April 11, 2012
Several anti-human trafficking groups have joined together to organize a protest rally against the recent decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal to change the legal position of sex workers. The decision allows sex workers to work from home, from brothels and to hire security to protect them. Human trafficking is a massive problem in ...
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June 6, 2011
For the safety of everyone, Swiss officials take the sex industry into their own hands…and construct boxes. While the sex trade is a controversial subject in most countries, authorities in Zurich are looking to revamp an already legal industry. The changes include three designated areas for sex trade workers and the introduction of sex booths, ...
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March 23, 2011
A man was sentenced to six years probation, but no jail time, for having sex with an underage teenage victim of sex trafficking. “I also told him this was my first time and I was nervous and I didn’t feel comfortable,” she said. “But he was all ‘relax.’ I did what he told me to ...
September 24, 2010
Neither are known for tackling the weightiest of subjects on screen, but Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have joined forced to launch the “Real Men Don’t Buy Girls” campaign. “Not many people are aware that yesterday was the anniversary of the Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation,” said Kutcher. “The assumption is that slavery is ...
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September 6, 2010
Craigslist has come under fire, or been under a constant barrage of bullets, because of their adult services section. Critics claim that the site’s lack of supervision mean that it is being used to sell the sexual services of trafficked people and children. Two weeks ago, 17 state attorneys in the United States asked the ...
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August 19, 2010
Sex trafficking is one of the most profitable businesses in the world — it also causes some of the most misery. Dana Popa spent the summer of 2006 in Moldova, where she spent time with survivors of sexual slavery. The pictures are beautiful, and heart-breaking. Not Natasha, named so because that is the name that the ...
August 4, 2010
Prostitution has victims. We don’t like to talk about it, but kids are forced into sex work. Many Johns don’t believe this, and insist that they are doing what they want to do. One girl had the courage to step forward and explain how she was pimped out against her will. “The level of abuse ...
July 29, 2010
Edginess is funny — just ask Seth MacFarlane. Some humorous guys are selling hilarious baggage stickers depicting bound and gagged women stuffed in suitcases. Misery — ROFL! Colin Hart and Ryan McCormick came up with the idea while watching identical bags circle around the baggage claim at the Vancouver International Airport. She looks happy, doesn’t she? ...
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