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
Jul 27 'I was a slave': Nigerian women escape sexual bondage in Italy By Jason Berry, The GroundTruth Project CASERTA, Italy — She is 32 and demure, with a poise that belies the image of a woman who was enslaved for five years in a Nigerian prostitution ring on the outskirts of Naples, the raffish Mediterranean port city 22… Continue reading
Apr 21 Obama attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch heads for vote after 5 months By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Key senators say they're close to a deal on a bill to help sex-trafficking victims, potentially clearing the way for a vote to confirm President Barack Obama's attorney general. Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch 9:41 Victims of human trafficking put on hold by congressional gridlock By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch 7:40 New series explores how to fight gender oppression at home and abroad By PBS News Hour Journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn have exposed widespread problems of abuse, sex trafficking and violence against women in Africa and Asia. Now they also bring their focus home, shining a light on the ways American women are commonly hurt,… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch 8:30 What happens when the person forcing you into sexual slavery is your own mother? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Vietnam battles sex trafficking along China's border By PBS News Hour China is like a giant magnet to neighboring Vietnam, luring workers with higher wages and transportation to other countries. But many women are taken to China involuntarily to be sold into marriage or to work in brothels. Special correspondent Fred… Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch News Wrap: FBI recovers child victims of sex trafficking across the U.S. By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, a nationwide FBI operation has recovered 168 victims of child sex trafficking. The children are Americans and many had never been reported missing, said FBI director James Comey. Also, Syria handed over the last of… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Study exposes scope and business strategies of America's underground sex trade By PBS News Hour Continue watching