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 [...]
Archive for August, 2008
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 [...]
