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cassie connery

The Traffickers | Polaris Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery - 2 views

www.polarisproject.org/...the-traffickers

U.S. Traffickers criminals sex

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    • cassie connery
      cassie connery on 19 Feb 13
       
      The author uses words such as "lure", "victims" and "preying" to make the trafficked persons seem helpless and innocent. (Bias by word choice)
  • A group of traffickers in Washington, D.C. work together as a group to intimidate a prostituted woman in a brutal practice known as a "Pimp Circle."  Through this loose cooperation, these traffickers make it very difficult for victims to escape.
    • cassie connery
      cassie connery on 19 Feb 13
       
      The author used this image to make the traffickers seem big and scary. (Bias by image)
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  • This powerful combination is driving the explosive spread of human trafficking, making it one of the fastest-growing criminal industries in the world.
    • cassie connery
      cassie connery on 19 Feb 13
       
      The author leaves this statement for last so that it is the last thing you think about, making it seem as if it is very important by saying human trafficking is "..one of the fastest-growing criminal industries in the world." But it does not say how popular this problem is or how many people actually are involved in trafficking at the current time. (Bias by placement, Bias by selection)
  • cassie connery on 25 Feb 13
     
    The amount of different motives and profiles of a human trafficker are endless. Traffickers could be "U.S. citizens, males and females, family members, intimate partners, acquaintances, and strangers." The main purposes of these traffickers are to force individuals into labor trafficking and/or sex trafficking. They can use methods of control such as force, fraud, or coercion. In some situations traffickers "promise a chance for a better life - a good job, a loving relationship or new and exciting opportunities. In other cases, traffickers kidnap victims and use physical and physiological violence to control them." Most common traffickers include pimps, growers in agriculture, factory and business owners, and labor brokers. In conclusion, each trafficker is unique whether they're a pimp in another country selling women for sex, or your next door neighbor whom secretly specializes in labor trafficking.
Itzel Arvizu

Luke Dale-Harris: The Ultimate Betrayal: Human Trafficking in Vietnam - 1 views

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/...man-trafficking_b_2424595.html

Asia Impact Sex sold_by_grandmother_prostitution confusion

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  • Itzel Arvizu on 26 Feb 13
     
     "Luke Dale-Harris:The Ultimate Betrayal: Human Trafficking in Vietnam." Http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/luke-daleharris/vietnam-human-trafficking_b_2424595.html. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2013. .
  • Itzel Arvizu on 28 Feb 13
     
    Human Trafficking is not going to stop until the victims report for help the increasment amount of two countries,China and Vietnam. Shelters in China have started to crowed since 2008 the increasment has grown over 400,000 victums. Linh was betrayed by her family when one day her aunt sold her to two women in a market by an ally. She was very confused, she was forced to marry a 30 yearold man who that she rejected but he still forced her to have sex, after finding out she was being used to have babies she made an escape. She reported her story and was put in a room with 15 other girls. She could never return home because of no support from her family. She went to Hanoi to a new shelter where she was cared for.
cassie connery

IRIN Asia | CAMBODIA-THAILAND: Men trafficked into "slavery" at sea | Cambodia | Thaila... - 0 views

www.irinnews.org/...trafficked-into-slavery-at-sea

Cambodia Trafficked Slavery Article Men

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  • cassie connery on 26 Feb 13
     
    " IRIN | Error ." IRIN | Error . N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2013. .
  • cassie connery on 27 Feb 13
     
    Recently in Cambodia, the number of men being trafficked for labor uses has climbed dramatically. Taing Ky, and father of five from Cambodia's Kampot Province was told he "would earn good money" along with several other victims. The men are lured from their homes with the promise of better paying jobs in Thailand, only to find themselves on Thai fishing boats plying the waters of the South China Sea. A 2010 UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) human trafficking sentinel surveilance recorded that "Of the 89,000 Cambodians deported from Thailand in 2009 for illegal migration, more than 20,000 (23 percent) were reportedly trafficked." Later on in the article, the author goes into detail about the horrible dangers of trafficking and things these men go through, warning that not only women are trafficked. Lim Tith, national project coordinator for UNIAP said, "It's slavery, There's no other way to describe it." He also claimed the problem has appeared to be shifting from Malaysian to Indonesian waters where more and more men are being reported. Actions are being taken against this issue, but not quite enough yet, and it is clear the author hopes for a brighter future for trafficking in Cambodia.
  • Luke Thomson on 22 Mar 13
     
    i would use this article because it talks about how the people are taken or consived on how they become slaves in the trafficking world. i would us it as a story in the may point to show how the people are told one thing and then put to some thing lese and then put in to work. the article would help with the different view and how they us the people force them to stay or do something.
Maddie Weston

