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Russia RU
The girl said the kidnapper named by the paper as Kirill Porubin, had told her she would have to work for one year to pay off the 10,000-ruble 'debt. Sister, Anya sold her to Kirill Porubin to buy clothes.
United States US
Antoinette Davis,25, offered her 5 year-old daughter, Shaniya, for sex. Shaniya was staying with her father, who had custody; however, he decided to let Shaniya stay with her mother for a month, because she had become financially stable. Davis is now being charged with human trafficking and felony child abuse.
Zambia ZM
A former Caprivi Chief Regional Officer is facing the wrath of the Zambian law after he was allegedly caught trafficking four children from a remote village in Senanga in Zambia’s western province to Namibia. Raymond Basinka Matiti, 61, who served as a Chief Regional Officer in Katima Mulilo from 2005 to July 2009, was arrested together with Likando Likando, from Zambia, in Senanga in August 2009. It is said the two were caught at a road block along the Senanga – Sesheke road after they had allegedly bundled four children - Memory Kailu, 9, Mushe Likando, 10, Ndala Sinabu, 15 and Nakushowa Ngodo, 20 – in a Toyota Hilux registration number N 50 KM allegedly owned by Matiti. Matiti and Likando are still in police custody after appearing before Magistrate Mukoma of Senanga Magistrate Court who referred the case to the Zambian High Court since the magistrate does not have jurisdiction over the matter.
United States US
Raymond Matiti, 61 and Matiti and his co-accused Likando face a possible jail term of 20 years if found guilty of human trafficking. According to the Zambian laws, “human trafficking is an act of recruitment, transporting, harbouring or receipt of persons for the purposes of slavery, forced labour (including bonded labour or debt bondage) and servitude”.
Côte d'Ivoire CI
Twenty children were being trafficked into Ivory Coast from Burkina Faso, in 2 cars of ZST transport. They were headed to Meagui, but were stopped at Soubre.
South Africa ZA
The trafficker approached a widowed woman with seven children and offered to take two of the children (a boy and a girl) to South Africa so that he could educate them and take care of their needs. The poor and burdened mother agreed and the children were smuggled to Mbuzini, where they were kept for a few weeks before they learnt that they were meant to be killed, for the harvesting of their body parts to be used for ritual purposes.
Saint Martin MF
Sri Lankan- S. Sivananthan Kittians- Terrance Williams & Sagnella Walwyn Haitian- Ornord Jacquet
Trinidad and Tobago TT
The kidnappers were subsequently held but no ids were disclosed to the public. The Caribbean has had its fair share of human slavery and because of the lack of proper infrastructure in many of the islands, cases like these will continue to prevail unless the word gets out. The governtment denies it is happening but they very well know. We need ALL the help we can get, this has to end!
Uganda UG
A 14 year old girl was given to a family friend by her grandmother. The friend promised to provide for her, but forced her to work for $2 a month. That money was sent to her grandmother. She was often beaten and was once burned with boiling water.
China CN
The kidnappers, a 22-member gang, confessed that they promised jobs to children in impoverished regions in Xinjiang and took them to Guangzhou. Instead, they trained the children how to steal and forced them to hand in 2,000 yuan (292 U.S. dollars) to 5,000 yuan a day. Those who couldn't bring in that much faced abuse, such as cigarette burns or whippings.
Indonesia ID
The Tangerang police arrested the suspects at a house in Vila Regensi Tangerang housing complex, Gebang Raya subdistrict, Tangerang municipality on January 14 and processed the case until the dossiers were handed down to Tangerang prosecutors office. Prosecutors then brought the case to be tried at the Tangerang District court. In the prosecution, Prosecutor Riyadi had asked the District court to sentence the six women to 12 years jail term for selling a three months old baby worth Rp 13 million to Dora in Golodok, West Jakarta. Dora would sell the baby to a man call Along in North Sumatra.
Ghana GH
Many of the children were sold or given into slavery as fishers and divers when they were too young to remember, and have done it all their lives, for at least the past 15 years. They were recruited from poor families who felt themselves incapable of providing for their children.
Ghana GH
Twenty-one children were rescued by Challenging Heights, an NGO operating in Winneba. The children, aged between eight and 17, were rescued from various fishing villages along the Volta Lake. Rescued from fishing villages along Lake Volta, the children originally came from Winneba, Central Region, Ghana.
Croatia HR
Police stopped the van at the border crossing of Ilok in eastern Croatia. Police searched the vehicle, and found the victims hidden in roof space designed for storing luggage.
Egypt EG
wo American couples, Suzan Hagoulf & Medhat Metyas and Iris Botros & Louis Andros, were arrested in December of 2008 after applying for US passports for two children through the US Embassy in Cairo. The embassy officials identified the documents as fraudulent, notified the Egyptian Authorities, which resulted in the couples arrest. The investigation revealed collusion with orphanage employees who regularly forged documents for Christian adoptions. The trial began in May of 2009, in conjunction with another couple accused of the same crime. Sept. 7, 2009.The four were convicted of human trafficking and each received two years in jail and fine of $18,153US.
