Posts Tagged ‘Commercial Sexual Exploitation’

Human trafficking and modern day slavery look very different than the Transatlantic Slave Trade and slavery 200 years ago. But not only are they different generally, slavery in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa, look different than slavery here in Connecticut. If you are interested in learning about slavery today in Connecticut, you should consider attending [...]

On January 20, Jarell Sanderson and Hassanah Delia pled guilty to sex trafficking of minors in Connecticut. In July 2009, the two recruited two 14-year old girls and brought them to a hotel in East Hartford. The crime was investigated by both the FBI and the East Hartford Police. According to one source, both are [...]

If you live in the Hartford area, there is an interesting-sounding event being held at the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford. Here is the info from their website. Human Trafficking: A Jewish Issue? When: Thu, March 3, 5:30pm – 7:00pm Where: Community Services Building, 333 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT (map) Description: Join us for [...]

“Three Florida fruit-pickers, held captive and brutalized [sic] by their employer for more than a year, finally broke free of their bonds by punching their way through the ventilator hatch of the van in which they were imprisoned. Once outside, they dashed for freedom” (The Independent, 2007). Marino Lucas, Jose Velasquez, and Jose Hari had [...]

“Are there more males or more females in the world?” This is a question Sheryl WuDunn, co-author of the book “Half the Sky,” asked of an audience at the TED Global conference in 2010. How would you answer this question? If like me, you know there are more females in the US and developed world [...]

So I’ve been spending this cold, rainy, yucky evening finding more blogs about human trafficking. There’s so much good information out there that I got caught up and never ended up writing my own blog post! Instead, I decided to post this striking video by Sparks Productions I found on the Stop the Traffik blog. [...]

This week you probably heard about the woman arrested at Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut on human trafficking charges. She was on America’s Most Wanted in November 2010 and November 2006, wanted for being part of a large human trafficking ring involving at least 41 traffickers. They are accused of running at least 19 brothels [...]