The Good Daughter, in a Brothel - NYTimes.com - 4 views

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Cambodia Brothel Asia Nytimes Underage opinion slavery

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  • Maddie Weston on 26 Feb 13
     
    Kristof, Nicholas D. "The Good Daughter, in a Brothel." NYTimes.com. N.p., 17 Dec. 2006. Web. 26 Feb. 2013. .
  • Maddie Weston on 26 Feb 13
     
    In this article the author claims there needs to be an abolition of 21st century slavery. He tells us that in Asia the entry into prostitution is "overwhelming unwillingly". To add to that, the girls trafficked are too young to consent. A century and a half ago the British said that slavery was an intolerable evil. The difference between 19th century slaves and 21st century slaves is that modern slaves die of AIDS in their 20's. Modern slavery thrives because it is ignored. There is little improvement and that change is from diplomatic pressure. Police prosecute certain pimps who don't pay enough bribes to police. The author has a negative bias towards trafficking and believes that more should be done and even includes a story to show how human trafficking affects people personally.
  • Amna Naseem on 07 Mar 13
     
    Bias by omission The author's purpose of this article was to inform people about how human trafficking happens and where it happens most. The audience that was intended to read this article was basically everyone but especially women and young girls since the majority of human trafficking that takes place is around them. The tone of this article is concerned. This article was published on December 17, 2006. There wasn't a date that the website was updated on. There also weren't any dates inside the piece. The article is pretty relevant to the topic because the article talks about a victim of human trafficking. This person found the article in The New York Times which is a credible source. The author of this article is Nicholas D. Kristof. This author wrote a whole book about human trafficking called Half The Sky, so that makes him pretty credible already. The victim in the story is quoted multiple times so the reader is able to justify that the article is accurate. They also included a picture of the victim. Overall, based on most of these factors, the article is a credible article.
Kye Hanson

World Assistance for Cambodia » Girls Be Ambitious - 0 views

www.cambodiaschools.com/...girls-be-ambitious

human trafficking Cambodia ambitious girls

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  • Kye Hanson on 14 Mar 13
     
    "World Assistance for Cambodia." World Assistance for Cambodia RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2013.
Yanaris Diaz

Human Trafficking in Africa - A modern day evil - 0 views

www.consultancyafrica.com/index.php

Africa Traffickers Vulnerable Children Women

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  • Yanaris Diaz on 10 May 13
     
    This article diiscussed the many methods on how human traffickers work and move around. Kids are beggers, prostitues, and servants and they work in sweat shops and construction sites. The high poverty, cultural values and traditional belief all have an influence on kids rights and women's rights. This article also mentioned the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and how big sporting events like this increase activity for traffickers.
Itzel Arvizu

EU states slow to respond to trafficking - 2 views

ec.europa.eu/...GKPn5GnFvBR2dH535v9!1207144150

straidegy europe including 1st_report

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  • The report also highlights that the number of people being trafficked in and to the EU increased by 18% from 2008 to 2010, but less traffickers end up behind bars, since convictions decreased by 13% over the same period.
  • "It is difficult to imagine that in our free and democratic EU countries tens of thousands of human beings can be deprived of their liberty and exploited, traded as commodities for profit.
  • The total number of identified and presumed victims was 6,309 in 2008; 7795 in 2009 and 9,528 in 2010, with an increase of 18% over the 3 reference years. The profile of victims by gender and age in the three reference years was 68% women, 17% men, 12% girls and 3% boys. The majority of the identified and presumed victims are trafficked for sexual exploitation (62%). Trafficking for forced labour (25%) comes second and trafficking in other forms such as trafficking for the removal of organs, for criminal activities or for selling of children follow with smaller percentages (14%). Most victims detected in EU Member States are citizens from Romania and Bulgaria. Most victims having citizenship outside of the EU Member States are from Nigeria and China. The total number of convictions for trafficking in human beings decreased by 13% from 2008 to 2010.
  • Itzel Arvizu on 03 May 13
     
