinic, which runs counselling and rehabilitation services for abused and neglected children, has issued a passionate plea to parents to always guard their children and to know their whereabouts at all times. Social worker and manager of the clinic Elizabeth Mokwena issued the plea as the township draws nearer to the festive…

Rohingya man recounts nightmare of being adrift at sea – Radio Free Asia
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Rohingya man recounts nightmare of being adrift at sea – Radio Free Asia

Muhammad Taher knew he was risking his life when he decided to leave a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh and board a decrepit-looking boat to Indonesia, but the father-of-four was desperate to work. He almost didn’t make it. A week after the boat carrying more than 180 people set off, its engine broke down. Those…