Human trafficking

June 11, 2015

New Wave Of Unaccompanied Minors Into U.S.?

The summer of 2014 saw an overwhelming amount of children making their way, illegally, across the southern U.S. border. Thousands of children and adolescents overwhelmed the Border Patrol and social service agencies. Continue Reading...

June 08, 2015

Is Asia Getting Out Of The Human Trafficking Business?

No one is interested in vying for the worst human trafficking record, but Asia would certainly be in the running. Yet, today’s Business Insider claims that Asia is getting out of the human trafficking business; can that be true? Continue Reading...

May 29, 2015

Wouldn’t It Be Loverly: Audrey Hepburn, Nail Salons And How To Help Women

As I wrote here a couple of weeks ago, nail salons across the country are under scrutiny for abusive labor tactics and human trafficking. New York City has taken a hard look at this issue (thank goodness!) Continue Reading...

May 28, 2015

Child Sex Trafficking: Rescue Is Possible And Here Is Proof

I don’t believe there is anything worse than the trafficking of children for sex. Children are often sold by parents because of poverty, are “traded” by adults in their life for drugs or cash, or are lured by traffickers who promise money, affection and support from an adult or children can simply be kidnapped. Continue Reading...

May 26, 2015

Islamic State’s Atrocities Against Women: It’s Getting Worse

Young girls kidnapped from their beds. Yazidi women and girls sold into sex trafficking. Rumors of female Muslim teens being used as suicide bombers. It is hard to imagine that Islamic extremists could make things more difficult for women and girls in war-stricken areas, but they are. Continue Reading...

May 21, 2015

Video: Hilton and Alderman on the Tragedy of Human Trafficking

Those of you who are regular readers here at the Acton PowerBlog are very familiar with Elise Graveline Hilton’s extensive research and work on the subject of human trafficking, both here on the blog and also through her recently published monograph, A Vulnerable World. Continue Reading...

May 21, 2015

Post Tagged 'Human trafficking'

Wouldn’t It Be Loverly: Audrey Hepburn, Nail Salons And How To Help Women

Child Sex Trafficking: Rescue Is Possible And Here Is Proof

Islamic State’s Atrocities Against Women: It’s Getting Worse

Video: Hilton and Alderman on the Tragedy of Human Trafficking

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The Moral Mess Of Myanmar

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