    This is the most striking figure emerging from the first report on trafficking in human beings in Europe, published on Monday by the European Commission. Despite this worrying background, to date, only 6 out of the 27 EU Member States have fully transposed the EU Anti-Trafficking Directive into their national legislation, with the deadline having expired on 6 April. The report also highlights that the number of people being trafficked in and to the EU increased by 18% from 2008 to 2010, but less traffickers end up behind bars, since convictions decreased by 13% over the same period. "It is difficult to imagine that in our free and democratic EU countries tens of thousands of human beings can be deprived of their liberty and exploited, traded as commodities for profit. Trafficking for forced labour (25%) comes second and trafficking in other forms such as trafficking for the removal of organs, for criminal activities or for selling of children follow with smaller percentages (14%).
Itzel Arvizu

Human trafficking remains a 'European tragedy' | New Europe - 1 views

www.neurope.eu/...ns-european-tragedy-coe-report

Europe tragedy increasment step_up

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  • The report highlights examples of the trafficking of men, women and children in both sexual and labour exploitation. The Council of Europe’s Secretary general, Thorbjøn Jagland said that human trafficking remained a “European Tragedy” in this day and age.
  • A new report on human trafficking has urged EU countries and its neighbours to “step up” the fight against human trafficking. The second annual report by the Council of Europe (CoE)’s expert body on human trafficking, GRETA (Group of Experts against Human Trafficking in Human Beings), has identified trends emerging from the expert group’s first ten country monitoring reports.
  • “Many victims are still not being properly recognised or given the support they need”, he said. Furthermore, problems with instigations and prosecutions mean that traffickers are not being sufficiently punished for their crimes”. He said that these “shocking human rights abuses” have “no place” in Europe today.
  • Itzel Arvizu on 23 Apr 13
     
    Donnelly, Cillan. "Human Trafficking Remains a 'European Tragedy'" NEWEUROPE. Council, 4 Oct. 2012. Web. 23 Apr. 2013. .
  • Itzel Arvizu on 03 May 13
     
    A new report on human trafficking has urged EU countries and its neighbours to "step up" the fight against human trafficking. The second annual report by the Council of Europe (CoE)'s expert body on human trafficking, GRETA (Group of Experts against Human Trafficking in Human Beings), has identified trends emerging from the expert group's first ten country monitoring reports. The report highlights examples of the trafficking of men, women and children in both sexual and labour exploitation. He said that the Council of Europe would continue to work with civil society to eradicate the problem of human trafficking in all its forms in Europe and beyond. Nicolas Le Coz, President of GRETA, said that while 37 European countries, including 22 EU member states, have ratified the CoE's convention on human trafficking, "action in trafficking cannot be successful if left to just government institutions".
Amna Naseem

allAfrica.com: Tanzania: Human Trafficking Is Real, Says Mahadhi - 1 views

allafrica.com/...201304120189.html

human trafficking Middle East labor tanzania forced

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  • THE government has admitted that there are people, especially young girls, being trafficked to Arabian countries promising to tackle the vice.
  • He also said that many youths are trafficked as they hope to get better paying jobs abroad but do not want to pursue proper channels, falling prey to the network of criminals.
  • Amna Naseem on 26 Apr 13
     
    "allAfrica.com: Tanzania: Human Trafficking Is Real, Says Mahadhi." allAfrica.com: Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2013. .
Danesha Thomas

Human trafficking's dirty profits and huge costs - Inter-American Development Bank - 5 views

www.iadb.org/...ofits-and-huge-costs,3357.html

Human Trafficking latin america

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  • illegal emigration is a huge problem, and it goes hand-in-hand with people trafficking and exploitation
  • the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons (…) for the purpose of exploitation.
  • bringing in US $32 billion annually, worldwide
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  • very year, some 1 to 2 million children, women and men become victims of human trafficking; while traffickers make anywhere between $4,000 and $50,000 per person trafficked, depending on the victim’s place of origin and destination
  • human and legal rights violations of the victims, people trafficking also has a large negative impact on the world’s economy due to the significant loss of human and social capital
  • jeopardizes each person’s integrity and tarnishes the reputations of the countries that allow it.
  • 23,400 girls and young children were victims of illegal adoptions in Guatemala in the last decade.
  • “Call and Live,” a regional campaign against human trafficking that promotes hotlines for prevention and victim protection.
  • cassie connery on 01 May 13
     
