Tag archive for ‘human trafficking’
By Brandon Jones On Sunday, April 14th, 2013
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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...

By Brandon Jones On Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
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Philippine police deny missing children or body of Mark Elgin Escarmosa, a dismembered 4-year-old, tied to organ harvesting ring

The Philippine National Police is attempting to deflect fears that the growing number of cases of missing children in the past few days may be tied to organ harvesting crimes or human trafficking. Philippines police More...

By Brandon Jones On Monday, February 11th, 2013
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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...

By Butter Bracco On Friday, January 25th, 2013
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Linda Weston, Philly woman facing federal charges for keeping disabled adults chained in dungeon to collect their checks

Federal hate crime charges are being added to the murder allegations for a Philadelphia woman who is accused of chaining mentally disabled adults in basement dungeons forcing some into prostitution all for their More...

By Brandon Jones On Monday, January 14th, 2013
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The Passion conference raises over $3 million to battle human trafficking

The Passion 2013 conference, a four-day gathering of 60,000 university students, wrapped up last Friday with attendees donating over $3 million to fund the freedom fight for the 27 million human slaves currently More...

By Brandon Jones On Saturday, January 12th, 2013
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Two babies from Indonesia go up for sale online, investigation continues

Police in Indonesia are scrambling this week after an advertisement offered two children for sale online at $1,000 at a shopping website Tokobagus.com. “We are still investigating the existence of the online More...

By Brian On Friday, December 14th, 2012
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Juan Carlos Guerrero, former Customs Border officer pleads guilty in bribery, alien smuggling case

Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer, His Girlfriend and Two of Their Associates Plead Guilty to Participating in Multi-year Bribery and Alien Smuggling Activities Along U.S./Mexico Border. Former More...

By Robert Herriman On Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
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Philippines women’s group, Gabriela comes out against UN recommendation to legalize prostitution in Asia

A newly published report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) calls for the decriminalization of prostitution in Asia and the South Pacific as a way to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections More...

By Brandon Jones On Thursday, October 18th, 2012
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Mali Islamist buying children to make into soldiers as they impose Sharia Law

Mali Islamists who seized control of part of Mali are amassing money from ransoms and drug trafficking while imposing Sharia law, says a senior UN official, reports the BBC. Child soldiers are being purchased from More...

By Brandon Jones On Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
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Nicholas Ivie, border patrol agent, shot and killed, another agent wounded

A US Border Patrol agent has been shot dead and another wounded after coming under fire in an area of Arizona used by drug smugglers and human traffickers on Tuesday. U.S. Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie, 30, More...