Summary: Teenage binge drinking is linked to altered gene expression in the brain, specifically the central nucleus of the amygdala. Adolescent rats exposed to alcohol had increased levels of miR-137, resulting in lower expression of proteins essential for healthy neuron growth.…
Children, young girls – some as young as 9 years old – are being bought and sold for sex in America. JOHN W. WHITEHEAD Children, young girls – some as young as 9 years old – are being bought and sold for sex in America. The…
KAILENE PILLAY Durban – Police believe they may have uncovered a human trafficking ring operating from Phoenix in Durban after they arrested a 37-year-old man who allegedly exploited teenagers by selling them as sex slaves. Details of the crimes, which…
EXCLUSIVE: Heartbreakingly high suicide figures reveal the struggle nurses face on a daily basis By Alan Selby More than 300 nurses have taken their own lives in just seven years, shocking new figures reveal. During the worst year, one was…
Citizen reporter In addition to working in deplorable conditions, their living conditions on the premises were also deemed “uninhabitable”. Image for illustration only: iStock The employer was paying foreign nationals, including children, R6.50 an hour, and forcing them to work…
Chrisuné Vermeulen Mpumalanga police held an operation to rescue a large group allegedly kept against their will for prostitution. The police have rescued 104 women believed to have been kept against their will as prostitutes during raids in eMalahleni, reports Witbank…
Citizen reporter An unknown man, understood to be the security guard, attempted to flee but was apprehended. Nineteen men were rescued after being held hostage by an alleged human trafficker in a house in Mondeor, south of Johannesburg, on Friday.…
It’s possibly one of the toughest calls a parent can make – personally having your own child arrested for drug possession to ensure early education and treatment and avoid a life of addiction. But as the heroin epidemic in Emfuleni…
Why does the dangerous and painful practice of female genital mutilation persist in so many countries across the world? At least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), the partial or total removal of the external…
Toronto Police Service Detective Constable Lisa Belanger (L) and Inspector Joanna Beaven-Desjardins of the Toronto Police Service Sex Crimes Unit (R) announce hundreds of arrests in a global child exploitation investigation Project Spade on Nov. 14. at a press conference…
By Tim Swarens More than 1 million children, according to the International Labour Organization, are exploited each year in the commercial sex trade. IndyStar columnist Tim Swarens, through the support of a Society of Professional Journalists fellowship, spent more than…
By Aisha Abdool Karim and Madison Yauger Forum hears recommendations to fight gender-based violence A better community response to gender-based violence was necessary as well as visible policing, Glenda Gray, South African Medical Research Council President, said at a forum on Tuesday. “When…
WRITTEN BY JEWELL BARAKA After being trafficked in porn for nearly a year, a 15-year old girl is finally free. The crimes perpetrated against her are clear because they were recorded and posted on porn websites. Sex trafficking has been most…
30 OCTOBER 2019, 07:11AM / CHELSEA NTULI Pretoria – Children in South African are at considerable risk of becoming victims of sexual exploitation as a result of high levels of violence, inequality and poverty. In a new briefing paper launched yesterday by…
Photos of the marriage.WOMEN’S RIGHTS / IRAN– 09/06/2019 Rare video of underage marriage in Iran: the ‘bride’ is aged 11 Become an Observer ContributeA video showing an 11-year-old girl marrying her 22-year-old cousin in rural Iran has drawn new attention to a…
Prince Harry and rugby star Gareth Thomas joined players and people living with HIV to talk about the importance of testing By Simon Perry Video: blob: Prince Harry and a sporting legend joined forces on Friday to help highlight the need for…
Laura Stuart told officers her partner was threatening ‘to finish her’ three days before attack Emma Snaith Friday 16 August 2019 14:00 A woman was killed by her ex-boyfriend after reporting his abuse to police 18 times before her death, it has…
by Staff reporter MORE than 30 Zimbabwean women suspected to be victims of human trafficking were rescued by South African police from brothels in eMalahleni, formerly Witbank, in Mpumalanga province where their captors used them as sex slaves. The Zimbabweans…
As the police we urge the members of the community to be vigilant for false recruitment. A human trafficking awareness campaign was held in Soshanguve recently. Soshanguve police teamed up with the CPF and other stakeholders to host the event at the Glory…
The State Board of Education has unanimously approved a new rule requiring instruction in child trafficking prevention for students in grades K-12. With this approval, Florida will be the first state in the nation to address the need for instruction…