Misery awaits human cargo lured to SA

by Isaac Mangena IOL

"I was told I was going to a better life," said nine-year-old Rosallio Nyasoro, recalling how she was lured to South Africa before being sold into domestic service for a mere $50 (about R349). To read the article

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Trafficking of African women is thriving

IOL May 10 2007

Trafficking of women from west Africa to Europe for sexual exploitation is thriving amid inaction from African governments, experts at a regional conference on the issue in Senegal said on Thursday.  To read the whole article click here

Work of Oxfam with trafficked persons in Nepal

Oxfam is working with local groups to prevent trafficking of women and girls to India. 

Trafficking troubles poor Moldova

The country is the source of much of Europe's human trafficking. Billboards in the streets of the capital, Chisinau, depict a girl gripped in a huge clenched fist, being exchanged for dollars.

The caption reads: "You are not for sale". There are few countries in the world where people have to be reminded of that by public advertisements.

Moldova's abandoned children

The Republic of Moldova is the poorest country in Europe and has the highest human trafficking figures in the region.

One in six adults has left the country to work abroad, most illegally.

Bulgaria extradites to France human traffic suspects

Monday May 28 | BNN - Bulgaria News Network

... Atanasov, 35, Rumen Mitkov, 30, Veli Mehmed, 37 and Feim Mehmed, 24 will face a court in Lion on charges of trafficking young women from northeastern Bulgaria to France and forcing them to work as prostitutes. The five men are being handed over .

16 human trafficking cases in 2007

Saturday May 26 | B92

Serbian police discovered cases of 33 human trafficking in 2006, while there were 16 cases since the start of this year

ARGENTINA:
Recruiting Celebs Against Trafficking in Women
Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES, Mar 15 (IPS) - In order to rouse public indignation against trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation, popular Uruguayan actress and singer Natalia Oreiro, who lives in Argentina, launched a campaign Wednesday in conjunction with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
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ARGENTINA:
Clamping Down on Human Trafficking
Marcela Valente

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 8 (IPS) - After two years of reports of isolated incidents, and a sustained effort by civil society to make human trafficking a visible phenomenon, the Argentine government has announced a policy for its prevention, helping its victims and punishing those responsible for the crime.
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MIGRATION-LATIN AMERICA:
Job Offer Too Good to Be True?
Gloria Helena Rey - Special to IPS*

BOGOTA, Aug 23 (IPS) - The marriage or job offer abroad sounds too good to be true? It very well might be. Tens of thousands of people in Latin America fall victims to human trafficking every year. Claudia, a 28-year-old Colombian mother of two who has experience as a computer systems technician, was just one of them.
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ARGENTINA:
Young Women Lured into Trafficking by Job Ads
Marcela Valente

BUENOS AIRES, Mar 6 (IPS) - The ads read: "presentable young ladies", "no qualifications or experience required", "easy work," "good conditions," and "hours by arrangement". They often offer salaries of over 2,000 dollars.
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ARGENTINA:
Trafficked Women - an Invisible Problem
Marcela Valente

BUENOS AIRES, May 19 (IPS) - "They simply vanish, as if the earth had swallowed them up," said activist Juan Carr, referring to the girls and women who fall prey to trafficking rings in Argentina that sell them into forced prostitution.

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