Nigeria to hold int'l human trafficking seminar

Xinhua News Agency;  February 20, 2004 ;     328 words ...Nigeria to hold int'l human trafficking seminar ABUJA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua...international seminar on human trafficking in the sub-region, a high-ranki...Global Action (PGA), said that human trafficking is one of the most pressing...

Cambodia launches provincial dialogues against human trafficking

Xinhua News Agency;  March 5, 2008 ;     218 words ......launches provincial dialogues against human trafficking PHNOM PENH, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian National Task Force against Human Trafficking on Wednesday launched a series of...forced labor and all other forms of human trafficking. At the launching ceremony of the...

Northwestern U. students campaign to awareness of human trafficking

University Wire;  January 11, 2008 ;     519 words ......Northwestern) (UWIRE) EVANSTON, Ill. -- "Human trafficking is modern-day slavery." This harrowing...that aims to raise awareness about human trafficking, claiming that it will be the largest...step into opportunities regarding human trafficking, they will have been enlightened...

DOD PERSONNEL FACE STRICTER RULES ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  January 10, 2006 ;     644 words ......Department personnel who participate in human trafficking or support the industry by patronizing...into law today by President Bush. "Human trafficking is an offense against human dignity...because it is the main fuel for the human trafficking industry, Awtrey said. Human ...

ATTORNEY GENERAL ABBOTT RELEASES REPORT SHOWING STATE LAWS NEED...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 17, 2008 ;     451 words ......Attorney General's (OAG) 2008 Human Trafficking Report. The legislatively-mandat...details the impact of human trafficking on the State of Texas...legislative changes could reduce human trafficking and provide better services...

Thailand vows to root up human trafficking by March 2004

Xinhua News Agency;  July 1, 2003 ;     236 words ...Thailand vows to root up human trafficking by March 2004 BANGKOK, July...a stringent crackdown on human trafficking and vowed to eradicate the...efforts to fight against human trafficking and to take actions against...

GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER SIGNS LEGISLATION TO FURTHER PROTECT VICTIMS OF HUMAN...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 27, 2008 ;     462 words ......California's pledge to take action against human trafficking and protect victims of this terrible...grants further rights to victims of human trafficking and AB 499 by Assemblymember Sandr...the sexual exploitation of minors. "Human trafficking amounts to modern-day slavery and...

Rep. Schiff Introduces Resolution Ssupporting Goals, Ideals of Observing...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 31, 2007 ;     558 words ......observing the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness each year to raise...awareness of and opposition to human trafficking." The resolution, introduced...observing the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness each year to raise...

Austria becomes int'l human trafficking transit point, destination

Xinhua News Agency;  October 18, 2008 ;     249 words ...Austria becomes int'l human trafficking transit point, destination VIENNA, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Human trafficking is the most profitable criminal...has becomes the international human trafficking transit point and destination...

SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY MICHAEL CHERTOFF SECRETARY OF HOMELAND...

Washington Transcript Service;  September 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ......CHERTOFF DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING SYMPOSIUM, AS RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT...and that is ending the scourge of human trafficking. There are few crimes that are more...struggled against slavery. The essence of human trafficking and human slavery is seeking to ...

SENATE APPROVES RESOLUTION BY SENS. FEINSTEIN, CORNYN, OBAMA, LUGAR TO...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 27, 2007 ;     656 words ......) to create a National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness, to be observed on...intended to raise awareness about human trafficking, a form of modern-day slavery. Victims of human trafficking are forced to work in sweatshops...

Human trafficking not adequately punished in Americas: OAS

Xinhua News Agency;  March 15, 2006 ;     278 words ...Human trafficking not adequately punished in Americas...March 14 (Xinhua) -- The crime of human trafficking is not punished enough in the...appropriately, in part because human trafficking has yet to reach the national...

VOA NEWS: U.N. DEVOTES DAY TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 3, 2008 ;     574 words ......United Nations aimed the spotlight on human trafficking Tuesday. From VOA's New York Bureau...Pacific. The global organization says human trafficking affects more than 160 nations that...the General Assembly has dealt with human trafficking in a comprehensive way. "If there...

Updated: China issues plan to combat human trafficking

Xinhua News Agency;  July 13, 2006 ;     389 words ...Updated: China issues plan to combat human trafficking BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- The...submitted for approving a plan to fight human trafficking to meet its obligations to a 2004...relevant ministries in combating human trafficking." The governments of China, Cambodia...

Britain to ratify European convention against human trafficking this year

Xinhua News Agency;  January 14, 2008 ;     390 words ......ratify European convention against human trafficking this year LONDON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua...Ratification of the convention against human trafficking will be yet another milestone in...strategy toprotect the victims of human trafficking and bring to justice those that exploit...