Latest items for TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
March 21, 2025, 4:01 p.m.
Countries: Guyana
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Edwards, the chieftain from the nearby hamlet of Micobie, home to 11 of the girls who died in the fire, said that miners preying on children for sexual favors has been a continuing problem. More than a dozen girls at the Mahdia dorm got pregnant in the span of a few months several years ago, school staff said. 'We’re talking about little girls, they get offered a little jewelry or some phone, and they become theirs,' said Edwards" (para 17-18). "Children being lured into dangerous mining work and child prostitution in lawless mining regions are common in other countries in South America... But police and regulators in remote areas like...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Edwards, the chieftain from the nearby hamlet of Micobie, home to 11 of the girls who died in the fire, said that miners preying on children for sexual favors has been a continuing problem. More than a dozen girls at the Mahdia dorm got pregnant in the span of a few months several years ago, school staff said. 'We’re talking about little girls, they get offered a little jewelry or some phone, and they become theirs,' said Edwards" (para 17-18). "Children being lured into dangerous mining work and child prostitution in lawless mining regions are common in other countries in South America... But police and regulators in remote areas like...more
March 21, 2025, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Colombia, Ecuador
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, IRP-DATA-1
"Children being lured into dangerous mining work and child prostitution in lawless mining regions are common in other countries in South America, including Ecuador and Colombia, according to a U.S. Labor Department report from 2021" (para 25).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, IRP-DATA-1
"Children being lured into dangerous mining work and child prostitution in lawless mining regions are common in other countries in South America, including Ecuador and Colombia, according to a U.S. Labor Department report from 2021" (para 25).
March 20, 2025, 1:55 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"[D]iscrimination in employment is also deeply rooted in social status and ethnicity. Women and girls of Haratine descent are subjected to slavery and forced labour where there are exposed to violence and mistreatment" (6).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"[D]iscrimination in employment is also deeply rooted in social status and ethnicity. Women and girls of Haratine descent are subjected to slavery and forced labour where there are exposed to violence and mistreatment" (6).
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, GP-DATA-2
"The practice of fasliyya, in which women are bartered as a means of resolving tribal disputes, is also often undertaken" (8).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, GP-DATA-2
"The practice of fasliyya, in which women are bartered as a means of resolving tribal disputes, is also often undertaken" (8).
March 15, 2025, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1, IRP-DATA-2
"Hundreds of foreign women are recruited by traffickers every year (as many as 3,000 in 2019) through the 'artist visa scheme' and subsequently forced into prostitution" (8).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1, IRP-DATA-2
"Hundreds of foreign women are recruited by traffickers every year (as many as 3,000 in 2019) through the 'artist visa scheme' and subsequently forced into prostitution" (8).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"We have heard of cases where San parents, families and people from other ethnic groups are trafficking San girls for sexual and domestic labour. Other tribes are coming to our houses and take our girls, saying they want to support them with education, as we San parents cannot afford to send them to school. But instead they use the girls to look after their children. This is child labour and a form of trafficking" (9).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"We have heard of cases where San parents, families and people from other ethnic groups are trafficking San girls for sexual and domestic labour. Other tribes are coming to our houses and take our girls, saying they want to support them with education, as we San parents cannot afford to send them to school. But instead they use the girls to look after their children. This is child labour and a form of trafficking" (9).
March 11, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: Oman
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"A Malawian woman who was lured to Oman with the offer of work was enslaved and raped while getting as little as two hours' sleep a night. Georgina, from Lilongwe, Malawi, broke down in tears as she relived the abuse she experienced in new BBC Africa Eye documentary called Trapped in Oman. The 32-year-old believed she had been recruited to work as a driver in Dubai - and hoping for a better life, she took the opportunity. She had owned a small business in Lilongwe and was getting by when she was approached by an agent saying she could earn more money in the Middle East. It was not until...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"A Malawian woman who was lured to Oman with the offer of work was enslaved and raped while getting as little as two hours' sleep a night. Georgina, from Lilongwe, Malawi, broke down in tears as she relived the abuse she experienced in new BBC Africa Eye documentary called Trapped in Oman. The 32-year-old believed she had been recruited to work as a driver in Dubai - and hoping for a better life, she took the opportunity. She had owned a small business in Lilongwe and was getting by when she was approached by an agent saying she could earn more money in the Middle East. It was not until...more
March 4, 2025, 8:52 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"The girls and women are mostly trafficked by agents who are taking advantage of record unemployment in Nigeria and operate under the guise of offering better paid work. Ten years ago, the Nigerian naira was triple the value of the CFA; today N1 equals 0.38 CFA" (para 8). "Some victims go on to become madams who source other girls, to recoup money they spent and to regain their own freedom. Across Nigeria, recruiting agents go into rural communities or post in jobseekers’ groups on Facebook, talking ambiguously about hustles that yield plenty of rewards and sending photographs of girls and women they have recruited to known madams. They coach recruits...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"The girls and women are mostly trafficked by agents who are taking advantage of record unemployment in Nigeria and operate under the guise of offering better paid work. Ten years ago, the Nigerian naira was triple the value of the CFA; today N1 equals 0.38 CFA" (para 8). "Some victims go on to become madams who source other girls, to recoup money they spent and to regain their own freedom. Across Nigeria, recruiting agents go into rural communities or post in jobseekers’ groups on Facebook, talking ambiguously about hustles that yield plenty of rewards and sending photographs of girls and women they have recruited to known madams. They coach recruits...more
March 4, 2025, 8:52 p.m.