    "Human trafficking's dirty profits and huge costs - Inter-American Development Bank ." Inter-American Development Bank . N.p., n.d. Web. 1 May 2013. .
  • Danesha Thomas on 01 May 13
     
    "Human Trafficking's Dirty Profits and Huge Costs." Inter-American Development Bank. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2013.
cassie connery

Human Trafficking Escalates as World Economy Plunges, UCLA International Institute - 1 views

www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp

Economy Los_Angeles United_States

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  • in a close tie with the illegal arms trade — is human trafficking
  • More than 12 million people worldwide are currently victims, according to the United Nations' International Labor Organization. The $9 billion industry is the 21st century's fastest-growing criminal enterprise.
  • West Los Angeles
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  • human trafficking is on the rise because of the economic downturn.
  • Immigration agents estimate that 10,000 women are being held in Los Angeles' underground brothels alone
  • 1997, and she was 17 when she excitedly arrived in L.A., only to have her "employer" — an affluent Indonesian woman — confiscate Ima's passport, tell her that she would receive her salary in a lump sum after two years; work her 10-to-18 hours a day, seven days a week, as nanny and housekeeper; and beat her – hitting her in the face and slamming her into walls.
  • she escaped
  • Would I go to the U.S. and work for her for $150 a month? 'Yes!' I told her. 'Of course!'"
  • current economic meltdown is also adding to the problem
  • California is one of the top destinations for trafficking victims from Mexico, Latin America and Asia.
  • South Los Angeles
  • anti-trafficking grants to local law enforcement agencies, including the Los Angeles Police Department
  • members of law enforcement have received extensive training to recognize signs of trafficking
  • "The crime is very underreported, very underground," said Agbonkpolor. "A lot of people see things but don't really know what they're seeing."
  • cassie connery on 01 May 13
     
    Today, Judy Lin for UCLA. "Human Trafficking Escalates as World Economy Plunges, UCLA International Institute." UCLA International Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 May 2013. .
Amna Naseem

6 lakh 'tricked and trapped' | The Daily Star - 0 views

www.thedailystar.net/...6-lakh-tricked-and-trapped

labor tricked trapped human trafficking Middle East

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  • An estimated 600,000 people have been “tricked and trapped” into forced employment in the Middle East, many of them also sexually exploited,
  • Amna Naseem on 26 Apr 13
     
    "6 lakh 'tricked and trapped' | The Daily Star." The Daily Star | Your Right To Know. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2013. .
Yanaris Diaz

IRIN Africa | SOUTH AFRICA: How heavy is human trafficking? | South Africa | Children |... - 0 views

www.irinnews.org/...How-heavy-is-human-trafficking

south africa IOM trafficking gnder

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  • Yanaris Diaz on 30 Apr 13
     
    The IOM (Organization for Migration) and the South African government are making Human trafficking known
Kye Hanson

Fars News Agency :: Terrorists in Syria Smuggling Human Organs - 0 views

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Syria smuggling organs terrorist

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  • terrorists and armed groups
  • collect the injured people
  • sell their body organs to traffickers.
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  • The FSA rebels in Syria trade the body organs of the Syrian martyrs whom they abduct and kill.
  • "Most of the Syrians abducted by the armed groups are killed, and then gunmen trade in their corpses through removing their kidneys, eyes and liver,"
  • Kye Hanson on 24 Apr 13
     
    "Fars News Agency :: Terrorists in Syria Smuggling Human Organs." Fars News Agency :: Terrorists in Syria Smuggling Human Organs. Fars News Agency, 4 Apr. 2013. Web. 24 Apr. 2013.
  • Kye Hanson on 24 Apr 13
     
    Terrorist groups in Syria are stealing human organs, especially the eyes, kidneys, and liver. After capturing the dead or wounded with the promise of hospitality and care, terrorists take the organs and sell them for money. One of the alleged perpetrators is the Free Syrian Army, who kidnaps the victims then murders them. The government blames outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups for the kidnappings. However, they believe that the "unrest is being orchestrated from abroad." In other words, the US is allegedly plotting against the Syrian government. Granted, this news source is situated in Iran, who holds a bitter relationship with the US.
Derrick Gosha

