On June 30, 2013 SDP Noticias commented on a recent expose published in El Pais (Spain) on the prevalence of human trafficking in Tenancingo, Mexico. According to the expose, entitled “The Village of the Children Pimps,” one of the main activities (and aspirations) of those living in Tenancingo is human trafficking. Moreover, the trafficker profession is hereditary, “passed from father to son, from generation to generation.” Also, the family unit is responsible for the business and takes care of any resultant children, who then become potential future pimps.
According to SDP Noticias, this is not the first expose on sex exploitation in Tenancingo, with two articles published in May 2012 entitled “Journey to Tenancingo, the Sex Slavery Capital of Mexico” and “Tenancingo, Tlaxcala is the Human Trafficking Capital.” Read Article
On June 21, 2013 RPP Noticias reported that police in Cajamarca have raided the nightclub “El Refugio,” where three minors aged 14, 15, and 16, are alleged to have been working illegally as prostitutes. Police sources indicated that the girls have since been handed over to the Attorney General, who will decide where to place […]
On June 18, 2013 El Comercio Noticias reported that two females, both from Trujillo and aged 17, were taken into custody by agents of the National Police force after they were found working illegally as prostitutes at a night club in Huamachuco. Following a police intervention at the “PK2” nightclub, the girls were taken to […]
On June 30, 2013 Sin Mordaza Noticias reported that police from the Human Trafficking Division of Rafaela, Argentina conducted three raids Friday night in the neighborhood Villa Dominga. According to information obtained concerning the case, the raided sites operated brothels where a total of thirteen women between 18-40 years old were exploited for sex labor. […]
On June 28, 2013 La Razón reported in Bolivia the recent formation of the National Child and Adolescent Sexual Violence Network, comprising 24 institutions and organizations that will coordinate actions in preventing and eradicating sexual violence against children and adolescents. The formation of this network coincides with the spread of a proposed amendment to the […]
On June 28, 2013 RPP Noticias reported that, according to a representative of the Municipal Ombudsman’s Office for Children and Adolescents (Demuna) of Piura, Ludmila Facho, to date they have treated 130 cases of violence against women and provided psychological treatment for 1,300 people. Due to the latest cases reported on human trafficking in the […]
On June 27, 2013 RPP Noticias reported that legal counsel for the Piura Anticorruption Front, Edgar Mendoza Chang, has called for the reopening of a human trafficking case against a schoolteacher working in the Rural Education Program at the Fe y Alegría School. Mendoza Chang described as incredible the fact that Prosecutor Ana Cánova Loro […]
On June 26, 2013 RPP Noticias reported that suspected pedophile José María Puerta Mellada, 69 years old, has been transferred from the National Police’s Human Trafficking Division to the Fifth Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Maynas. The suspect is being held on charges of sexual abuse of minors and child pornography. Puerta Mellada defended his actions, […]
On June 26, 13 RPP Noticias reported that the head of the Police Division in Sullana (Piura), Colonel Vicenzo Ieva La Marca, stated during a meeting of the Public Safety Committee that more drastic sanctions will be imposed for bars teeming with criminals and underage youth. Police have registered several trafficking cases at these bars. […]
On June 25, 2013 Tuteve reported that the rise in Peru of illegal mining, which generates around $3 billion dollars a year, has been associated with up to 20 related crimes, according to a report by the High Commissioner, Enrique Álvarez. For example, illegal mining promotes money laundering, smuggling, drug trafficking and organized crime. Álvarez […]
On June 27, 2013 El Hidalgo reported that police in Hidalgo, Mexico have arrested 9 Hondurans and 2 Salvadorans suspected of being linked to human trafficking and migrant smuggling. The group of 11 suspects was allegedly led by a Salvadoran who goes by the alias “El Fantasma.” A Mexican allegedly working with the suspects was […]
On June 25, 2013 El Nacional reported that police in La Vega, Dominican Republic have arrested a woman suspected of heading an international trafficking network. Anyely Margarita Méndez is accused of recruiting women under the false promise of jobs working in Lebanon as belly dancers in a nightclub. Instead, the Dominican victims were sent to […]