Countries: Cote D'Ivoire
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"The daughter of her mother’s best friend had told her she was going to the Ivorian city to sell body lotion. Instead, an older woman – a 'madam' – who had paid for her travel without her knowledge sent her to brothels in the city every night. Sara says she is paid between 3,000–5,000 Central African Francs (CFA) – between £3.90 and £6.50 – for every man she sleeps with for a 'short-time' and 25,000 CFA for an overnight stay. The money is split three ways between the brothel, Sara and the madam. Three months after arriving in Bouaké, Sara is still waiting to earn enough to pay off debts...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"The daughter of her mother’s best friend had told her she was going to the Ivorian city to sell body lotion. Instead, an older woman – a 'madam' – who had paid for her travel without her knowledge sent her to brothels in the city every night. Sara says she is paid between 3,000–5,000 Central African Francs (CFA) – between £3.90 and £6.50 – for every man she sleeps with for a 'short-time' and 25,000 CFA for an overnight stay. The money is split three ways between the brothel, Sara and the madam. Three months after arriving in Bouaké, Sara is still waiting to earn enough to pay off debts...more
March 3, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Reports of organized criminal groups subjecting Chinese and foreign women and girls to forced labour in domestic service, forced concubinage and forced childbearing and sex trafficking within and to the State party, luring victims with fraudulent job offers or forced and fraudulent marriage" (Page 8). "The Committee notes with concern that the State party is a country of destination for trafficking in women and girls from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for purposes of sexual exploitation, forced marriage or concubinage. It also notes with concern that women and girl defectors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are categorically classified as 'illegal migrants', and some are forcibly returned. It...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Reports of organized criminal groups subjecting Chinese and foreign women and girls to forced labour in domestic service, forced concubinage and forced childbearing and sex trafficking within and to the State party, luring victims with fraudulent job offers or forced and fraudulent marriage" (Page 8). "The Committee notes with concern that the State party is a country of destination for trafficking in women and girls from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for purposes of sexual exploitation, forced marriage or concubinage. It also notes with concern that women and girl defectors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are categorically classified as 'illegal migrants', and some are forcibly returned. It...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:40 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"In addition, many North Korean women and girls are trafficked and sold to Chinese men or enter the sex industry in China. The Chinese trafficking markets are well connected with local Chinese authorities, who facilitate these practices" (par. 8).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"In addition, many North Korean women and girls are trafficked and sold to Chinese men or enter the sex industry in China. The Chinese trafficking markets are well connected with local Chinese authorities, who facilitate these practices" (par. 8).
