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Dec 30 2009

Global human trafficking news roundup (Dec. 30, 2009)

December 30, 12:57 PM
Norfolk Human Rights Examiner
Youngbee Kim

NORTH AMERICA

Texas: Texan radio station continues to report human trafficking in
Houston. Today, it reports domestic minor human trafficking in Texas.

LATIN AMERICA

Barbados: The crime against children including child trafficking,
prostitution, and child labor raises the authorities’ concerns.
According to the report, the authorities hear new cases on the crime
against children every month. The child advocate urged the parents,
especially the mothers of children, to speak up for their children’s
rights when discovering their abuse.

EUROPE

Armenia: The number of people arrested for human trafficking charges
has tripled in 2009. The police also reported that the number of
human trafficking victims also doubled this year comparing to the year
before. According to the report, most victims are Armenians who were
trafficked to UAE for sexual exploitation.

ASIA

Malaysia: A 58 years old Filipino women was arrested for sex
trafficking young girls from her country to Malaysia. During the raid,
the police also rescued 12 women who are in the age between 19 and 31.

Laos: The communism government of Laos plans to educate Hmong victims
from being victimized again by traffickers. The Hmong people were
never recognized as political refugees in Thailand despite of UNHCR
believing otherwise. Hmong people would be sent back to their home
town after the government finishes their background checks. However,
the government will relocate those victims who no longer have a place
to stay.

India: A 14 years old female orphan who was subject to domestic
servitude was rescued by the child helpline. According to the report,
she was frequently abused physically and emotionally by her employer.
The couple who abused the child victim are facing multiple charges
including "buying minor for the purpose of prostitution and child
labor."

AFRICA

South Africa: A Thai woman was arrested for trafficking women from
Thailand. She allegedly promised Thai girls a job at her massage
parlor in South Africa, but forced them into prostitution.

Sudan: Female refuges in the camps located in Eastern Sudan frequently
are at risk of human trafficking and sexual violence. According to the
UN report. They fled from Eritrea, Somalia, and Ethiopia to east
Sudan. But, they face other challenges in the refugee camps having
little or no access to basic health care, education, and protection.

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