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Ghana GH
17 Children aged 5 to 17 were attempted to be trafficked from Ghana to Burkina Faso. A woman was arrested at the border town of Kulungugu for the attempt. More information: http://gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Ghana.htm
South Africa ZA
The girl was in bondage for three years before she escaped. She is now getting aftercare. No exact details were given about her escape. The Article: "I could not go back home, my grandmother told me never to come back. They sold the cows and got money," she added. Now 17, she escaped her tormented married life in July and found solace at Palmerton care centre, which has also become a home to 18 other teenage girls who escaped similar situations. They were rescued by welfare officials and police in a campaign to stem the practice, even though many communities see nothing wrong with it. Most of the girls say their abductions were pre-arranged with their parents and left them no say in the process. In many cases, girls are forced out of school and bear children, when they are barely out of puberty. "He raped me on our first night together. Every day he forced himself on me, in all the cases he overpowered me after a struggle," said Sinama, who now has a two-year-old boy by the man. "I love my child and I am going to raise him to be a good man." Captain Nomana Adonis from Mthontsasa police station, which leads a rescue campaign in villages around the area of Lusikisiki, said the abductions were a new phenomenon. "This is new. We believe there may be hundreds of other girls out there we did not reach," said Adonis. "We have encountered girls as young as 13 who were sold to old men, opening them to chances of contracting diseases like HIV." She said a number of "husbands" and parents had been arrested. "In most cases the husbands are charged with rape and abduction, but so far we have not secured a single conviction," said Adonis. Peter Mtuze, a retired academic and the former head of African Languages at Rhodes University, decried the unothordox revival of ukuthwalwa, saying it did not fit in the mordern world. "Children are literally being sold, almost to the highest bidder. This is paedophilia," said Mtuze. "In the old days men usually abducted women who were of marriage age, not minors. This is not culture," said Mtuze, adding that in the past, girls who were abducted were not raped. "The girl was kept safe until she accepted the love proposal from the man. Messengers were then sent to the parents of the girl to start lobola (dowry) talks," said Mtuze. He said the custom was practiced secretly by a number of tribes in African countries. Both the government of South Africa and the Human Rights Commission (HRC) have condemned the practice, saying it has no place in a modern society. "This custom is taking us backwards as a country. We are doing our best to stop it and protect the children," said Phearane Moreroa, head of HRC. Source-AFP TRI
Uganda UG
A friend referred her to Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL).
United States US
Tija and his wife were tried in 2008 and pleaded guilty to criminal human trafficking and false imprisonment charges. Jury awarded the victim $768,000 in the case which is believed to be the first case adjudicated under the California Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
United States US
Omar Luna-Valencia, 32-year-old, was stopped on I-65 in an SUV with 11 passengers, four were children. Luna-Valencia admitted he was attempting to smuggle illegal aliens from Phoenix to Chicago.
Nigeria NG
311 children were intercepted in Lagos from other countries, many of whom came in through towns along Nigeria's border. Of these, 250 were from Benin, 67 from Togo, 12 from Ghana, 4 from Cameroon, and 3 from Congo. The children were sold as domestic servants and prostitutes for Nigerian brothels. More information: http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/living/2009/aug/22/living-22-08-2009-002.htm
United States US
Judge Brannigan, Judge Dlaquist, Sue Ann Edwards, Stephen Sparta, Oceanside CPS, Ocaenside PD, Vista San Diego Court
United States US
If convicted, the defendants face a sentence of 15 years to life imprisonment and a $250,000 fine in connection with the sex trafficking charges, up to life imprisonment and a $250,000 fine in connection with the forced labor charges, and a maximum sentence of 20 years of imprisonment and a $250,000 fine on the alien harboring charges.
United States US
Weicks was arrested by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Officers on October 30, 2004 near the intersection of Las Vegas Blvd. and St. Louis Streets. Officers recovered a loaded 38 caliber revolver from his vehicle. Weicks claimed to be carrying the firearm to protect the minor. Under federal law he was prohibited from carrying the firearm due to earlier convictions.
