Archive for August, 2008

Currently, NY state law prosecutes minors who are victims of human trafficking. Any minor prostitute under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 is considered a victim of human trafficking. Minors are considered unable to consent to sex, yet when it comes to prostitution, they are considered to have consented in a sense. Child advocates [...]

As in many places and countries around the world, including the US, corrupt officials are an important ally for human traffickers. In Pakistan the AHTC has arrested 6,000-7,000 traffickers, but most still operate in the city of Lahore. Few of these traffickers go to court (30%), in part due to the links between some FIA [...]

Growth of slavery worldwide is very real challenge by E. Benjamin Skinner (author of “A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face With Modern-Day Slavery”). Moments after Tatiana first arrived in Amsterdam from Eastern Europe, she learned that the au pair job that her ”boyfriend” had promised her was a ruse. The stranger that met her at the [...]