Human Trafficking News and Updates
BY NEWS STAFF Police across Ontario and Quebec say they’ve dismantled a sophisticated human trafficking ring run by an organized crime group that allegedly forced dozens of women and underage girls to work in the sex trade. On Wednesday, police in York Region announced more than 300 charges after 34 search warrants were executed last week […]
Children, young girls – some as young as 9 years old – are being bought and sold for sex in America. By JOHN W. WHITEHEAD Children, young girls – some as young as 9 years old – are being bought and sold for sex in America. The average age for a young woman being sold for sex is now 13 years […]
By DUNCAN GUY People need to realise that indulging in pornography and buying sex fuels the market for human trafficking and the cycle of abuse. This is according to ex-Hawks investigator Marcel van der Watt who is now a Unisa academic specialising in human trafficking. “People using these services care little whether they involve victims […]
Highest number of calls received originate from Gauteng and the Western Cape. By Roodepoort Record Photo: Pixabay. For illustrative purposes. The shocking number of missing persons reports that cross our journalists’ desks has encouraged the Record to investigate human trafficking, with a specific focus on the West Rand. Many of these missing persons are children. […]
By Mayukh Saha / Truth Theory In the 1990s, Nepali native Anuradha Koirala would walk by Kathmandu’s Pashupatinath Temple every morning. And every morning she would meet the women who were begging on those streets. When she struck up a conversation with them, she realized that they were all survivors of gender-based violence. This hit home, because she […]
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The royal family has weathered many scandals during their time, but this latest one could be the most damning yet. Prince Andrew, the third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, has long been a fan-favorite of viewers and media outlets alike: His charming demeanor and an easygoing attitude making it easy to like him. Still, […]
by Marcel van der Watt (John McCann/M&G) CRIME The recently released 2019 United States state department Trafficking in Persons report ranked South Africa on the tier two watch list for the second consecutive year. This ranking is not new for South Africa, which occupied the same position from 2005 to 2008. The South African government has made […]
The suspects allegedly kidnapped three Ethiopian teenagers and contacted their parents with demands for ransoms of R50,000 for each of them. Picture: Supplied JOHANNESBURG – The Hawks have arrested five men in Brixton and Mayfair on suspicion of human trafficking. The suspects allegedly kidnapped three Ethiopian teenagers. Their parents, who live in the North West, […]
The number of young African girls trafficked to Europe for prostitution has increased by almost 600 percent in the first half of this year. In its report, which was released last week in Italian, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warns that the sexual exploitation of African migrants in Europe has reached disturbing levels, with the majority […]