United States US
Abrorkhodja Askarkhodjaev, 30, Nodir Yunusov, 22, Rustamjon Shukurov, 21, citizens of Uzbekistan living in Mission; Ilkham Fazilov, 44, Nodirbek Abdoollayev, 27, citizens of Uzbekistan living in Kansas City; Viorel Simon, 27, Alexandru Frumasache , 23, citizens of Moldova living in Kansas City, Kan.; Kristin Dougherty, 49, of Ellisville, Mo.; Andrew Cole, 53, of St. Charles, Mo.; Abdukakhar Azizkhodjaev, 49, a citizen of Uzbekistan living in Panama City, Fla.; and Sandjar Agzamov, 27, and Jakhongir Kakhkharov, 29, citizens of Uzbekistan who recently left the United States
United States US
James Noel, 44, of Springfield, Mo, and 4 other men still awaiting trial James Noel, 45, of Springfield, MO pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, which he had been federally indicted for on September 7, 2010 Noel is expected to testify in the trials of the other defendants It was advertized online that the victim could be sexually tortured during live online sessions or in person. The indictment states that Noel participated in this conspiracy as a customer who paid to sexually abuse and torture the victim. Noel paid $300 to watch the victim tortured, and to sexually abuse and torture the victim. Vulnerability- According to a plea agreement, Noel described the victim as mentally delayed for her age. He believed she lacked the ability to communicate normally and had a limited vocabulary. Noel admitted that the victim did not have any ability to offer an opinion or refuse to follow orders. The victim a 16-year old runaway who had grown up in foster care homes and who suffered from mental deficiencies was enticed into a trailer home in Dec. 2002, and the victim was promised that she would be helped to become a model or a dancer. She was given her own bedroom and provided clothes and food. She was given marijuana and ecstasy, showed images of pornography and sadomasochism activities, and was sexually abused. Noel described the crank phone and another electrical device that was used to torture the victim as “extremely painful.” Noel electrocuted the victim with the crank phone himself and sometimes two men tortured the victim with crank phones at the same time. These devices were wired inside the victim’s vaginal and anal openings and to her toes. Noel admitted that he paid $300 for a special “show” that lasted two or three hours and included these sex acts.
United States US
Richard J. Oflyng, 32, of Ottawa, Kan He admitted driving to an area residence, where he expected to meet a pimp offering him an 11-year-old girl for sex.
United States US
This trafficker allegedly kidnapped his victim from Guatemala and forced her to live and work for him for 20 years. They moved to Lexington, KY about 5 years ago. He disappeared 2 years ago and his current whereabouts are unknown. The trafficker is also the father of his victims 2 adult children.
United States US
The alleged perpetrator kidnapped an underage minor from Guatemala where she was held captive for 20+ years. At some point during her captivity the victim was brought to the United States and then moved to Kentucky. The perpetrator fathered two children with the victim during her time in captivity.
Gabon GA
A 15 year old girl's poor mother in Benin gave her to an aunt, but the aunt gave her to a slavemaster who took her to Libreville, Gabon and forced her to sell ice water on the streets. She was not allowed to keep any of the proceeds, and if she failed to sell enough, she was beaten with an electric cable.
Gabon GA
The Gabonese navy seized an immigrant boat flying a Ghana flag on October 18, 2009. 34 children on board were illegal passengers, including 135 from Benin, 78 from Togo, 22 from Mali and 21 from Burkina Faso. They were believed to be destined for domestic servitude in Gabon. The children were placed in a receiving home. On November 14, 34 of the Beninese children were repatriated by
United States US
Shirke is one of six entertainers that were allegedly recruited from India with promises of profits - tips - from their dancing at the bar and restaurant, only to be paid slave wages and have every movement carefully guarded once they arrived in Georgia on Nov. 20. Shirke is worried the arrest of her bosses will shame her parents and brother in Mumbai, India, even though she and the other dancers didn’t participate in prostitution or stripping. The two male performers played in a band while the six women performed traditional folk and Bollywood-style dancing between eight and 14 hours a day, seven days a week at Mehfil Bar, Grill & Entertainment at 1200 Rockbridge Road near Norcross. The doors to the five-bedroom house where the entertainers lived in Lilburn were always dead-bolted from the inside by guards who stayed in the sparsely furnished house with them, Shirke said. She said the girls, who did not have the key to the door, were not permitted to go anywhere without an escort. The eight performers had signed a contract before they left India, stating they would surrender their passports and be confined to their home when they weren’t working, Shirke said. “They said it was for our safety, and we believed them,” Shirke For now, the performers are still staying in the house without keepers and planning to return to India when their visas expire in April.
