May 19, 2012, 5:28 pm

Ignorance is the only way to stay on sidelines
AugustaGazette.com
Little boys in Ghana whose fathers have died who are forced to work as slaves on fishing vessels are just as much a part of the problem as young eastern European women who are kidnapped and sold as sex slaves. And what about drug-addicted or homeless ...

May 19, 2012, 12:42 am

US states pass flurry of new anti-trafficking laws to fight sex slavery
Xinhua
Human trafficking, defined as coercion into sex work or labor, is a problem worldwide, with such scenarios playing out over and over again. In a bid to stem the tide of what some believe to be hundreds of thousands of victims nationwide, US states have ...

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May 18, 2012, 9:00 pm

Tampabay.com
Billboard campaign targets potential for child sex trafficking in Tampa during ...
Tampabay.com
Then it provides a website address where viewers can learn more about the illegal sex trafficking of young girls. Just as Tampa Bay is trying to put on its best face for the Republican National Convention, nine of these provocative billboards will be ...

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May 18, 2012, 2:19 pm

New York Times
In New Jersey, Memorial for 'Comfort Women' Deepens Old Animosity
New York Times
The monument, a brass plaque on a block of stone, was dedicated in 2010 to the memory of so-called comfort women, tens of thousands of women and girls, many Korean, who were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II.

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May 18, 2012, 12:27 pm

The Canberra Times
Sex slave keeper's tragic history revealed
The Canberra Times
A devout Buddhist who kept a Thai woman as a slave in a Canberra brothel herself came to Australia to work in the sex industry and help her family pay their debts. The circumstances which drove Watcharaporn Nantahkhum into the sex industry were similar ...

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