In this barely covered story, Nigerian girls were scared into remaining sex slaves because of voodoo: Dutch smash 'voodoo' child trade. Dutch authorities had been investigating the disappearance of 140 Nigerian children from asylum-seeker holding centres since January 2006. Several of the children were later found working as prostitutes in France, Italy and Spain, according [...]
Illegal Immigration Proponents Support Torture
Oct 21, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Read this article (Police: 'Coyotes' tortured migrants): Seven suspected "coyotes," or human smugglers, were arrested after sheriff's deputies raided a suspected drophouse in west Phoenix, where several undocumented immigrants were the victims of beatings and torture, authorities said Saturday. A total of 54 people, including the suspects and four children, were rounded up at a [...]
Interpol's Manhunt Ends
Oct 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
It was announced today that Canadian school teacher and professional pedophile, Christopher Paul Neil, was arrested in Thailand (see Thailand Holds Pedophile Suspect After Photo Decoded (Update2)). In a eerily similar case to that of Anthony Mark Bianchi, Neil traveled the globe to have sex with children (I feel ill just typing that sentence). Unlike [...]
New Report on Human Trafficking
Sep 10, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I missed this story two weeks ago, but it's worth a read for the latest statistics on human trafficking. Save the Children UK published a report in March of 2007 entitled The Small Hands of Slavery. This report received emphasis again at the inauguration of Liverpool's International Slavery Museum. See 5,000 child prostitutes 'live as [...]
Bianchi Guilty
Aug 3, 2007 By Leave a Comment
A small victory today in the human trafficking arena: N.J. motel owner guilty of 'sex tourism'. Anthony Mark Bianchi, 45, was convicted of having sex with or attempting to have sex with at least six teenage boys in the isolated Moldovan village of Trebujeni. During the three-week trial, most of which was heard through translators, [...]
Politically Incorrect Analysis on Human Trafficking in the Middle East
Jul 20, 2007 By Leave a Comment
At what point does multiculturalism and political correctness become secondary to human decency? To answer my own question: not any time soon as far as I can tell (see AFGHANISTAN: Lack of institutional mechanisms to tackle human trafficking). According to Paktiawal, among trafficking victims were tens of Afghan children, boys and girls, who had been [...]
Trafficking-Related Prosecution
Jul 17, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Anthony "Mark" Bianchi is one sick guy. He was imprisoned in and then expelled from Russia for child molestation. However, this didn't keep him from picking up where he left off, which was to travel around the globe paying for sex with children. This practice is sometimes called "sex tourism" (see New Jersey Millionaire to [...]
Performance Slaves
Jul 5, 2007 By Leave a Comment
This story proves that human trafficking is about much more than just sex: 3 Face Slavery Charges Involving Chinese Acrobats in Las Vegas. Representatives of Child Protective Services and the Clark County Department of Family Services on Friday conducted a health and welfare check at the home, where they interviewed 14 residents, including five juveniles [...]
Madeleine McCann
Jun 25, 2007 By Leave a Comment
The story of Madeleine McCann, like so many other stories of abducted children, has captured headlines because it's every parent's nightmare. Today's news about her is surprising though. French police are admitting she may have been abducted by an Eastern European gang that deals in child slaves (see Police Probe Link Between Madeleine and Trafficking [...]
The Fox and the Hen House?
Mar 5, 2007 By Leave a Comment
So I'm cynical. But I have to wonder about the consistently misplaced faith in the U.N. the world seems to have: Human trafficking police manual for UN developed in Canada. A UN training manual to help police around the world combat the scourge of human trafficking is being developed with the assistance of the RCMP. [...]
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