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  • Published on 13:17 GMT

    Qatar launches national plan to combat human trafficking for 2024-2026

    The plan focuses on creating strong, proactive measures to identify and eliminate trafficking wherever it is found, ensuring a coordinated and compassionate approach to its eradication. The Ministry of Labour, through the National Committee for Combating …

    Source: Doha News - Uncategorized
  • Published on 16:38 GMT

    Couple receives maximum prison sentence in child neglect, human trafficking case

    KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A couple found guilty of human trafficking and child neglect has received the maximum prison sentence. Jeanne Whitefeather was sentenced to 215 years while Donald Lantz was sentenced to 160 years in prison. Whitefeather will …

    Source: WSAZ - West Virginia - Neutral
  • Published on 13:32 GMT

    Human trafficking alleged in immigrant workers' suit against egg company

    Six Guatemalan nationals who worked for Iowa industrial egg supplier Centrum Valley Farms are suing the company alleging human trafficking and claiming they and other immigrant workers were denied overtime pay and threatened with deportation in retaliation …

    Source: Des Moines Register - Iowa - Label Pending
  • Published on 15:53 GMT

    Fry speaks on human trafficking for Hospital Auxiliary

    Shirley Fry, retired teacher and member of Northwest Ohio Rescue & Restore Coalition, was guest speaker at Parkview-Montpelier Hospital Auxiliary’s noon luncheon meeting Monday, March 10, at First Presbyterian Church in Montpelier. Auxiliary President …

    Source: The Bryan Times - Ohio - Label Pending
  • Published on 05:35 GMT

    Guatemalan workers sue Iowa egg company, alleging human trafficking

    Six Guatemalan nationals who worked for Iowa industrial egg supplier Centrum Valley Farms are suing the company alleging human trafficking and claiming they and other immigrant workers were denied overtime pay and threatened with deportation in retaliation …

    Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch - Center-left
  • Published on 05:15 GMT

    Hope in Action: Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking Resource & Information Fair, March 29

    Did you know slavery is still a thing? Did you know slavery is still a thing in the US? It is. The slave trade, often called “human trafficking,” is defined on Wikipedia as “the act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving …

    Source: Buffalo Reflex - Missouri - Label Pending
  • Published on Mar 18, 2025

    Illinois State Police Targets Human Trafficking

    ISP Director Brendan F. Kelly, along with key stakeholders representing human trafficking survivors, law enforcement, and support service providers, will appear before the Senate Criminal Law Committee on March 18th to speak to Senate Bill 2323. The …

    Source: Around Ptown - Illinois - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 18, 2025

    Illinois State Police push for strategic plan to combat human trafficking

    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — The Illinois State Police (ISP) is intensifying efforts to combat human trafficking, with ISP Director Brendan F. Kelly and key stakeholders set to address the Senate Criminal Law Committee regarding Senate Bill 2323. The …

    Source: WICD - Illinois - Label Pending
  • Published on Mar 18, 2025

    State Police target human trafficking

    Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly, along with key stakeholders representing human trafficking survivors, law enforcement, and support service providers, will appear before the U.S. Senate Criminal Law Committee today to speak to law enforcement’ …

    Source: Chronicle Media - Illinois - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 18, 2025

    NAPTIP rescues 2 boys from human traffickers in Akwa Ibom

    The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Monday, said it has rescued two young boys, who are indigenes of Akwa Ibom, being trafficked to Taraba for forced labour.  Uyo zonal commander of NAPTIP,  Mr Emmanuel Awhen, stated …

    Source: Blueprint Newspapers Limited - Label Pending
  • Published on Mar 17, 2025

    How to Harness Data to Fight Human Trafficking in Latin America

    Human trafficking in Latin America has evolved into a complex and diversified criminal activity, adapting to the region’s social and economic dynamics. To fight it, experts say the better use of data is key.   Human trafficking subjects victims to forced …

    Source: InSight Crime - Washington D.C. - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 17, 2025

    Human Trafficking: NAPTIP Rescues Two In Akwa Ibom

    March 17, (THEWILL) – The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has rescued two under-aged indigenes of Akwa Ibom State, allegedly trafficked to Taraba for forced labour. Uyo Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Mr Emmanuel …

    Source: The Will - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 17, 2025

    Human traffickers from Myanmar target Filipinos, 2

    OTHER trafficking survivors were forced to sell cryptocurrency online and do money laundering and online illegal gambling. They were forced to work without rest and were beaten with PVC sticks and subjected to electric shocks. Unable to leave without …

    Source: Panay News - Uncategorized
  • Published on Mar 16, 2025

    First of its kind lawsuit alleges human trafficking by San Diego’s Bumble Bee Seafoods

    Muhammad Sahrudin was on the same ship as Angga and largely alleged the same deception about his salary and the deductions taken from it. Sahrudin alleged he was stabbed, beaten and whipped by the captain and the senior crew. Like Angga, he participated in …

    Source: The Columbian - Washington State - Label Pending
  • Published on 18:26 GMT

    Judge throws the book at a West Virginia couple convicted of treating adopted Black kids as ‘slaves’

    A West Virginia couple found guilty of abusing their adopted children by locking them in a shed, forcing them to sleep on the floor and to use buckets as toilets, have been sentenced to decades in prison. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, and her husband Donald …

    Source: The Independent - Center-left
  • Published on 17:58 GMT

    Bahamas denies forced Cuban labor

    Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Phillip Davis. https://opm.gov.bs Sign up for our Caribbean Life email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Reiterating that The Bahamas does not employ Cuban medical …

    Source: Caribbean Life - New York - Label Pending
  • Published on 14:11 GMT

    Ethiopian Tech Workers Are Trapped in Myanmar’s Scam Centers

    “We are Cameroonian, Nigerian, Kenyan . . . Ethiopian.” Speaking from a dormitory-style building, the scam center worker pleaded for help, saying foreign citizens were “trapped” in a compound in Myanmar, “beaten,” and forced to work without pay. “There are …

    Source: The Diplomat - Neutral
  • Published on 12:55 GMT

    UN warns: child trafficking crisis escalates globally

    The demand for exploitative services involving children is increasing, from sexual exploitation, domestic slavery, child marriage, recruitment into armed groups, forced begging, and criminal activities.  This was revealed in the report presented to the …

    Source: IOL - Uncategorized
  • Published on 15:11 GMT

    Thousands of victims released from Myanmar-based scam centres

    For years, scam centres in Myanmar run by organised crime groups have conned people out of billions of dollars. They have largely relied on human trafficking and forced labour to operate. But in recent weeks, Burmese militia groups have freed thousands of …

    Source: TRT World - Gov't Propaganda

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