Aug 17 5 important stories you might have overlooked By Joshua Barajas, Erica R. Hendry, Iman Smith As fallout from Saturday's rally in Charlottesville continues, here are five important stories you may have overlooked. Continue reading
Jul 29 Data science can help us fight human trafficking By Renata Konrad and Andrew C. Trapp, The Conversation Human trafficking occurs in every country in the world, generating an estimated U.S. $150 billion annually in illegal profits. There is an opportunity to use the bits of information we can get on the distribution of victims, traffickers, buyers and… Continue reading
Jul 23 9 dead, dozens more found in hot truck as authorities investigate human smuggling By Kamala Kelkar Police found NINE people dead and dozens more wounded from extreme heat in the back of a tractor-trailer outside a San Antonio Walmart on Saturday night in what authorities are investigating as a case of human smuggling. Continue reading
Jun 27 WATCH: Rex Tillerson, Ivanka Trump unveil annual human trafficking report By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The United States asserted Tuesday that Myanmar is no longer one of the world's worst offenders on human trafficking, while removing both Myanmar and Iraq from a list of countries that use child soldiers. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 8:25 How human traffickers trap women into domestic servitude By PBS News Hour More than three million women are forced into servitude as domestic workers every year, often lured to other countries in the Persian Gulf or Middle East under false pretenses. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on ways some advocates… Continue watching
Jun 30 U.S. takes Thailand off human trafficking blacklist By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press The U.S. has removed Thailand from its human trafficking blacklist, though forced labor is still widespread in the nation's lucrative seafood industry. Continue reading
Jan 29 U.S. placement program failed to protect child migrants from trafficking, Senate panel says By Mary Clare Jalonick and Garance Burke, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Migrant children in the government's care fell prey to human trafficking after the Health and Human Services Department failed to protect them, according to a bipartisan congressional investigation released Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 28 South Korea, Japan reach breakthrough settlement on WWII sex slaves By Yena Oh South Korea and Japan reached a breakthrough settlement of $8.3 million to resolve a decades-long dispute regarding Korean women forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch 6:54 Risking journey to Greece, more than 20 migrants drown off Turkey By PBS News Hour A boat filled past capacity with more than 200 migrants and refugees capsized off the Turkish coast, less than two miles from their starting point. Twenty-two people, including some children, drowned. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant was on shore as survivors… Continue watching
Sep 03 Should sex work be legal? By P. J. Tobia Should prostitution be legal? The answer may appear to be clear-cut, until you hear from a sex worker who says she has the right to earn a living as she chooses, and from an activist who says that legalizing sex… Continue reading