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December 10, 2013

Soccer, Swindling And Sex Trafficking: 10 Things To Know

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association is holding the World Cup in Brazil, June 2014. Six men have been arrested for fixing Premier League soccer matches. Earlier this month, two British men were arrested for fixing Australian soccer matches. Continue Reading...

November 13, 2013

How Can Businesses Fight Human Trafficking?

The Business as Mission movement, writes Elise Hilton in this week’s Acton Commentary, is creating alternative and wholesome sources of income while offering ‘restoration’ for survivors: Human trafficking feeds on the vulnerable, and that includes the poor. Continue Reading...

November 05, 2013

Pope Francis’ Vatican Seminar Tackles Human Trafficking

The 2013 Global Slavery Index estimates that 29.8 million people are enslaved worldwide. To help address this problem, Pope Francis called for action to combat the growing problem of human trafficking and modern forms of slavery. Continue Reading...

October 21, 2013

Human Trafficking Enters A New Marketplace: Organ Harvesting

There have been whispers of it before, but now it has been confirmed: trafficking humans in order to harvest organs. The Telegraph is reporting that an underage Somali girl was smuggled into Britain with the intent of harvesting her organs for those desperately waiting for transplants. Continue Reading...

June 21, 2013

U.S. State Department Releases 2013 Human Trafficking Report

The U.S. State Department has released its annual “Trafficking in Persons” (Tip) report, used to not only further educate people about global human trafficking, but to identify countries where trafficking is most problematic. Continue Reading...

May 01, 2013

Morning-after Pill: Human Trafficking’s Best Friend?

The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the sale of the “morning-after pill” (such as Plan B) for teens as young as 15, with no need for parental consent, and mandated that the drug no longer can be kept behind the pharmacy counter. Continue Reading...

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