I’m a big fan of podcasts-I download them and burn them onto a CD for a trip or put them onto my iPod for my weekly treks into NYC for an internship. So I thought I’d check out what podcasts are available through iTunes (the easiest way to search for and download podcasts). I have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Commercial Sexual Exploitation’
Some new resources
Posted: October 6, 2008 in modern day slavery, ResourcesTags: Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Forced Labor, Human Rights, human trafficking, modern day slavery, Research & Education, Resources, Sex Slavery
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Prostitution case suspects could be victims of human trafficking, by Sarah Moore, The Enterprise
Posted: May 12, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Commercial Sexual Exploitation, human trafficking, prostitution, Sex Slavery
The article below, from the Enterprise, highlights the difficulty in trying trafficking cases due to the similarity of prostitution.
BEAUMONT – Possible prostitution at two spas raided last week could be linked to a Houston-area operation and be part of a worldwide human trafficking network, Beaumont police investigators say.
Beaumont Lt. Curtis Breaux said the two women arrested Wednesday, Su Han Jun, 45, and Li Zhao, 51, might be among untold numbers of foreign women lured from their homes with promises of lucrative jobs. They then are ensnared in a web of debt and coercion amounting to a form of feudal bondage, Breaux said.
