South Africa And China Agree to Strengthen Police Cooperation

South Africa and China have agreed to share their expertise and work together to combat crime. Deputy Police Minister Maggie Sotyu held discussions with China’s Vice Minister of Public Security, Zhang Xinfeng, in Pretoria on Monday.

Three Convicted of Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor And Immigration Offenses on Long Island, N.Y.

A federal jury in Central Islip, N.Y., has found Antonio Rivera, 36, and Jason Villaman, 33, guilty of conspiracy, sex trafficking, forced labor, alien harboring and alien transportation.   John Whaley, 31, was convicted of conspiracy, forced labor,...

Lesotho Government Intensifies Public Education on Human Trafficking

Public education about human trafficking is among the leading activities within Lesotho’s national action plan that is aimed at combating trafficking of persons from the country. How People Arrived Here: anti traffickingn in persons act lesotho

Benin to Implement New Strategy for Child Rights Protection

The Beninese government has developed a new national communication strategy in terms of child rights promotion and protection for the period from 2011 to 2013.

Trafficking Domestic Workers From Cambodia to Malaysia

Investigations by NGOs in Cambodia have found that companies are recruiting girls as young as 13 to work in Malaysian households, confining them in overcrowded and unhygienic “training centres”, forging birth certificates to raise their age, and paying...

Enforced Disappearances – a Long-term Challenge in Iraq

Asma Al-Haidari, an Amman-based Iraqi human rights analyst and advocate, says the phenomenon of enforced disappearances in Iraq touches the whole population, irrespective of age, gender, ethnicity or religious belief.

New Website to Help Fight Human Trafficking

The European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström has launched a new website dedicated to the fight against trafficking in human beings. The launch took place during a joint press conference with the newly appointed Anti Trafficking Coordinator...

Lesotho Government Spreads Awareness About Dangers of Human Trafficking

The Lesotho Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Safety has made a human trafficking movie, to help spread awareness about human trafficking and many of its various forms in the community, which will be played in the capital, Maseru on Sunday.

Keeping Watch for Traffickers Across the Nepalese Border

The daily flow of Nepalis over the border to India is relentless, as they come by car, motorcycle, rickshaw and horse-drawn carriage, but mostly on foot, through the main gate at the border city of Nepalganj.