Feb. 4, 2025, 1:56 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Vietnam
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1
"Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam and that the number of women and girls being trafficked is growing. The trafficked women and girls are often ethnic or religious minorities, from impoverished communities, or, in the case of North Korea, fleeing abusive governments. Violence against women and girls is often a low priority for governments and all the affected countries have complicated relationships with China. Consequentially, their governments often show little concern about the fate of women and girls trafficked to China. However, there has been growing attention to bride trafficking in the media, and governments of the home...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1
"Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam and that the number of women and girls being trafficked is growing. The trafficked women and girls are often ethnic or religious minorities, from impoverished communities, or, in the case of North Korea, fleeing abusive governments. Violence against women and girls is often a low priority for governments and all the affected countries have complicated relationships with China. Consequentially, their governments often show little concern about the fate of women and girls trafficked to China. However, there has been growing attention to bride trafficking in the media, and governments of the home...more
Feb. 4, 2025, 1:53 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years. Most were pressured to become pregnant as quickly as possible; some were compelled to undergo forced fertility treatment. Those with children who were lucky enough to escape could usually only do so by leaving their children behind. Several of the interviewed women had been trafficked multiple times. Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years. Most were pressured to become pregnant as quickly as possible; some were compelled to undergo forced fertility treatment. Those with children who were lucky enough to escape could usually only do so by leaving their children behind. Several of the interviewed women had been trafficked multiple times. Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"China has a serious problem with women and girls from other countries being trafficked to China and sold as 'brides.' The country’s gender imbalance has driven a 'woman shortage' and an unmet demand for brides for young men. The difficulty to ‘find’ wives, combined with a lack of protections in China, has fueled a demand for trafficked women from abroad, mainly from neighboring countries. Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years. Most...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"China has a serious problem with women and girls from other countries being trafficked to China and sold as 'brides.' The country’s gender imbalance has driven a 'woman shortage' and an unmet demand for brides for young men. The difficulty to ‘find’ wives, combined with a lack of protections in China, has fueled a demand for trafficked women from abroad, mainly from neighboring countries. Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years. Most...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
The Committee notes with concern… (c) The underreporting of and low conviction rates in cases of trafficking in women and girls for the purposes of forced labour, irregular adoptions and sexual servitude" (8).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
The Committee notes with concern… (c) The underreporting of and low conviction rates in cases of trafficking in women and girls for the purposes of forced labour, irregular adoptions and sexual servitude" (8).
Jan. 27, 2025, 9 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-LAW-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea. Mrs X said many of the women she was detained with had been deceived by brokers, and were targeted...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-LAW-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea. Mrs X said many of the women she was detained with had been deceived by brokers, and were targeted...more
Jan. 27, 2025, 8:38 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea. Mrs X said many of the women she was detained with had been deceived by brokers, and were targeted...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea. Mrs X said many of the women she was detained with had been deceived by brokers, and were targeted...more
Jan. 15, 2025, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Hungary
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"From this, you can imagine the desperation, lack of education, and the power dynamics in these areas. These areas are the main source of people who are sexually victimized and trafficked by the greed of criminals – some of whom are even relatives of the victim" (par. 5). "Sexual exploitation is the most common form of human trafficking and victims are typically 16–24 year-old girls and women. This is not surprising considering that today sex trafficking is one of the most profitable criminal acts and the younger the victim, the more profit the trafficker can hope for. Sex traffickers target emotionally vulnerable young people – particularly those from orphanages –...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"From this, you can imagine the desperation, lack of education, and the power dynamics in these areas. These areas are the main source of people who are sexually victimized and trafficked by the greed of criminals – some of whom are even relatives of the victim" (par. 5). "Sexual exploitation is the most common form of human trafficking and victims are typically 16–24 year-old girls and women. This is not surprising considering that today sex trafficking is one of the most profitable criminal acts and the younger the victim, the more profit the trafficker can hope for. Sex traffickers target emotionally vulnerable young people – particularly those from orphanages –...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 7 p.m.
Countries: New Zealand
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Our coloured women and children from rural areas are most at risk, are preyed upon more by traffickers, because they know desperate people will do anything to protect their children and their families" (para 17).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Our coloured women and children from rural areas are most at risk, are preyed upon more by traffickers, because they know desperate people will do anything to protect their children and their families" (para 17).
Jan. 10, 2025, 6:52 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Another way traffickers and their subordinates control African women is by using the power of juju, a traditional African spiritual belief system. Women targeted for sex trafficking are required to take 'juju oaths,' solemn vows to do the bidding of the recruiters who have promised to help them find work abroad. As part of the oath-taking ceremonies, they are told to strip naked, kneel for hours and swallow noxious drinks that can make them dizzy. They’re warned that breaking their vows of obedience could put a curse on them that could cause injury, death, even generational misfortune for their families. Most of the women interviewed for this story said they...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Another way traffickers and their subordinates control African women is by using the power of juju, a traditional African spiritual belief system. Women targeted for sex trafficking are required to take 'juju oaths,' solemn vows to do the bidding of the recruiters who have promised to help them find work abroad. As part of the oath-taking ceremonies, they are told to strip naked, kneel for hours and swallow noxious drinks that can make them dizzy. They’re warned that breaking their vows of obedience could put a curse on them that could cause injury, death, even generational misfortune for their families. Most of the women interviewed for this story said they...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 6:51 p.m.
