Facts About Child Sex Trafficking

Trafficking in persons, as defined by the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (VTVPA) of 2000, is the recruitment, smuggling,transporting, harboring, buying or selling of a human through force,...

St. Louis woman sentenced on federal sex trafficking charges

This was  a horrible violation against a young lady with a mental handicap who couldn't defend herself.  This happens all too many times in this world we live in today. Who looks out for the mentally...

Sex trafficking coalition to educate public March 19th

" About 50 agencies and people across the Treasure Coast are teaming up to start a sex trafficking coalition. “I’m dumbfounded as to people’s response to sex trafficking,” said Terri Pettengill, who...

Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2007-08

This is not PR these are statistics that the Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics put out annually. The statistics are just as important as a story of Human Sex Trafficking. Be the story about a rescue or arrest...

More Than 1,200 Alleged Incidents of Human Trafficking Reporte...

" In the first 21 months of operation, the Human Trafficking Reporting System (HTRS) recorded information on more than 1,200 alleged incidents of human trafficking, the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of...

Key member of alleged human trafficking ring pleads guilty

"ATLANTA–Francisco Cortes-Meza, 21, a/k/a "Paco," of Mexico, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to sex trafficking offenses involving young Mexican women following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ). United States Attorney David...

Key member pleads guilty to sex trafficking

" Key member of alleged human trafficking ring pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges following ICE Atlanta investigation ATLANTA–Francisco Cortes-Meza, 21, a/k/a "Paco," of Mexico, pleaded guilty today in...

OJ Simpson, Found Guilty On All 12 Counts

OJ Simpson was Acquitted of all charges of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman 12 year ago.  The Outcome for OJ Simpson is much different  today as he has been found guilty of all 12...

Taoiseach refuses to rule out second Lisbon vote

Irish leader Brian Cowen has said that eh hasn't ruled out holding another referendum on the Lisbon refirm treaty, which was voted down in a vote two weeks ago, sending the EU into a panic. Ireland was the only...

Everest Closed for Business

"Everest Closed for Business Without reasonable explanation, the Chinese authorities have officially close the north, or Tibetan, side of Mount Everest to all expeditions this spring, save for their...

COERCION BY HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS (HOAs)

One of the definitions of coercion "is an act by a human or humans" (including corporations because they are also 'persons') "against the will or without the permission of another human being with respect to that...

Dreaming of Occupation

" As I commented this morning,Gazan journalist Taghreed El-Khodary gave a telling interview about daily life in Gaza: the corruption, internal violence, coercion, Islamisation and the violence against Israel...

O.J. Sacked with Robbery, Kidnapping Charges

O.J.'s "Naked Gun" Reality Show  Charges mounting against O J Simpson Conspiracy to commit kidnapping  with a deadly weapon has  been added, among other charges, bringing the charges to eleven. Bail...

The roots of Dalit rage

"The roots of Dalit rage The symbolism of Dalit politics is a tactical response to the threat of violence lurking beneath the surface of Indian democracy. The benevolent tolerance that caste Hindu society affects may well be misplaced. by | Sukumar Muralidharan In January...

The Crime Of Genocide

This law protects four groups: National, Ethnical, Racial, Religious. The crime, is the intended destruction of the whole, or part, of a group. Genocide crimes include: Aiding, Attempting, Complicity, Conspiring, Inciting, Planning.  

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