On June 25, 2013 La Voz reported that Susana Trimarco and the Fundación María de los Ángeles have inaugurated a third shelter in Cordoba, Argentina. The shelter will provide free and comprehensive legal and psychological assistance to victims of human trafficking. Fundación María de los Ángeles became operational in 2007. The house in Cordoba is […]
On June 24, 2013 El Siglo reported that over the past four years, 4,757 victims of human trafficking, both labor and sexual, were rescued by the Rescue Agency of the Ministry of Justice. In the last three years, there were 76 convictions for the crime of sex trafficking in persons. This information comes from a […]
On June 23, 2013 Al Momento reported that police in San Cristobal have arrested a sex trafficking suspect. Tomás González Jene is accused of prostituting four girls aged 14 years. The Attorney General’s Office stated in a press release that the teenage girls were forced into prostitution during a four year period, with customers typically […]
On June 21, 2013 La Razón reported that authorities arrested in El Alto have apprehended three people involved in the kidnapping of two 17-year-old girls. The girls were rescued from the O’Higgins lodging house, where they supposedly remained locked up for two days on the third floor of the building. The suspects allegedly allowed the […]
On June 19, 2013 El Occidental reported on a recent study by the Multisystems Industrial Security Group, which concluded that 80% of kidnappers in Mexico know their victims. According to the study, kidnapping is not performed solely for economic purposes, but also to commit other crimes such as human trafficking, sexual exploitation and organ trafficking. […]
On June 19, 2013 Caracol reported instances of sexual exploitation occurring near universities and schools in Chapinero. According to Mayor Mauricio Jaramillo, several gangs have been identified by authorities as specifically targeting universities and schools within the area. According to Jaramillo, trafficking networks particularly target universities with student populations coming from the provinces, as they […]
On June 18, 2013 El Mundo reported that the Attorney General and the Judicial Investigation Office of Costa Rica have dismantled a transnational organ trafficking network. The criminal organization operated primarily in Costa Rica, with branches in Eastern Europe, while receiving its direction and financing from Israel. During the operation, police also arrested Dr. Francisco […]
On June 21, 2013 RPP Noticias reported that the Regional Commission for Combatting Trafficking and Smuggling in Persons has recently provided training to more than 80 officials in the conceptual and statistical aspects of human trafficking as well as a delineation of functions, in accordance with the National Plan of Action Against Trafficking in Persons. […]
On June 20, 2013 Télam reported that authorities have broken up a gang suspected of trafficking women to Spain for the purposes of sexual exploitation. Last November, six women from Mar del Plata traveled to Spain while pursuing a lucrative job offer. Once there, they discovered the real nature of their situation but managed to […]
On June 17, 2013 Proceso reported that while human trafficking occurs virtually throughout Mexico, 13 Mexican cities have recently been identified as possessing the highest incidence of trafficking. According to a report prepared by the Center for Studies and Research in Social Development and Assistance (CEIDAS), six of the cities are on the northern border […]
On June 18, 2013 RPP Noticias reported that three people have been sentenced to 9 months in El Milgaro prison while awaiting trial for the alleged prostitution minors taken from the jungle areas of the country. Jover Cotrina Bautista, Alexander Alfredo Polo Velásquez and Eugenia María Vásquez Pirgo are the owners of a house in […]
On June 18, 2013 Teletica reported on a series of police raids on various public and private hospitals in Costa Rica, as part of an investigation related to organ trafficking. Dr. Mora Palma, who works in the nephrology department at of Calderón Guardia Hospital, was arrested during the police operation. On May 27, the Mexican […]
On June 14, 2013 La Razón reported that a police operation using a deployment of 562 soldiers resulted in the apprehension of 826 people in the city of El Alto over a four day span. The suspects are accused of crimes including theft, fraud, reckless driving and travel with altered license plates, among others. The […]