Countries: United Arab Emirates
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Gold – whose name appears in court records as Christiana Jacob Uadiale – was a ringleader in a criminal network that lured African women to Dubai and forced them into prostitution in brothels, backstreets, bars, hotels and dance clubs, according to six Nigerian government anti-trafficking officials, a British human rights activist who has tracked her operation and five women who say they were trafficked and exploited by her. Three of the women said in interviews that Gold told them that if they didn’t do as they were told, they’d be killed and dumped in the desert. Those who didn’t make enough money for her were taken to a room in...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Gold – whose name appears in court records as Christiana Jacob Uadiale – was a ringleader in a criminal network that lured African women to Dubai and forced them into prostitution in brothels, backstreets, bars, hotels and dance clubs, according to six Nigerian government anti-trafficking officials, a British human rights activist who has tracked her operation and five women who say they were trafficked and exploited by her. Three of the women said in interviews that Gold told them that if they didn’t do as they were told, they’d be killed and dumped in the desert. Those who didn’t make enough money for her were taken to a room in...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 6:48 p.m.
Countries: Burkina Faso
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"In the country’s north, where the women were abducted, the jihadist groups have prevented trucks carrying food from using roads, forcing residents to venture farther out to get supplies to avoid going hungry. Armed militants kidnapped the women, girls and babies in two separate groups on Thursday and Friday last week, according to the government, which said in a statement on Monday that about 50 women had been abducted. The news of their release on Friday suggested that the number of victims might have been higher than originally stated" (par. 7-8)
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"In the country’s north, where the women were abducted, the jihadist groups have prevented trucks carrying food from using roads, forcing residents to venture farther out to get supplies to avoid going hungry. Armed militants kidnapped the women, girls and babies in two separate groups on Thursday and Friday last week, according to the government, which said in a statement on Monday that about 50 women had been abducted. The news of their release on Friday suggested that the number of victims might have been higher than originally stated" (par. 7-8)
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:21 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
“An industry that runs on exploitation, coercive behaviour and false promises of runway dreams to young impressionable girls - Japan's disturbing porn industry has long been a legal grey-zone. In a country where walking the streets can result in being targeted by 'modelling agency' actors before victims are lured to discrete offices to sign their freedom away, the multi-billion-pound porn industry continues to be a poisonous trap from which unknowing women find themselves battling to escape. With an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 new actresses debuting each year, and the annual number of released videos hitting over a concerning 35,000, these numbers become even more terrifying as many women and girls...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
“An industry that runs on exploitation, coercive behaviour and false promises of runway dreams to young impressionable girls - Japan's disturbing porn industry has long been a legal grey-zone. In a country where walking the streets can result in being targeted by 'modelling agency' actors before victims are lured to discrete offices to sign their freedom away, the multi-billion-pound porn industry continues to be a poisonous trap from which unknowing women find themselves battling to escape. With an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 new actresses debuting each year, and the annual number of released videos hitting over a concerning 35,000, these numbers become even more terrifying as many women and girls...more
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:51 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Child traffickers often abduct girls and young women, take them to isolated locations and impregnate them. When they give birth, their babies are sold to childless couples. The practice has existed for years in Nigeria. So-called baby making factories are facilities in Nigeria to which girls and young women are lured, impregnated and held against their will until they give birth. The 'factories' are usually small, illegal facilities parading as private medical clinics that house pregnant women and subsequently offer their babies for sale. In some cases, young women have been held against their will and raped before their babies are sold on the black market. The practice is largely...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Child traffickers often abduct girls and young women, take them to isolated locations and impregnate them. When they give birth, their babies are sold to childless couples. The practice has existed for years in Nigeria. So-called baby making factories are facilities in Nigeria to which girls and young women are lured, impregnated and held against their will until they give birth. The 'factories' are usually small, illegal facilities parading as private medical clinics that house pregnant women and subsequently offer their babies for sale. In some cases, young women have been held against their will and raped before their babies are sold on the black market. The practice is largely...more
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:39 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"She climbed into the trafficker’s car just one day after her parents told her she’d been promised to a man in Malaysia. She didn’t know his name, hadn’t seen his picture. In the car were several other girls headed to Malaysia for marriage. M was frightened. She’d heard stories of traffickers raping girls along the route. For a week, they drove and walked through the jungles of Myanmar and south into Thailand. After crossing into Malaysia, they stopped at a house. Four of the trafficker’s friends arrived and each selected a girl, telling them that they would drive them to their fiancé’s homes. Instead, M says, the man who chose...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"She climbed into the trafficker’s car just one day after her parents told her she’d been promised to a man in Malaysia. She didn’t know his name, hadn’t seen his picture. In the car were several other girls headed to Malaysia for marriage. M was frightened. She’d heard stories of traffickers raping girls along the route. For a week, they drove and walked through the jungles of Myanmar and south into Thailand. After crossing into Malaysia, they stopped at a house. Four of the trafficker’s friends arrived and each selected a girl, telling them that they would drive them to their fiancé’s homes. Instead, M says, the man who chose...more
