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March 2005: Sex Trafficking |
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02-Mar-05 | Men who pay for sex with trafficked girls to face rape charge | The Times Rosemary Bennett |
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| Ministers agreed that they will make human trafficking a priority for their 6 month presidency in the EU from July 2005 and to increase support services for trafficked people. Discussion regarding the ability to prosecute clients of trafficked prostitutes under the Sexual Offences Act's definition of consent. | ||||
| http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1506769,00.html | ||||
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02-Mar-05 | U.S. report says racism on rise in Ireland | Irish Echo Ray O'Hanlon |
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US State Dept. report: Ireland destination country for sex trafficking |
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| http://www.irishecho.com/newspaper/story.cfm?id=16090 | ||||
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03-Mar-05 | Finland found to be transit point for traffic in women from east to west | HELSINGIN SANOMAT | |
| Over 1,000 young women have traveled from Georgia via Finland to Western Europe in recent years, only to disappear while en route. The Finnish Frontier Guard believe that the women may have ended up in the illicit sex trade in Western Europe. Previously Finnish officials had denied reports that Finland was a major transit point in the international traffic in women. | ||||
| http://www.hs.fi/english/article/1101978799290 | ||||
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03-Mar-05 | Illegal immigrants may become British slaves warns Minister | Scotsman PA |
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| Home Office Minister Caroline Flint warning to Romanians | ||||
| http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4205051 | ||||
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04-Mar-05 | Evil pimp facing 11 years in jail | Highbury and Islington Express Haroon Siddique |
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| 15 year old Lithuanian girl trafficked by Vullnet Ismailaj | ||||
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05-Mar-05 |
Combating sextrafficking: Advancing freedom for women |
Donna M. Hughes, Ph.D. University of Rhode Island |
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| Keynote address: Annual meeting of the Northeast Women's Studies Assoc. Univ. of MA -Dartmouth | ||||
| http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/combating_sex_trafficking.doc - (Word Document) | ||||
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08-Mar-05 | Int'l Women's Day: It means little to a sex slave | Inter Press Service Julio Godoy |
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| Between 200,000 and 500,000 victims of human traffickers annually, most young women forced into sex industry. | ||||
| www.allafrica.com | ||||
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09-Mar-05 | Sex trafficker's claim of being double killer | Sheffield Today | |
| Lithuanian girl (15) sold for £4,000, re-sold for£3,000 and £1,500 to seven different men. Sold within 24 hr. of arrival in London. Came believing she would be selling ice creams for a summer job. Repeatedly raped and forced to work as a prostitute. Shaban Maka 18 yr. sentence. Xhevahir Pisha 5 year sentence. Ilir Barjami, 15 yr. sentence. Macedonian, Shaban Maka allegedly shot a man dead in Albania and stabbed a man to death in Scotland. | ||||
| http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=965904 | ||||
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16-Mar-05 | Sex slave traffickers jailed for 40 years | Sheffield Today | |
| Shaban Maka 18 yr. sentence. Xhevahir Pisha 5 year sentence. Ilir Barjami, 15 yr. sentence. | ||||
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16-Mar-05 | 78 Nigerians deported from Italy, Ireland | Xinhua News Agency | |
| 35 Nigerians deported from Ireland for immigration related offenses - most of the deportees are girls and young women. Allegedly involved in prostitution, human trafficking, drug related offenses and illegal immigration. | ||||
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17-Mar-05 | Sex slave teen 'sold for £4,000' | This is London |
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| Shaban Maka 18 yr. sentence. Xhevahir Pisha 5 year sentence. Ilir Barjami, 15 yr. sentence. | ||||
| http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/17330168?source=PA | ||||
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17-Mar-05 | Sex slave gang boss | Sheffield Today | |
| Shaban Maka 18 yr. sentence. Xhevahir Pisha 5 year sentence. Ilir Barjami, 15 yr. sentence. | ||||
| http://www.sheffieldtoday.net?SectionID=58&ArticleID=973457 | ||||
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17-Mar-05 | Sex slave gang 'tip of iceberg' | BBC News | |
| Shaban Maka 18 yr. sentence. Xhevahir Pisha 5 year sentence. Ilir Barjami, 15 yr. sentence. | ||||
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/4359329.stm | ||||
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18-Mar-05 | Vienna Conference Discussing Trafficking In Children | Radio Free Europe | |
| More than 200 international experts met in Vienna to hear reports on the use of young girls and boys from the Balkans and Eastern Europe in prostitution, criminal gangs, and pornography. | ||||
| http://www.rferl.org/features/features_article_old.aspx?m=03&y=2005&id=4623E686-E25D-4249-804F-D57E35FE1938 | ||||
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19-Mar-05 | Child victim protection urged | ic South London | |
| European countries urged to provide special protection to child sex trade victims | ||||
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http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/nationalnews/tm_objectid=15311726&method= full&siteid=50102&headline=child-victim-protection-urged-name_page.html |
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19-Mar-05 | Number of child sex workers growing, European watchdog says | ABC News | |
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OSCE conference in Vienna One third of trafficked victims are under 18 |
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| http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1327366.htm | ||||
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20-Mar-05 | Shall we end child-slavery in Britain? | Telegraph Kevin Myers |
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Opinion 15 year old Lithuanian girl trafficked by Vullnet Ismailaj. Points out that only 3 convictions occurred although the child was sold 7 times.Gov. figures indicate1,750 victims of sex trafficking into UK in 2003. Suggests life imprisonment for child sex traffickers. |
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