“Immigrants lured to California with promises of work by a San Jose couple…” Another story of Ameircans holding immigrants as slaves, luring them into the US, promising them work, and then trap them as slaves. They are a few of at least 15,000 people brought as slaves into the U.S. each year. Slavery did not [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Couple lures immigrants into the US to be their slaves
Posted: June 21, 2008 in human trafficking, modern day slaveryTags: domestic servitude, human trafficking, Human Trafficking in America, modern day slavery, slavery, Slavery in America
0
Slavery in the US-Judge, Deputy Son Charged with Human Trafficking
Posted: June 21, 2008 in human trafficking, modern day slaveryTags: domestic servitude, human trafficking, Human Trafficking in America, modern day slavery, slavery, Slavery in America
This is a story about a family in Georgia that kept a woman as a domestic slave. Several stories like this have come out in the last year, people who deceive people in coming to the US with promises of economic security or education and then force them to be domestic servants. This story is [...]
As is common in areas where disasters have hit, children have become vulnerable to becoming victims of sex trafficking. An official is quoted as asying this area is “ripe for opportunists that may want to bring in human trafficking victims.” However, this article does not identify what steps are being taken to address the situation. [...]
No More Slavery at Third Thursday Street Fest, Willimantic
Posted: June 21, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Community Education, Events, human trafficking events, Made By Survivors, What you can do!
This past Thursday, June 19, a few of us from No More Slavery worked at a table at the Third Thursday Street Fest. The Paul & Lisa Program were there with us, and were able to tell people about their program, which is located in West Haven, CT. We brought information about human trafficking and [...]