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:30 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"This 30-second video, shot in an undisclosed location in Laos, went viral late last month after it was posted to Facebook, along with dialogue warning of ethnic Hmong middlemen working as interpreters for Chinese nationals seeking Hmong women and girls as wives. While the offer of marriage can be a financial leg up for largely poor Hmong villagers in rural Laos, many women who accept end up victims of human trafficking, according to a Lao official, who is calling on authorities to take action against the middlemen. Some of the women end up as forced laborers and sometimes face physical punishment, the official said. 'In the video, the middleman goes...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"This 30-second video, shot in an undisclosed location in Laos, went viral late last month after it was posted to Facebook, along with dialogue warning of ethnic Hmong middlemen working as interpreters for Chinese nationals seeking Hmong women and girls as wives. While the offer of marriage can be a financial leg up for largely poor Hmong villagers in rural Laos, many women who accept end up victims of human trafficking, according to a Lao official, who is calling on authorities to take action against the middlemen. Some of the women end up as forced laborers and sometimes face physical punishment, the official said. 'In the video, the middleman goes...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:58 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"In this region of north-east Uganda, one of the poorest in the east African country, marriages can begin with a man abducting a woman, raping her and keeping her captive at his house until it is unacceptable for her to return to the life she had. Girls on their way to school are a target" (para 1).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"In this region of north-east Uganda, one of the poorest in the east African country, marriages can begin with a man abducting a woman, raping her and keeping her captive at his house until it is unacceptable for her to return to the life she had. Girls on their way to school are a target" (para 1).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:45 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"In a report published in July, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, said women’s rights organisations had identified increasing reports of the trafficking of women and girls following the enactment of the conscription law. 'Women are using dangerous channels to flee the country amid fears of conscription, putting them at high risk of trafficking and other forms of exploitation. Conscription exemptions for married women also raise the risk of early and forced marriage for girls and women,' Andrews wrote" (par. 19-20).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"In a report published in July, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, said women’s rights organisations had identified increasing reports of the trafficking of women and girls following the enactment of the conscription law. 'Women are using dangerous channels to flee the country amid fears of conscription, putting them at high risk of trafficking and other forms of exploitation. Conscription exemptions for married women also raise the risk of early and forced marriage for girls and women,' Andrews wrote" (par. 19-20).
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:17 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
“An industry that runs on exploitation, coercive behaviour and false promises of runway dreams to young impressionable girls - Japan's disturbing porn industry has long been a legal grey-zone. In a country where walking the streets can result in being targeted by 'modelling agency' actors before victims are lured to discrete offices to sign their freedom away, the multi-billion-pound porn industry continues to be a poisonous trap from which unknowing women find themselves battling to escape. With an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 new actresses debuting each year, and the annual number of released videos hitting over a concerning 35,000, these numbers become even more terrifying as many women and girls...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
“An industry that runs on exploitation, coercive behaviour and false promises of runway dreams to young impressionable girls - Japan's disturbing porn industry has long been a legal grey-zone. In a country where walking the streets can result in being targeted by 'modelling agency' actors before victims are lured to discrete offices to sign their freedom away, the multi-billion-pound porn industry continues to be a poisonous trap from which unknowing women find themselves battling to escape. With an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 new actresses debuting each year, and the annual number of released videos hitting over a concerning 35,000, these numbers become even more terrifying as many women and girls...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:26 p.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"[Activist and lawyer Lara Dimitrijevic] called for the introduction of protocols and measures to prevent young girls from being taken abroad and being forced to get married" (para 12). This implies a practice of girls being forcibly taken for marriage abroad, particularly in Muslim migrant communities (CEC- CODER COMMENT).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"[Activist and lawyer Lara Dimitrijevic] called for the introduction of protocols and measures to prevent young girls from being taken abroad and being forced to get married" (para 12). This implies a practice of girls being forcibly taken for marriage abroad, particularly in Muslim migrant communities (CEC- CODER COMMENT).