Sex trafficking | Prostitution | Eastern Europe - 0 views

www.globalpost.com/...moldova-sex-trafficking

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  • “They brought us to a hotel and led us up a staircase — seven floors. "I remember … wondering when they would let me go to my sister. The big Russian woman led us into a room with couches against the walls. There were men sitting, talking, drinking tea, laughing on the couches. One girl started to cry silently. I suddenly understood what was happening.
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      Derrick Gosha on 30 Apr 13
       
      Intro to essay
  • Generating an estimated $32 billion dollars annually, human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal activity in the world today.
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      Derrick Gosha on 30 Apr 13
       
      Women and young girls are are tricked into thinking that they are being givin job opportunities and other ways to make money but once they're in, they are controlled by forced and deceived by theTraffickers.
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  • The United Nations estimates that between 800,000 and 4 million men, women and children are deceived, recruited, transported from their homes and sold into slavery around the world each year.
  • more than 200,000 women and children from Russia and Eastern Europe are forced into prostitution each year.
  • It is their demand for illicit or predatory sex that generates huge profits for the slavers and leaves behind the tortured minds and broken bodies of those women and children they violate.
Maddie Weston

Efforts boosted in China against human trafficking - ANN - 0 views

www.asianewsnet.net/news-41793.html

China Vietnam Trafficking Asia Laws Police

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  • Recently, police also found some abducted women from South American countries, such as Colombia.
  • "The situation got worse last year," Dai s
  • "Human trafficking mainly stems from poverty, and the recent unstable political situation in some South American countries has resulted in a flow of people to other countries," Dai said.
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  • ll enhance intelligence exchange and cooperate with other countries to discover and rescue victims, and destroy trafficking rings.
  • e vowed that his taskforce wi
  • Hong Daode, a law professor at the China University of Political Science and Law, urged authorities to continue targeting nightclubs and other entertainment venues considered hotspots for illicit sex services.
  • Maddie Weston on 25 Apr 13
     
    Yan, Yhang. "LATEST NEWS:." Efforts Boosted in China against Human Trafficking. N.p., 22 Jan. 2013. Web. 24 Apr. 2013.
  • Maddie Weston on 25 Apr 13
     
    Even though China has a lot of human trafficking they still help women in other countries escape. Last year they rescued 1,281 women. Surprisingly, many South American women are found in brothels in the Guangdong Providence from countries like Columbia. The women are promised a job in a foreign country and then forced to work as a prostitute. Even criminal gangs from Columbia have gotten in on human trafficking in China, making the problem even bigger and more complicated. "Although some progress has been made, more cooperation in international law enforcement is needed to curb the rampant transnational human trafficking," said Chen Shiqu, director of the ministry's human trafficking force. More attention will be paid to the border and to the situation in general.
Maddie Weston

IRIN Africa | South Africa: Caution urged over new human trafficking laws | SOUTHERN AF... - 0 views

www.irinnews.org/...ver-new-human-trafficking-laws

South_Africa trafficking laws rights

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  • Law should distinguish between 'trafficked' people and adult consensual sex workers
  • he distinction between involuntary servitude and the "unfortunate reality of consensual adult commercial sex work must be kept in mind at all times", he concluded.
  • "Currently, victims of trafficking are being arrested and prosecuted for offences committed as a direct result of their being trafficked. A victim who has entered the country without valid documentation can be charged under the Immigration Act. Similarly, a victim who was forced into prostitution by her traffickers can presently be prosecuted for prostitution,"
  • Maddie Weston on 25 Apr 13
     
    Irin. "Humanitarian News and Analysis." IRINnews. Irin News, 19 Oct. 2004. Web. 24 Apr. 2013.
  • Maddie Weston on 25 Apr 13
     
    Trafficking has been a problem in South Africa for a long time. South Africa has the highest AIDS rate in all of the African continent. New human trafficking laws have been put in place to have different punishments for trafficked women and girls who are forced to work or consensual sex workers.State law adviser advocate Lowesa Stuurman said that "although South Africa has an obligation to bring its domestic legislation in line with the (UN) Trafficking Protocol, the extent of the problem of trafficking within and across the borders of South Africa is unclear". There are positives and negatives to the act. A trafficker can now be charged for rape, but it does not recognize the rapes of men and boys. There is still a long way to go, but South Africa took the first step to help reduce the problem.
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