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The Brothel Next Door
Turkey is cracking down on the sex trade. What’s next? BY ANNA LOUIE SUSSMAN | MAY 14, 2012 Under the shade of a tree at an Istanbul cafe, Suzan, a voluptuous woman in her 50s with dyed blond hair and a warm, generous smile, describes how she went from teenage bride to full-time sex worker. […]
Where Pimps Peddle Their Goods
March 20, 2012
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOFPublished: March 17, 2012 Ashley Gilbertson/VII, for The New York TimesOnce, pimps routinely advertised Alissa on Backpage.com. She escaped, and now she is a college senior. I WENT on a walk in Manhattan the other day with a young woman who once had to work these streets, hired out by eight pimps […]
The real cost of human trafficking
February 25, 2012
Posted on 24 February 2012Deborah CowanWVoN co-editor Human trafficking and the buying and selling of human beings has been happening since the earliest of times. But it seems that trafficking is not just the most horrific human rights abuse of modern times, it’s also big bucks for those who deal in the exploitation and misery […]
Looking For Unicorns
February 12, 2012
Reblogged from mott62 February 11, 2012 – Posted by rmott62 I am tired and exhausted by how “discussions” round prostitution are controlled by a constant search for two unicorns. The unicorn of the prostituted women who have never had bad experiments, is completely in control, has no past experiences of sexual violence, and is able […]
Ten Facts About Prostitution
February 11, 2012
ourtesy of the Demand Change! campaign. Download a sheet on Myths and Facts, and a Job Description for prostitution, (courtesy of End Prostitution Now). FACT 1: Prostitution is not an issue of ‘choice’. Many women ‘choose’ to enter prostitution through lack of choice and a large number are coerced by pimps or traffickers. 75% of […]
TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS IN THE EU: A GENDERED ISSUE
February 10, 2012
TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS IN THE EU: A GENDERED ISSUE
Sex trafficking victims reveal horror of witchcraft and torture being used to enslave women in Scotland
January 28, 2012
Jan 27 2012 Exclusive by Annie Brown VICTIMS of human sex trafficking have told how they were enslaved by witchcraft, torture and death threats in modern-day Scotland. The harrowing stories of ten women were compiled by campaigners investigating the world’s fastest growing organised crime. Nine came from Africa, one from South America. In one of […]
Sex trafficking victims reveal horror of witchcraft and torture being used to enslave women in Scotland
January 28, 2012
Jan 27 2012 Exclusive by Annie Brown VICTIMS of human sex trafficking have told how they were enslaved by witchcraft, torture and death threats in modern-day Scotland. The harrowing stories of ten women were compiled by campaigners investigating the world’s fastest growing organised crime. Nine came from Africa, one from South America. In one of […]
Two Oklahoma victims of sex trade finally heal years later
September 10, 2011
Friends, acquaintances, even relatives lure or force victims to toil in the human trafficking industry. Oklahomans once caught up in the industry speak out. BY SONYA COLBERG scolberg@opubco.com 3 Published: September 10, 2011 Jeannetta Taylor McCrery escaped the sex trafficking trade that she was caught up in as a teenager. Provided As many as 1.2 […]
Two Oklahoma victims of sex trade finally heal years later
September 10, 2011
Friends, acquaintances, even relatives lure or force victims to toil in the human trafficking industry. Oklahomans once caught up in the industry speak out. BY SONYA COLBERG scolberg@opubco.com 3 Published: September 10, 2011 Jeannetta Taylor McCrery escaped the sex trafficking trade that she was caught up in as a teenager. Provided As many as 1.2 […]
Mongolia mining success brings booming sex trade
July 11, 2011
By Kitty Hamilton (AFP) – 8 hours ago ULAN BATOR — Pimps man the park across from the historic Ulan Bator Hotel, popular with foreigners. They are keeping an eye on their employees — about 20 women working in Mongolia’s quickly expanding sex trade. “40,000 tugrik for one hour,” says one young woman asked about […]
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