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Why are so many of the UK's missing teenagers Vietnamese?

A major international summit on missing people is hoping to tackle exploitation and trafficking. In the UK, a disproportionate number of missing young people…

India: Equality Now Supports Apne Aap’s Efforts To End Sex Trafficking

When Ayesha was 13, she fell in love with a man who promised to marry her and nurture her singing aspirations, but instead turned out to be a sex trafficker....

Tanzania: Human trafficking is getting worrisome

Despite the high level of abuse that prevails in domestic service in Tanzanian urban centres, the occupation remains one of the most common jobs for children,…

"My parents paid €2,100 for me” - Spain's Stolen Babies

Operation Oculta set up to investigate Spain's stolen baby scandal, has uncovered a ring that bought babies in Melilla and Morocco and sold them to couples on…

Fleeing Eritrean Women Face Constant Threat of Abuse

Eritrean women fleeing their country's oppressive regime are increasingly finding themselves the repeat victim of abuse, exploitation and violence once outside…

Cashing in the children

Trafficking is not new to the northeast of India. The twist,however,is that operators have become more sophisticated. They now masquerade as evangelists and…

The Missing Daughters of Assam

It is as if they have given up hope of ever seeing their girls again. They are an Adivasi family from a remote village in Assam state in India, nestled in the…

Ex-slave stands for election in Pakistan

When Veero Kolhi made the asset declaration required of candidates for Pakistan’s May elections, she listed the following items: two beds, five mattresses,…

Orphan girls sex trafficked in sordid crime racket from Nigeria to France to Sussex in the UK

The girls were granted asylum in the UK and during interviews with UKBA admitted the truth – they had been smuggled out of their homeland, tricked by false…

Thai military accused of trafficking Rohingya refugees

There are mounting allegations the Thai military is trading Rohingya refugees from Western Burma to human traffickers.

Tortured slave girl learns to smile again

Sympathy and support is pouring in for a Karen girl who was allegedly kidnapped, enslaved, tortured and scarred over half of her body by a couple in Thailand.

Meet 'Air' - Kidnapped and tortured in Thailand

'Air' is 12. Kidnapped at the age of 7 this young Karen girl was held by an abusive Thai couple as their household servant for five years in Thailand.

Poverty-stricken Indian women forced into prostitution in Middle East

In India, unscrupulous agents promise women well-paid work abroad, but in reality the victims end up sold as sex workers.

Testimony of a Brazilian Sexual Slave: “Cristina'

There are estimated to be 75,000 Brazilian women entrapped in sexual slavery - mostly overseas in Europe. Cristina (not her real name) was living in Manaus,…

Girls in Cages

Diana Scimone - 'Girls in Cages'

“Do you see those cages in the second-floor windows?” my contact asked me. “Cages? What are they for?” I replied, certain I did not want to know. “They hold little…

Economics and the Asian Sex-Industry

Understanding the Economics of Sex Tourism

The sex industry in Southeast Asia is a significant source of foreign exchange earnings, especially for countries where prostitution has expanded into a highly…