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Child slave trade booming, Italian report says
According to a report by charity organisation Save the Children, hundreds of foreign children are being exploited by slave trade rackets in Italy.
"The minors are often recruited in their home countries by acquaintances or relatives to come to Italy, where they are forced to work as prostitutes, steal, beg and sell drugs. Minors are also involved in slave labour, illegal adoptions and organ trafficking scams.
The charity said that some 54,560 adult and child victims of the slave trade in Italy had received assistance between 2000 and 2007. But statistics cannot paint a full picture of the Italian slave trade, since 'children and adolescents are often invisible and unknown.'
The minors come most frequently from Romania, but also from Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon, India, Bangladesh and other eastern European countries, and the children's provenance often dictated the nature of their exploitation.
For example, minors working as prostitutes, beggars and in illegal activities come mostly from Eastern Europe, while many teenagers involved in slave labour come from Africa and Asia. Most of the beggars are Roma gypsies, the report said."
Picture: http://flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/88559151/sizes/l/in... According to a report by charity organisation Save the Children, hundreds of foreign children are being exploited by slave trade racke... more -
How to buy a child in 10 Hours
Dan Harris travels to Haiti to see just how long it would take a person to purchase a child who has fallen victim to human trafficking. In Haiti many parents who are living in poverty want to give their children better lives. Human Traffickers claim they can give their children better lives and are then tricked into selling their children to slavery.
Althought Human Trafficking has gained awareness in the media and we've all been hearing more about it, I was shocked to see it only took him 10 hours and not only are children being sold but some are even given away for free. Dan Harris travels to Haiti to see just how long it would take a person to purchase a child who has fallen victim to human trafficking... more -
Elderly Woman Frees Child Slaves In Nepal
Olga Murray laughs when she's called a modern-day abolitionist. It is, however, a fair description.
This 82-year-old retired lawyer from California now spends half of her time living in Katmandu, Nepal, where she works to free child slaves.
"It's very difficult to think that in the 21st century, this is a practice," said Murray. But, she argued, "it's happening all over the world, and a lot of people don't know about it."
She is no tourist. She and her organization, Friends of Needy Children, have come up with a remarkably simple and successful method of liberating hundreds of young, female slaves.
For generations in Nepal impoverished families from the countryside have been selling their daughters to wealthy families where the girls, known as "kamlaris," are forced to do housework.
When asked why parents would sell their children, Murray explained, "It's not because they don't love them. It's like they have no choice. Sometimes it's a choice between selling their girl & and feeding the rest of their family."
The practice has become so widespread and socially acceptable that we were able to meet and interview slave girls and their owners.
According to the non-profit group Free The Slaves there are an estimated 27 million slaves in the world right now -- more than at any time in recorded history. Olga Murray laughs when she's called a modern-day abolitionist. It is, however, a fair description. ... more -
Child Sex-Trafficking
The Blind Project's teaser trailer about the pandemic child trafficking problem in Southeast Asia.
Find out more at: www.theblindproject.com The Blind Project's teaser trailer about the pandemic child trafficking problem in Southeast Asia. ... more -
Human Trafficking Occurs Around the World
Few people know about the concept of human trafficking. This is a short video I made explaining some basics taken from the US Trafficking in Persons Report. Few people know about the concept of human trafficking. This is a short video I made explaining some basics taken from the US Traffick... more
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DO YOU BUY GAP? Indian children found making clothes for Gap
"Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for Gap Kids, according to a report published in The Observer on Sunday. .." "Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery to produce cloth... more
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Child slavery in the Middle East's shopping Mecca
Dubai has seen unprecedented growth in the past decade - from its indoor ski slopes, air conditioned parking lots and man made islands to its plans to build an underwater hotel - the UAE is fast becoming more and more like its western counterparts. or is it? Dubai has seen unprecedented growth in the past decade - from its indoor ski slopes, air conditioned parking lots and man made islands... more
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