Peru PE
she was trafficked by an older man who at first tried to "help" her and her two girlfriends find an apartment. He would take them out to expensive restaurants, bought them and their friends drinks and drugs. The girls thought of him as a a father figure. On one occasion after drinking and being slipped drugs all of the girls were very tired so he took them to a hotel where they could fall asleep. One of the girls remembered waking up and seeing the man raping her friend but was too tired and drugged to get up and do anything about it. When all three of the girls woke up the next morning they found their clothes on the floor with blood on them and 100 soles on the bed. After this, all three of the girls self esteem was gone. They spent the 100 soles on drugs and alcohol. The man bought the girls cell phones and shelter and would continually lure them in with affection and then continually beat them. He paid for a little room for the three of them to share that smelled of yearn and was located in a really bad area. He would allow the girls to have boyfriends from now and then , although most of these "boyfriends" were his friends and would also rape the three girls.
Peru PE
The institution denied her aid when she was in serious condition after being raped and hit by a car. She was thrown back into the institution after being found at Generacion by her judge. She was abused with pills and injections in the institution.
Peru PE
The victim's case was unknown to the government, and unfortunately the only way that the victim was able to escape her situation was through death. After years of having been sexually explotiated, even while pregnant, the victim passed away without any record of her trafficker's actions or justice for what she endured.
United States US
The defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury in Little Rock, Ark., for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and sex trafficking for their roles in using force, fraud and coercion to cause juvenile girls and adult women to engage in commercial sex acts. Handy and Cooney allegedly benefitted financially from the conspiracy, which took place from January 2002 to May 2008. Handy was also charged with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
United States US
one male- Everett Cooney and a female prostituted a minor to pay for their drug habbit. They also got the victim addicted to drugs. Cooney's plea agreement saw the dropping of sex trafficking of a minor to sex trafficking. Female is to stand trial will be in October 2009.
United States US
Everette Cooney and Tommy Handy were arrestd on charges of sex trafficking and sex trafficking of a child for commerical sexual explotation. They got girls between the ages of 14 through 18 to sell their bodies for th defendants personal gain.
United Kingdom GB
From an article in the Independent: "A woman who claimed she was beaten and sexually assaulted by a diplomat and his royal wife, who brought her to London, has spoken of her fear of reprisals. The 23-year-old, who has been granted refugee status, is owed more than £20,000 following an employment tribunal order, but has been unable to get justice as the couple have returned home. The woman said she had been treated as little more than a slave after having been promised paid work as a nanny, a room in the couple's magnificent house and days off to enjoy London. Instead, she alleged, they violently beat her, sexually assaulted her and locked her away to work 19-hour days for no pay. The couple, whose identity is known to the IoS, cannot be named as the victim fears reprisals. She said that they had had her followed after she escaped from their home last year, and have subjected her and her family to death threats. Her tale of modern slavery is one that is all too familiar in Britain. There are more than 20,000 migrant domestic workers estimated to be in the UK. Those working for diplomats are particularly vulnerable because visa restrictions prevent them changing employer. Last year 189 visas were issued to domestic workers accompanying diplomats, and every year some of these will be subjected to abuse. Now campaigners are demanding a change in the law. Although the woman reported her allegations to police, they advised her that the couple could not be prosecuted because of their diplomatic status. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) contacted their embassy but were told that since they have returned to their home country they cannot be chased for the compensation payments ordered in January. The domestic worker was 21 when she came to Britain. "From the first night I knew something was wrong," she said. "I was made to share a room with the diplomat and he came into my bed and touched me all over. "I was so scared but I spoke no English and had no money and no phone. I was trapped. I was paid nothing, never allowed to leave the house, and only given scraps to eat. "They made me get up at six to cook, clean and care for them and their children; I didn't get to bed until one in the morning. They treated me like dirt, throwing things at me, shouting at me and hitting me ... I hand-washed all their clothes until my hands were inflamed. If I didn't do what they asked they would beat me and smash my head against the wall. Every time I asked to go home they threatened me. They said they would destroy my passport and harm my family. I was terrified because I knew they could; they have power in my country." Kalayaan, a charity dedicated to helping migrant domestic workers, says her case illustrates the terrible abuses that diplomats can get away with in this country. Jenny Moss, a community advocate for the charity, said: "To protect diplomats' domestic workers it is imperative that the UK Government give them the basic right to change employer, so they can flee abuse and access protection and justice without fear of deportation. The power that employers can wield over vulnerable individuals is akin to bonded labour and leads to human trafficking." An FCO spokesman said: "We expect foreign missions and diplomats to meet their obligations under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961, to respect the laws and regulations of the UK, including employment rules."" The above article was written by reporter Emily Dugan of the Independent in London. Link: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/diplomats-nanny-lifts-lid-on-modern-slavery-1769711.html