Tag: Human traffickers

Categories World

Why Do They Keep Silent About Children Trafficking in Ukraine?

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It is 6 months already since the Ukrainian war began. Our news feeds are full of various battlefield reports and situations reviews. One or another war crime, which Kyiv usually tries to present as a Russian deed, often shocks the international society. However, something of paramount importance usually escapes observers’ attention. It is human trafficking and children sex slavery … Read More >Why Do They Keep Silent About Children Trafficking in Ukraine?

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Apple threatened to pull Facebook & Instagram from app store over abuse of maids in Mideast, leaked papers reveal

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A few years ago, Apple warned that it would remove Facebook and Instagram from its app store if something wasn’t done about the use of those platforms to trade and sell maids in the Middle East, according to leaked documents. … Read More >Apple threatened to pull Facebook & Instagram from app store over abuse of maids in Mideast, leaked papers reveal

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Global mission led by Interpol sees over 280 human smuggling suspects arrested, 430 victims freed

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Crime agency Interpol has released details of ‘Operation Liberterra’, a mission coordinated by authorities in dozens of states which led to the rescue of 430 human trafficking victims and the arrest of 286 suspects. … Read More >Global mission led by Interpol sees over 280 human smuggling suspects arrested, 430 victims freed

Categories Asia & Pacific

Trafficking investigation launched over Philippines immigration officers sending ‘women into slavery’

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The Philippines Bureau of Immigration has launched an investigation after allegations were made that officers in the department had been involved in a human trafficking operation that sends “women into slavery.” … Read More >Trafficking investigation launched over Philippines immigration officers sending ‘women into slavery’

Categories USA

Texas police looking for more than 100 illegal immigrants who fled smuggling truck amid winter freeze

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Texas authorities are seeking a group of more than 100 illegal immigrants wandering through the freezing, storm-hammered state. They fled a packed smuggling truck, in which they were being transported in suffocating conditions. … Read More >Texas police looking for more than 100 illegal immigrants who fled smuggling truck amid winter freeze