On June 13, 2013 Jornada reported a study performed in coordination with the National Statistics Institute (INE) indicating that 848, 000 children aged 5-14 are currently working under dangerous conditions in Bolivia. Many of the activities include cane and chestnut harvesting, mining, fishing, bricklaying, the sale of alcoholic beverages, garbage collection, cleaning hospitals and security […]
Terra reported on June 19, 2013 that an assessment report by the U.S. State Department announced that although Brazil does not abide by the minimum standards necessary to combat human trafficking, it is making effort for improvement. The U.S. State Department claims that Brazilian law to prohibit trafficking is vaguely defined. Aside from human trafficking, […]
On June 18, 2013 Milenio reported that Monterrey is now second only to Cancún in terms of the Mexican cities experiencing the highest increase in human trafficking. Half of the trafficking victims are in transit and later moved to other cities. Those who are kept in the Monterrey come mostly from other states, especially in […]
On June 17, 2013 Opinión reported that the Chilean government earlier this month granted humanitarian visas to 64 Bolivians who were working illegally in Chile and who were victims of trafficking. The victims were contacted in Cochabamba by subcontractor representative Paola Espinoza Limitada, who had promised them good job prospects but later entered them into […]
On June 17, 2013 Diario Expreso reported that the National Council for Crime Policy (Conapoc) has resolved to put more emphasis on combating human trafficking which, in addition to being associated with illegal mining, produces sexual exploitation (59% of cases) and labor exploitation (29%), with women comprising 94% of the victims. The council is now […]
On June 15, 2013 El Deber reported that the Bolivian Minister of Justice, Cecilia Ayllón, has been summoned by the Commission on Social Policy of the House of Representatives to give an oral report on the applicability of the laws in place to protect women. The three specific laws to be discussed deal with combatting […]
On June 13, 2013 El País reported that Argentinian authorities have dismantled a Colombian crime network which had kept 225 Colombians enslaved in Argentina. They had been victims of labor exploitation and were found in furniture workshops in the provinces of Córdoba, Mendoza, Misiones, San Juan, Santa Fe, Jujuy, Salta, Chaco, Tucumán and Buenos Aires. […]
On June 16, 2013 Tiempo Sur reported that officers from the Narcotics and Complex Crimes Division of Santa Cruz have rescued three victims of trafficking and labor exploitation in Koluel Kayke. The three victims, two men and one woman, are all of Bolivian nationality. The rescue occurred during a police raid on at least two […]
On June 14, 2013 La Razón reported that the respective Interior Ministers of Ecuador and Bolivia, José Serrano and Carlos Romero, have met in Quito to assess their countries’ progress in policies targeting drugs and human trafficking, including migrant smuggling. According to a statement from the Ecuadoran Ministry of Interior, the two ministers also discussed […]
On June 13, 2013 Peru 21 reported that police have arrested 21 Peruvian and 28 Colombian females during a raid on a nightclub and a hostel in the district of Miraflores. Police charged the suspects with the alleged crime of human trafficking and illegal prostitution. Police first raided the club Tequila Rock, where Peruvian and […]
On June 13, 2013 24 Horas reported that police have arrested two suspects for human trafficking following a raid on an Indian restaurant in Providencia. According to the Attorney General, at least ten victims of Indian nationality entered the country to work at the restaurant under conditions of labor exploitation. During the raid on the […]
On June 14, 2013 Télam reported that Argentinian federal police in Comodoro Rivadavia have rescued seven women who had been victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation. The freed women include Dominican, Paraguayan, Bolivian and Argentinian nationals. The victims are currently under the care of the provincial Human Trafficking Office. During the raid, police successfully arrested […]
