Germany: over 900 human trafficking arrests in 2016, mostly on Austrian border
Welt am Sonntag cited Germany’s Interior Ministry data listing 900 human traffickers detained during 2016, mostly on the border with Austria. Most of the smugglers, 481, were caught on the Austrian border More...
Anti-Sexual Violence, human trafficking groups unite to fight against California’s move to legalize prostitution
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation submitted an amicus brief yesterday to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of ESPLERP v. Gascón. Twelve other nonprofit organizations working to combat sexual More...
Milwaukee man, Dajuan Key, sentenced to 22 years in jail for human trafficking of teen girl
A Milwaukee man was sentenced Wednesday to almost 22 years in prison, according to federal official, for trafficking a teen girl, treating her as a sex slave in the Chicago area. Dajuan Key, also known as Dejuan More...
Illinois Gov Bruce Rauner signs two bills to fight human trafficking
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner used harsh language and the power of the office, to sign two bills targeting human trafficking and sexual exploitation across the state. Gov. Rauner labeled human trafficking a form of More...
ADF joins lawyers fighting Michigan schools over bathroom, locker room privacy
Alliance Defending Freedom and more than 20 attorneys licensed to practice law in Michigan sent a letter Friday to the Michigan State Board of Education asking it to reject a proposed guidance document that advises More...
ADF calling for prosecution of Boko Haram Muslims over kidnappings
ADF International is filing a report with the International Criminal Court, urging it to conclude its preliminary investigations and to immediately start prosecuting members of Boko Haram who have been persecuting More...
Egypt’s Al-Azhar Professor Suad Saleh rape allowed by Allah, Islam ‘only regulated’ the practice, makes infidel women slaves
According to an Islamic scholar from the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, Muslim men are allowed by Allah to rape non-Muslim or infidel women to “humiliate” them. In a recent interview on Cairo More...
2015 sees evil of Sodom and Gomorrah return: adultery, bestiality, homosexuality, child sacrifice
Satan from “The Bible” miniseries photo screenshot The evil, such as homosexuality, adultery, bestiality, child sacrifice and animal worship, is about all we know of what was going on in Sodom and Gomorrah. More...
Syria: ISIS kidnaps over 250 Christians as sex-slave price list leaked
The Islamic State has reportedly abducted about 250 Christians from the province of Homs, Syria as the existence of an ISIS pricing list, detailing the prices for young women in the sex trafficking market, has More...
Pope Francis links global warming to human trafficking
Pope Francis said he had “great hopes” that a fundamental agreement to tackle climate change would be reached in Paris later this year, placing great faith in the UN, but surprising many by linking the move More...
Human Rights: An Examination of the Modern Slavery Act
You would not be alone in thinking that slavery was basically abolished many years ago, but according to The Global Slavery Index, there are an estimated 36 million people around the globe who are considered to More...
Recent Human Trafficking Arrests Bring Issue to Forefront
When looked at by outsiders, the problem of human trafficking can seem like a foreign or international issue. Most believe it couldn’t possibly take place domestically – at least not in large numbers. However, More...
New report from Ireland: 45 rescued from human trafficking ring
Forty-five victims of human trafficking were rescued in Northern Ireland, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA). The new report, released on Monday, indicates that they were subjected to domestic servitude, More...
2015 Grammy Awards: Brooke Axtell exposes human trafficking during Katy Perry intro
Over 25 years after being trafficked, Brooke Axtell stood before millions at the Grammy Awards to introduce Katy Perry’s rendition of “By the Grace of God.” “Authentic love does not devalue another human More...
Underage sex trafficking crackdown in Singapore nets five Chinese nationals
Five Chinese nationals were charged in a Singapore court Friday following the city-state’s latest crackdown on underage prostitution. The men, aged between 35 and 42, allegedly paid the 17-year-old girl $47 More...
Christian artist Kari Jobe talks new film ‘Not Today,’ fighting human trafficking, calling it an ‘evil, evil situation’
Christian singer Kari Jobe is speaking in support of a new film, Not Today, which hopes to raise awareness of the global human trafficking problem. “It’s just an evil, evil situation going on with human More...
19 Children rescued from Islamic madrassa in Bangladesh
Nineteen Christian children who were to be sold to Islamic boarding schools (‘madrassas’) in Bangladesh have been rescued, a religious rights group said. photo Imagens Evangélicas via Flickr BosNewsLife More...
FBI rescues 79 child sex slaves in major prostitution sweep
The FBI has rescued 79 teens held against their will and forced into prostitution from hotels, truck stops and stores during a three-day swoop on sex-trafficking rings across the country. Photo/Sawso.org The sex More...