Anonymous Human trafficking roundup nets 75 in Spain, France Smugglers charged up to $66,000 to bring migrants into Europe and the U.S., police saySpanish police arrested two suspects they called the ringleaders and 49 othersAnother 24 were arrested in France after a two-year probe Madrid (CNN) -- A gang that smuggled Chinese citizens into the United States and Europe, sometimes forcing them to work as prostitutes, has been busted with 75 arrests in Spain and France, authorities announced Saturday. The trafficking ring was based in -- and directed from -- China, but its two suspected leaders in Europe were arrested in the operation, in Barcelona, Spanish national police said in a statement. Besides the two main suspects, Spanish police arrested 49 others carrying forged passports at the airports in Barcelona, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and five other cities. Twins rescued as China hospital trafficking probe continues All of the suspects are Chinese, or from elsewhere in Asia. The probe began two years ago.
The destructive culture of pretty pink princesses | MNN - Mother Nature Network - StumbleUpon Girls the world over often go through a "princess phase," enthralled with anything pink and pretty — most especially the Disney princesses. When it happened to Peggy Orenstein's daughter Daisy, the contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine stepped back to examine the phenomenon. She found that the girlie-girl culture being marketed to little girls was less innocent than it might seem, and can have negative consequences for girls' psychological, social and physical development. Orenstein's exploration took her to Walt Disney World, the American Girl flagship store in New York City and a child beauty pageant. She details her quest in the new book, "Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture" (Harper Collins, Jan. 25). LiveScience: How did you get inspired to write the book? Orenstein: I'm a mother, and I think that when you're an adult, you don't really notice what's going on so much in the world of kids' culture. In a word, yes.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Border Security In 2000, Congress signed the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act into law, representing the beginning of a large-scale, coordinated effort by the United States government to fight human trafficking. A decade later, human trafficking remains prevalent. According to the most recent figures available (Source: United Nations, International Labor Organization): There are at least 12.3 million enslaved adults and children around the world "at any given time."Of these, at least 1.39 million are victims of commercial sexual servitude, both internationally and within national borders. What Is Human Trafficking? Although the legal definition of human trafficking is complex, the simple meaning of it is not. According to U.S. Domestic servitudeLabor in a prison-like factoryMigrant agricultural work. "Force, Fraud or Coercion" CoercionCompulsionConstraintRestraint Coercion refers to behaviors including: A Complex Crime Signs of Human Trafficking A Government Partnership Initiatives Conclusion
Infographic of the Day: How the Global Food Market Starves the Poor | Fast... - StumbleUpon To understand the complexities of the international food market--and how traders in Chicago can cause Africans to starve--you could get a ph.D. in economics, or read a 400-page report from the World Bank. Or you watch this superb nine minute video, directed by Denis van Waerebeke. Though ostensibly created for a science show in Paris for 12 year olds, it's actually probably waaaay over a kid's head. Just watch--it's excellent, and very well illustrated: The video begins with a basic question: How is it that the first world has an oversupply of food, while 1 in 7 in the world go malnourished? That can have disastrous effects. The solutions will involve everyone, the world over. Still hungry for more infographics videos? [Via Infosthetics]
Film + Books Remy was joined our Round Home in the Philippines in 2009. When she was 12, she was sold by a trafficker for $73 to a sex club. What happened next, Remy shares, “One day, the trafficker said we would go to the port and board a ship. learn more about survivor care Film + Books Selected pieces that illustrate the scope and stories of child trafficking and modern day slavery This list is not an endorsement of everything that is presented in these pieces — there is a great amount of nuance in such a complex issue. Taken together, we find these books and films a helpful survey of the problem that lies before us. Lost Girls, by Robert KolkerGirls Like Us, by Rachel LlyodBeyond the River, by Ann HagedornSex Trafficking, by Siddharth KaraEnding Slavery, by Kevin BalesThe Johns, by Victor Malarek Close