On June 13, 2013 La Republica reported that police have arrested Eugenia Vásquez Pirgo and her husband, Alexander Alfredo Polo Velásquez, on charges of pimping. The couple operated their pimping network out of their home in Trujillo, where police discovered ten female prostitutes, including three minors. Police are now seeking the whereabouts of Percy Nuñez […]
On June 13, 2013 RPP Noticias reported that police have rescued two minors forced into prostitution inside the bar “PK2”, located in Huamachuco city, capital of the province Sánchez Carrión. Inside the establishment, police discovered five women, two of them 17 years old, along with five bar patrons. The bar also contained six rooms divided […]
On June 11, 2013 Perú21 reported figures from Peru’s Public Ministry indicating that, between 2009 and 2012, 59% of registered crimes dealing with trafficking in minors came from the Southern and Amazonian regions of the country. During the time period in question there were 1,276 registered complaints, with the highest percentage of victims being females […]
On June 12, 2013 América Noticias reported that Mexican authorities have arrested 12 suspects in connection with the murder of 11 young women whose remains were found last year near Juárez. The detainees include drug dealers, pimps and small business owners. In addition to drug trafficking charges, they are accused of forcing young girls into […]
According to a June 12, 2013 article by Publimetro, 1.6 million children work illegally in Peru, representing one fourth of the total child population. This makes Peru behind only Brazil and Mexico in terms of the most child workers in Latin America. In the central Andean region of Junín alone, 100,000 children work in agriculture […]
U.S. Border Patrol records show that undocumented Central American immigrants, particularly Guatemalans, crossing the Arizona border during fiscal year 2013 increased considerably. From Oct. 1 to May 1, the arrests of 14,198 undocumented Central American immigrants were reported, 2,873 more than during the same period of fiscal year 2012, data of the Border Patrol’s Tucson […]
correiodoestado.com.br reported that on June 11, 2013 that the state of Mato Grosso do Sul is the third state in Brazil; behind Bahia and Pernambuco, with the highest number of victims of human trafficking. According to a survey by the Federal Region Courts, many of the victims are natives who live along the border regions […]
On June 6, 2013 RPP Noticias reported that so far this year 291 people have been reported missing from the city of Chiclayo, Peru. This data was compiled by the Divincri Missing Persons and Human Trafficking Unit in Chiclayo. Divincri chief, Colonel Isaac Alvarado, stated that they deal with between 10 and 15 cases weekly, […]
On June 4, 2013 CRHoy.com reported on the large number of tourism websites advertising sexual services in Costa Rica. Dozens of internet sites promote the country as a “perfect destination” for sex tourism, with some even offering advice on which areas are frequented for these purposes, as well as how to obtain a variety of […]
On May 31, 2013 La Republica reported that police in La Libertad are looking for a suspect accused of forcing a minor into prostitution. Ubelser Tarrillo Espinoza could face imprisonment after being accused of forcing a teenager, with whom he had a romantic relationship, to work as a prostitute in order to supplement the money […]
On May 31, 2013 La Republica reported that the Peruvian Congress has approved a new law dealing with femicide. Among the provisions of the new law is life imprisonment if the victim is a minor and was raped, even if the perpetrator was not the spouse or partner of the victim. Other aggravating circumstances which […]
On June 6, 2013 RPP Noticias reported that a bar owner in Carabaya is facing up to 12 years imprisonment for human trafficking. Cecilio Muñoz Molina, 24 years old, was found guilty of trafficking in persons by the criminal court of Carabaya after he allowed underage females to work as escorts in his establishment, “El […]
On June 2, 2013 FM Bolivia reported the case of sixty-four Bolivian immigrants who were trafficked into Chile. Six people are currently being prosecuted before Chilean courts. The Bolivians, originally from Cochabamba, worked illegally in setting up high tension towers for the private company Paola Espinoza in Molina, more than 200 kilometers from Santiago de […]
On June 2, 2013 FM Bolivian reported that the topic of immigrant smuggling and human trafficking is not included in the on-going 13-point agenda between Bolivia and Chile. The agenda items do deal with border issues, including border integration, free movement and physical integration. However, the issue of border security cooperation is related to the […]
