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Newspaper group bans ads for 'adult services' to tackle sex trafficking
One of the largest newspaper publishers in the UK has banned advertisements for "adult services" from its titles - almost 300 publications, including 17 dailies and websites.
Newsquest South London has "taken a decision no longer to publish adult services advertisements, either in print or on its websites. Increasing concerns regarding the appalling issue of human trafficking have been significant in this decision, which is effective immediately."
Newsquest's head office would not elaborate on the decision or the possible impact on advertising revenue, but campaign groups have welcomed the move. Members of the Croydon Community Against Trafficking posed as punters answering ads. In a Society Guardian report last year, it revealed that 84% of women being sold for sex were from overseas, most of them trafficked.
About time or an overreaction? Whose responsibility is it to police how and where adult companies can advertise their services? What impact will this have on the company's revenues? Does anyone actually buy newspapers or magazines *just* for the sex ads? Will other publishers be persuaded to follow suit? And what real impact will this have on tackling sex trafficking?
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Afghan warlords abuse boys
If you thought women were the main victims of violence and abuse in oppressive regimes in parts of Afghanistan, think again.
The United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy had begun investigating the practice of young boys being kept as sex slaves by powerful warlords. The practice is known as "bacha bazi," which literally means "boy play." Sex trafficking of both boys and girls has been an increasing concern in Afghanistan.
General Asadollah Amarkhill, security chief of Kunduz province, cites widespread poverty as one of the primary factors that forces boys into compliance with bacha bazi. Coomaraswamy believes that raising awareness and prosecuting those responsible may be the first step in sidelining the practice.
"What I found was, nobody talked about it, everybody said, 'Well, you know, it's been there for a thousand years, so why do we want to raise this now?' That seems to be the general attitude among everyone. But somebody has to raise it and it has to be dealt with" said Coomaraswamy last week in a report to the UN.
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Sex trade: 18,000 women and children trafficked into UK
Up to 18,000 females, including girls as young as 14, are working in brothels across Britain after being smuggled into the country, a new police survey reveals. Nearly five times more women than previously thought are working in massage parlours and suburban homes.
Operation Pentameter 2, a six-month campaign by police forces across the country, has exposed the horrifying extent of the sex trade industry in the UK. Because of the booming demand for prostitutes in the UK, prostitution and people trafficking is now the third most lucrative black-market trade after gun running and drug dealing. Organised crime gangs increasingly use the internet to communicate and maximise their earnings.
Most of the victims are young and foreign, coming from countries including Brazil, China, Lithuania and Thailand. Often, women are lured away from their homes with promises of work in bars or nightclubs, before being sold for up to £5,000 to pimps and brothel-keepers. The women are then forced to work for little or no income under threat of violence against their families.
As a result of Operation Pentameter 2, 528 suspected traffickers were arrested and 822 brothels closes. 154 women and 13 girls were released. Up to 18,000 females, including girls as young as 14, are working in brothels across Britain after being smuggled into the country, a ... more -
British-born teenagers being trafficked for sexual exploitation within UK, police ...
Teenage girls born in Britain are being trafficked for sexual exploitation within the UK, police said yesterday, adding that children are being "groomed" by men acting as boyfriends who carry out the abuse and then take the youngsters to other towns for further exploitation.
Officers fear that as many as 33 girls between the ages of 12 and 15 could have been involved in a case uncovered in Sheffield last year. Only one, a 15-year-old, was willing to give evidence in court, but following that a 23-year-old man was jailed for 10 years for serious sexual offences which included rape of a child. Five other men faced deportation procedures...
Jesus, 33 is a lot in just one place... it's so sick how people think they can treat others like commodities... Teenage girls born in Britain are being trafficked for sexual exploitation within the UK, police said yesterday, adding that children ... more -
McCain's Crusade: fight sex trafficking and child pornography
Like Anakin Skywalker's transformation to Darth Vader, John McCain starts to take on more of a republican persona, attempting to strengthen his favor with the Christian Right. Like Anakin Skywalker's transformation to Darth Vader, John McCain starts to take on more of a republican persona, attempting to stren... more
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Save Children From The Sex Trade Industry
The Blind Project is a group of concerned individuals who aim to protect children from the sex trade industry. Many people living in more affluent, civilized parts of the world are unaware and sometimes overlook the social injustice taken place towards children and sex trafficking. This non-profit organization is dedicated to raising and improving the lives for sex trafficking victims by providing education, rehabilitation, and jobs. The Blind Project is a group of concerned individuals who aim to protect children from the sex trade industry. Many people living in m... more
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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 -
Girls offered for rent to undercover reporter
ITN's Chris Rogers investigates the disturbing underworld of illegal sex trafficking in the Czech Republic.
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Unite against human trafficking
At least 4,000 women and girls are trafficked into the UK each year and forced into prostitution. The Journey is an art & action based campaign to highlight the issue of sex trafficking. It was founded by Sam Roddick, Emma Thompson and Helen Bamber.
Posted here is the anti-sex trafficking film called 'I am Elena', with Emma Thompson. The scenario was written and shot for Body Shop in less than 10 hours. At least 4,000 women and girls are trafficked into the UK each year and forced into prostitution. The Journey is an art & action b... more -
Israel's fight against Sex slavery.
Israel is a top destination for sex traffickers, who bring women from former Soviet states to work as prostitutes in Israeli cities. Prostitution is legal in the country, but brothels and pimping are not.
Things have gotten better since 2004 when the government opened a shelter for women that have been trafficked for sex. Israel is a top destination for sex traffickers, who bring women from former Soviet states to work as prostitutes in Israeli cities. P... more -
Dutch smash 'voodoo' child trade
Police in the Netherlands say they have cracked a crime ring which allegedly trafficked Nigerian children into the West to work as sex slaves. Police in the Netherlands say they have cracked a crime ring which allegedly trafficked Nigerian children into the West to work as sex... more
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Faces of the sex trade
Grim images from the sex trade and trafficking in Vietnam and the Philippines.
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Squaring up to sex trafficking
A powerful installation in London's Trafalgar square aimed at raising awareness of the sex-trafficking trade...
a series of 7 shipping containers have been customised by luminaries in the creative field - including one that recreates a sex-worker's bedroom. Visceral stuff. http://www.the-journey.co.uk/index.php?page_id=25
Worth a look if you're in the area - ends this weekend.
Sadly just the installation, not the trafficking.
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Dubai Prostitution
Beneath the shimmery, prosperous surface of the city of Dubai lies one booming business that most people won't talk about. Conor Knighton checks out the bustling prostitution scene at a popular local club. Beneath the shimmery, prosperous surface of the city of Dubai lies one booming business that most people won't talk about. Conor Knigh... more
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