Today, we are excited to bring you a guest post from Jessica at the WOV Helpdesk, who shares about her experience participating in the live call with God in a Brothel author Daniel Walker and how that experience has shaped her heart for trafficking victims. On Thursday, April 19, two of us here at the … Continue reading »
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Washington is first state to take on escort sites
From the New York Times: SEATTLE — For more than three months, she was sold online for sex. She had run away at 15, gone back home, then run away again. Finally, an undercover police officer caught her, and her pimp. This time she went home and stayed, but she was not the same. “She … Continue reading »
Livestock steroid is rife in Bangladesh brothels
Use of an over-the-counter steroid, Oradexon, is rife in the brothels of Bangladesh, where sex workers in their early teens are given the drug by madams to make them gain weight and give the appearance that the girls are healthier and older than they actually are. The steroid — which is administered by farmers to … Continue reading »
Alec Baldwin and Rob Morris: “Fighting Child Trafficking”
Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin, who hosts the WNYC’s new podcast series “Here’s the Thing“, recently interviewed Rob Morris, President and Co-Founder of Love146, a child trafficking rescue organization. Rob says to Alec: “This is not about an issue, this is not about a cause. This is somebody’s daughter, this is about somebody’s son. Little boy. Little … Continue reading »
Sex And The Super Bowl: Indianapolis Puts Spotlight On Teen Sex Trafficking
From Forbes: “…Super Bowl weekend is considered to be the largest sex trafficking event in the United States each year, a number estimated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children who says the 2010 Miami Super Bowl brought 10,000 prostitutes to the city. By the same group’s measure 2011’s Dallas Super Bowl resulted … Continue reading »
States Fail In Fight Against Sex Trafficking
From NPR. Listen to the story here. “Too many states still inadvertently provide safe havens when it comes to sex trafficking — even when children on the streets bear the consequences. That’s the conclusion of a new report released Thursday by the advocacy group Shared Hope International. The study grades each state on whether it … Continue reading »
CNN Freedom Project airs “Not My Life”
CNN International will be broadcasting the documentary Not My Life which examines the multi-billion dollar industry of human trafficking. The documentary will be aired in two parts; Part One will be aired on Saturday, 22 October and Part Two will be aired on Sunday, 23 October, both at 21:00 Eastern Standard Time. Not My Life is a … Continue reading »
Fighting child sex slavery in Thailand
From CNN, The Freedom Project: Thai police recently busted a sex slavery ring, rescuing nine boys and arresting a Buddhist monk. Police footage shows the monk in possession of several fake guns. Experts working the case say he and another Thai man bought boys, held them prisoner and then sold them to Westerners for sex. … Continue reading »
Sex Trafficking of Americans: The Girls Next Door
From Vanity Fair: Even as celebrity activists such as Emma Thompson, Demi Moore, and Mira Sorvino raise awareness about commercial sex trafficking, survivor Rachel Lloyd publishes her memoir Girls Like Us, and the Senate introduces a new bipartisan bill for victim support, the problem proliferates across continents, in casinos, on streets, and directly into your … Continue reading »
Sex Slavery in America
From the Huffington Post: “Sex trafficking within the U.S. is legally defined as commercial sex acts induced by force, fraud, or coercion or commercial sex acts in which the individual induced to perform commercial sex has not attained 18 years of age. The average age of entry into the commercial sex industry in the U.S. … Continue reading »