Child Sex Trafficking

Child sex trafficking refers to the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a minor for the purpose of a commercial sex act.

Cork hotel worker alerted authorities to guest who had trafficked a child into Ireland
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Cork hotel worker alerted authorities to guest who had trafficked a child into Ireland

A CORK man helping in the fight against child trafficking voiced concern that the safety of vulnerable children is being left to the public, and is calling for much stronger action by authorities in Ireland. JP O’Sullivan from MECPATHS (Mercy Efforts for Child Protection Against Trafficking with the Hospitality Sector) offers training to help those…

Police Scotland: Outcry as thousands are held under immigration powers | The National
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Police Scotland: Outcry as thousands are held under immigration powers | The National

MORE than 3000 people – including asylum seekers – have been held in police cells for up to 72 hours under immigration powers over the past five years, new figures reveal. The latest statistics, released under freedom of information legislation, show the majority of people held in police cells for “immigration purposes” are from countries…

Don't become a single mother, so get married at a young age – News84Media.com
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Don't become a single mother, so get married at a young age – News84Media.com

Author: Raksha Singh Shravasti and Lalitpur district. Two places where a maximum of child brides from UP live. In Shravasti, 1 in 2 girls marry before the age of 18. 1 out of 3 in Lalitpur. This thing came out in the “NFHS, i.e. National Family Health Survey”. Dainik Bhaskar reached both districts one by…

UK police open inquiry into Farah trafficking revelations – The Standard
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UK police open inquiry into Farah trafficking revelations – The Standard

Britain’s Mo Farah, right, runs as a pacemaker during the London Marathon in London, England, October 4, 2020. [AP Photo] London’s Metropolitan Police Service has opened an investigation into four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah’s revelation that he was trafficked to the U.K. as a child. The inquiry comes after Farah, 39, said in a documentary…

PBJ Learning Founders Celebrate Incredible Milestones
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PBJ Learning Founders Celebrate Incredible Milestones

Dr. David Deeds and Billy Joe Cain dedicated their lives to ending human trafficking through awareness and education. In 2020, they joined forces to start PBJ Learning, a leader in online human trafficking education, and have not slowed down throughout the pandemic. “Trafficking hasn’t taken a break, and neither have we,” says Deeds. “We are…

School PTMs of a different kind in Odisha's tribal pockets – The Hindu
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School PTMs of a different kind in Odisha's tribal pockets – The Hindu

It was a parent teacher meeting (PTM) of a different kind that was held in the tribal pockets across Odisha on Sunday. Instead of parents being briefed about academic progress shown by their wards, they were sensitized to prevent child marriages at their homes and localities. With child marriages posing a huge societal problem in…

UNICEF: Drought Forcing More Girls Into Child Marriage In Horn Of Africa – Forbes
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UNICEF: Drought Forcing More Girls Into Child Marriage In Horn Of Africa – Forbes

  UNICEF warns of a significant jump in the number of adolescent girls being forced into early marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as the region’s worst drought in 40 years pushes families to the edge. Girls as young as age 12 are being forced into child marriage at “alarming rates” in the Horn of…

Radical Empathy to meet with U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program
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Radical Empathy to meet with U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program

Virtual Reality based human trafficking training group to share education successes and formulate strategies for international cooperation By: Radical Empathy Education Foundation AUSTIN, Texas – June 29, 2022 – PRLog — Pamela-Jean Mohamed, Associate Executive Director International Programs for the International Hospitality Council of Austin, invited Billy Joe Cain, co-founder of Radical Empathy, to meet with participants from the International Visitor…

“Human trafficking, slavery & sexual exploitation,” from Afghanistan War Victims’ Voices
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“Human trafficking, slavery & sexual exploitation,” from Afghanistan War Victims’ Voices

Afghanistan War Victims’ Voices – PRESS RELEASE CONGRESS from The Hague Remarks at The Hague, Netherlands, on June 23rd, 2022 Regarding Crimes Against Humanity in Afghanistan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w21uGV88IU?t=2924 Some people are blocked from the audio, so be sure to turn on closed captions. Good afternoon, my name is Adam Zarnowski and I will be speaking about…

Child marriage: Some girls still being sold for cows in South Sudan
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Child marriage: Some girls still being sold for cows in South Sudan

Young girls are still being auctioned off into marriage in exchange for cows in South Sudan, activists have said. The issue was one they had hoped to raise with the Pope when he visited the country in two weeks – a trip that has now been postponed because he is not well enough to travel….