NGOs In Italy And Nigeria Join Forces Against Human Trafficking
The Nigerian Women Association (NWA) Verona Italy in collaboration with the Child Protection Network (CPN) Kosofe, are bent on restoring the image of Nigeria through the support of victims of human trafficking while combating the recurrent menace. To achieve this drive, the NWAV launched an initiative, INsigHT, to build capacity to deal with human trafficking […]
Rescued Human Trafficking Victims In Thailand Nears Record High
Demand for cheap labour in neighbouring Malaysia is causing a jump in the illegal trade The number of human trafficking victims rescued in Thailand is set to hit a record high this year, according to government data, with demand for cheap labour in neighbouring Malaysia causing a jump in the illegal trade. Thai police have […]
This Terrain Of Trafficking Women For Sex – What Should Be Done
A new report by the CNN has revealed how some women trafficked from Nigeria are forced into prostitution in a park in Paris, capital city of France. Over the years, stories of women deceived into giving up their money for a “better life” in Europe but later forced into prostitution, have made news headlines. In […]
Human Trafficking Suspect Nabbed In Cape Town, Two Women Freed
The case against a Milnerton man, who faces charges involving human trafficking, has been postponed. Chibuike Innocent Nwosu, 39, made a brief appearance in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday, following his arrest last Thursday. Hawks spokesperson Captain Lloyd Ramovha said Nwosu was nabbed while they were following up on information regarding an apparent […]
Various Women Platforms Fight Human Trafficking In Zimbabwe
Slave trade may ring ancient but it is alive and full-tilt world over. New forms of objectification include human trafficking, debt bondage, sex slavery and child labour. More than 200 Zimbabwean women were trafficked to Kuwait for slavery by a shady syndicate implicating a member of the Mid-eastern country’s diplomatic mission in Harare last year. […]
African Migrants Sold In Libya ‘Slave Markets’, Says IOM
Africans trying to reach Europe are being sold by their captors in “slave markets” in Libya, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said. According to a BBC report on Tuesday, victims have told IOM that after being detained by people smugglers or militia groups, they were taken to town squares or car parks to […]
Woman Arrested Over Human Trafficking
Police in Tororo have arrested a 37-year-old woman suspected to be a human trafficker. The woman, a casual labourer and resident of Akolodongo village, Malaba Town Council in Tororo District, was arrested on Monday at her home after she allegedly trafficked two young girls to neighbouring Kenya. The woman is suspected to have taken advantage […]
Cambodians Sue US And Thai Firms Over Trafficking And Forced Labour Claims
Cambodian villagers have filed a lawsuit against four companies that supply American supermarkets, claiming they were trafficked to work under slavery-like conditions in a Thai seafood factory that exports to the US. The civil lawsuit, filed in June in a California federal court, accuses the US and Thai firms of knowingly profiting from the villagers’ […]
Modern Slavery And Human Trafficking On The Rise In UK
Efforts to eradicate modern slavery in the UK are failing, with the number of potential victims being trafficked into Britain rising by 245% over the last five years, according to official figures. Police and other authorities identified 3,266 people last year thought to have been the victims of modern slavery compared with 946 in 2011, […]
Zimbabwe: 14 More Kuwait Trafficking Victims Back
FOURTEEN more Zimbabwean women arrived in the country yesterday from Kuwait where they were subjected to slavery. The women were lured by a syndicate of dubious employment agents who promised them lucrative jobs in the tiny Arab country. Government funded the return of the women through the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare. […]
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