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Ukraine Research Interviews Report
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Ukraine Research Interviews Report

STOP THE TRAFFIK has undertaken research to understand migration patterns and trafficking risks for those fleeing Ukraine. Since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine, STOP THE TRAFFIK has been conducting interviews with NGOs and academics across various countries to learn more about these issues. These interviews have informed STOP THE TRAFFIK’s Europe-wide, geo-targeted digital…

Girls in the Frontline organises Seminar, Sensitise Partners on Organisation’s Role
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Girls in the Frontline organises Seminar, Sensitise Partners on Organisation’s Role

By Mustapha Jarju Girls in the Frontline Development, on Sunday, 25th September 2022 organised a seminar to sensitise and share ideas with their partners. Girls in the Frontline is a non-government youth-led organisation established in 2012, to empower young women and children across the country, currently focusing on the Fonis. The seminar was attended by…

Odia Literature Struggling To Stand By The People – odishabytes
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Odia Literature Struggling To Stand By The People – odishabytes

When I started writing poetry in the late eighties, I confronted a vast tract of death and alienation. The poets of my time and my language were talking about something which was not at all familiar to my reality or imagination. Most of them were singing in unidentifiable tune and their images appeared too distant…

Stiffer penalties for human traffickers in Tanzania – The East African
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Stiffer penalties for human traffickers in Tanzania – The East African

By APOLINARI TAIRO Tanzania has approved amendments to the local anti-human trafficking laws to include tougher penalties such as lifetime jail-terms and fines of up to Tsh200 million ($86,000). Attorney General Dr Eliezer Feleshi said the country needed to implement punitive measures to effectively shut down the vice. Read: UK, Dar partner to fight child trafficking…

Latisha's House Earns Safe House Certification Silver Award | Williamsburg Yorktown Daily
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Latisha's House Earns Safe House Certification Silver Award | Williamsburg Yorktown Daily

WILLIAMSBURG — Latisha’s House, a Virginia-based residential home providing therapeutic and restorative services to survivors of trafficking, was on Sept. 9 awarded a silver level of certification from the National Safe House Certification, provided by the Safe House Project. Latisha’s House provides a long-term, transitional housing program for adult, female survivors of sex trafficking and…

Court Told How Nairobi Woman Stole, Sold Househelp's Newborn Baby
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Court Told How Nairobi Woman Stole, Sold Househelp's Newborn Baby

Three suspects are facing child trafficking charges after a woman allegedly stole her nanny’s newborn baby and sold it to a couple. Veronica Nyaboke is said to have stolen the child and sold it to Grace Kemunto and her husband Robert Ombati. The trio is jointly facing charges of conspiracy to commit a felony –…

NGO partners Bible Society, churches to end child trafficking – Graphic Online
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NGO partners Bible Society, churches to end child trafficking – Graphic Online

The International Justice Mission (IJM), a not-for-profit organisation, is collaborating with the Bible Society of Ghana and churches across the country to end child trafficking. The collaboration, which is dubbed: “Freedom Sunday”, aims at creating awareness of human trafficking and also getting the church to speak out against the evils perpetuated by those engaging in…

Police arrest three female child traffickers for allegedly poisoning woman to death – GistReel
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Police arrest three female child traffickers for allegedly poisoning woman to death – GistReel

Three child trafficking suspects, Ukorie Cynthia, O nyia Pauline, and Aroh Ijeoma, have been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command for alleged trafficking of newborn twins and murder of the babies’ mother. A statement on Friday, August 26, by the Command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, reveals that the suspects conspired and sold the newborn…

Fighting online sexual exploitation of children | Philstar.com
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Fighting online sexual exploitation of children | Philstar.com

For seven consecutive years, the Philippines has maintained its Tier 1 ranking in the Trafficking in Persons Report released by the US State Department every year. In the latest report released last July, it noted that the Philippines continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts to fight human trafficking despite the COVID-19 pandemic, but gave…

Haryana: NGO worker, two others arrested for trying to sell 9-day-old in Faridabad
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Haryana: NGO worker, two others arrested for trying to sell 9-day-old in Faridabad

Faridabad: The Haryana chief minister’s flying squad busted a human trafficking racket in Faridabad and arrested three people, including two women in this regard. One of the women arrested is associated with an NGO based in Delhi, which is run by her family. The arrests were made after the CMs flying squad received intelligence inputs…