Guinea GN
Police intercepted the girl with 9 others and a woman trying to cross a border at Forecariah, Guinea in a van in the middle of the night. This region is one of the hardest hit in regard to child trafficking. The police also helped by contacting the victim's parents.
United States US
Eduardo Marquez, Teodoro Estrada, and Aquilina Alvarez have been indicted for smuggling undocumented alians to different parts of the US from Mexico. Been known to smuggle children and infants.
Thailand TH
In two separate cases, young Burmese children were rescued from trafficking situations. Pim, the girl, is eight years old. Her Burmese mother forced her to go to the border bridge every day to beg for money. The mom is addicted to opium which grows widely in the Golden Triangle region. The mother tells Pim not to come home unless she comes back with 300 baht (roughly $10). With local events in Myanmar already depressing the low tourist season, finding donors is tough business. The abolitionist Kru Nam hears through the street grapevine that the mother is looking to sell Pim to the highest bidder. The boy, Kho, is 11. Two years ago he was trafficked into Thailand for child labor. He escaped and found refuge at Buddies along the Roadside. His Burmese family made contact and demanded that Kho come back home, and Kru Nam happily complied with their request to reunite Kho with his family. Two months passed, and Kru Nam ran into Kho in the streets of Mae Sai. He begged Kru Nam to return to Buddies. His family is forcing him to sell drugs - primarily ice and amphetamines - on each side of the border. When kids are caught selling drugs, the police treat them lightly. Adults, on the other hand, will be sentenced to long prison terms. So many adults use kids as their drug peddlers.
United States US
Clerks at a Rio Grande City convenience store helped nab a suspected human trafficker. They called police after spotting a woman and 2-year-old who didn't seem to belong together. The woman claimed she was given the child and a birth certificate in Roma. (The Romani are also known as Gypsies.)
China CN
the family gang was led by Ye Zengxi, 55, his son and daughter-in-law. Also involved was Ye's brother Ye Xiaolin. The gang used Ye's 12-year-old nephew to lure other children away from their parents' view with toys or food, and then whisked them away by motorbike. "The gang members had abducted nine children, all boys between two and eight years old, since April, and sold them to rural families," said Wang Jianmin, Nanyang Municipal Commission of Politics and Law secretary. Eight of the children were sold to rural families who wanted boys, while another was held captive awaiting a buyer before the police rescue.
Uganda UG
The Lord's Resistance Army was created in the mid 80's by Joseph Kony as a response to corruption in the Ugandan government. What began as a movement to liberate the Acholi people" has turned against them, kidnapping 50,000 Acholi children to serve as soldiers and sex slaves in the LRA.
Bolivia BO
The Bolivian´s Pastoral Human Movilisation, during 2007 lost the track of 6100 children that have crossed the border ilegally, between Potosí/Bolivia and Jujuy/Argentina.
Congo CG
Hundreds of children have been trafficked into Pointe Noire, largely from West Africa from Benin, followed by Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Togo and one Central African country, Cameroon. They are promised work and money to return home by compatriots who employ them. "The children are given to 'tutors' [from West Africa] against a certain amount of money with the promise of a job or apprenticeship. Some of the children are illiterate, while others have had some kind of schooling," said Constance Mafoukila, one of the researchers of the report. Most of the children in the Congolese capital, Brazzaville, come from the Democratic Republic of Congo, brought there by intermediaries who promise them a visa to Europe or South Africa. In reality, they are used as cheap labour, and girls over the age of 12 are pushed into prostitution. The children were victims of exploitation, including sexual abuse, and denied an education, Mafoukila said. The survey on which the UNICEF report was based was conducted in November 2006. More information: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/ca61e1a47d39126c98ed5ccf8a34e7c8.htm Many people from West African countries live in Pointe-Noire working as fishermen and have established residential camps along the beaches. They also own shops where foreign child workers are employed, according to non-governmental organisations. Observers say these traders prefer employing West African children to the Congolese because they do not demand as much money. The scale of the phenomenon is hard to measure, although the children of Benin seemed to be most at risk in this traffic, with 1,800 estimated to be in Congo. Regarding those from DRC, the police reckoned 80 children were crossing the border every day, of whom half would return home.
Burkina Faso BF
What is known about the trafficker? 30 victims of child traffickers between the ages of 8 & 17 were rescued on the border between Mali and Burkina Faso. The traffickers were two men of Bukinabe nationality living in Mali and posing as traditional healers. They convinced the parents of the youngsters to allow them to go to Mali to study the Koran, which is a common practice in the area.