Five Immokalee residents pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to charges of enslaving Mexican and Guatemalan workers, brutalizing them and forcing them to work in farm fields. The case is the largest slavery case ever seen in Florida. Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Doug Molloy called it “slavery, plain and simple.” read more | digg story
Posts Tagged ‘Human Rights’
Modern day slavery case in a Florida court
Posted: September 3, 2008 in modern day slaveryTags: Human Rights, immigration, modern day slavery, slavery, Slavery in America, Unfair trade
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Taking advantage of orphaned children in Myanmar
Posted: May 16, 2008 in human trafficking, modern day slaveryTags: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Human Rights, human trafficking, prostitution, Sex Slavery
As is common in natural disasters, orphaned children or with no adult around become prey for traffickers. Chaos plus corrupt officials equals trouble for these children, who are being trafficked into Thailand to be most likely sex slaves there. read more | digg story
The Countertraffickers: Rescuing the victims of the global sex trade, from The New Yorker
Posted: May 7, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Human Rights, human trafficking, modern day slavery, Sex Slavery
A well-written and researched article about human trafficking from Moldova. While it discusses the situation directly as it pertains to that nation, there are a variety of themes that run through the different forms of human trafficking that are presented. It is a long, but comprehensive article about human trafficking that would be helpful for [...]
I Am…An Abolitionist — Courant.com
Posted: May 6, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Human Rights, human trafficking events, modern day slavery
On April 24, 2008, the Metropolitan Learning Center in Bloomfield, CT held an abolitionist fair for young abolitionists. This article is written by the president of the Student Abolitionists Stopping Slavery in her school. It’s an introduction to modern-day slavery, and an encouragement about the increasing exposure of and interest in this important issue. I Am…An [...]
A Call Girls Story – Nicholas D. Kristof
Posted: March 28, 2008 in modern day slaveryTags: Human Rights, human trafficking, prostitution
Nicholas Kristof has been writing excellent articles, and has given his readers room to comment, about the recent Eliot Spitzer story. Here a friend of a former “high-priced” call-girl discusses the abuse that eventually led to her becoming a prostitute. Stories like these are all too common, and challenge the view that the majority of [...]