On June 2, 2013 the Argentinian Judicial Information Center reported that eight individuals will stand trial on charges of labor exploitation. Defendants Juan Carlos Quispe, Wilma Chacolla Marca, Valentín Mamani Lecoña, Graciela Choquetarqui Marca and Virginia Mamani Lecoña are accused of trafficking, forced servitude and maintaining illegal immigrants. Efraín Serrano Mamani, Santos Álcon Huanacuni, Agustín […]
On May 30, 2013, El Día reported that over the past year in the Dominican Republic, only 13 victims of human trafficking reported their case to the police, leading to only one sentencing. All of the victims were females subjected to sexual exploitation, including two minors. According to the report, many of victims have been […]
On June 2, 2013 El Tiempo reported the surrender of trafficking suspect Viviana Stefany Cuervo to authorities in Bogotá. The suspect is accused of attempting to sell her newborn child to a trafficking network for 300 thousand pesos. The situation was discovered when the baby’s aunt became suspicious after Stefany Cuervo claimed her child was […]
On May 30, 2013 La Nacion reported that Costa Rican Deputy Minister of the Interior Freddy Montero was not surprised by a recent report by Mexican newspaper “El Universal” denouncing organ transplant tourism in Costa Rica. However, Montero stated that, so far, Costa Rica has been working well to prevent this crime, and mentioned a […]
On May 28, 2013 El Diario reported the sentencing of Aurelio Carlos Camacho Gutiérrez and María del Socorro F. on charges of trafficking and rape of a young girl. The sentenced criminals were the godfather and mother of the victim, respectively. The girl was 7 at the time the weekly assaults first began. The victim’s […]
On May 30, 2013 Barrigaverde.net reported that hotels in the Dominican Republic, through an agreement with the Ministry of Tourism and UNICEF, have pledged to take measures to prevent the sexual exploitation of minors. The Ministry of Tourism currently disseminates information to foreign and domestic tourists declaring that such practices are prosecutable by law. In […]
On May 29, 2013 La Prensa reported the Bolivian Ministry of Labor along with several other organizations has initiated a campaign targeting the labor exploitation of children and adolescents and domestic labor for younger children. The campaign is set to begin on June 12. The child labor specialist for the Ministry of Labor, Mabel Duran […]
On May 28, 2013 La República reported on the recent proliferation of “prostitution bars” in the mining area of Madre de Dios. According to La República, a lack of punishment, the establishment of illegal mining and the collusion of some authorities in the mining corridor have encouraged this practice. An estimated 400 prostitution bars are […]
On May 27, 2013 Azteca Noticias reported that Mexican authorities are investigating newspaper ads offering massages and sexual services, on suspicion that the advertising is being used by criminal organizations for the purpose of sexual exploitation. According to the human trafficking division’s chief prosecutor, Juana Camila Bautista Rebollar, these unlawful and misleading ads are being […]
Six Hondurans and a Cuban who targeted migrants for kidnapping were arrested in the state of Guanajuato, in central Mexico, Mexico’s Municipal Office of Public Security reported Sunday. Enrique Ramírez Saldaña, director of public security at the municipality of Irapuato, said a Honduran man who was abducted managed to escape from the gang after being […]
A judge from the East Detention Center in the Federal District has sentenced Lino Flores Merino to 10 years and three months in prison for forcing a young woman into prostitution in Cuauhtémoc. The Attorney General for the Federal District also stated that Lino Flores Merino had been found guilty of trafficking in persons, for […]
On May 22, 2013 7dias.com.do reported that the Dominican army is planning to increase its border security along the Dominican-Haitian border by 1,500 soldiers. According to the Dominican Army, the goal of the increased border security is to prevent, in addition to other crimes, the trafficking of undocumented persons and the smuggling of goods and […]
On May 23, 2013 Caracol reported the escape of two girls from a human trafficking network in Bucaramanga, Colombia. The trafficking network allegedly recruited girls in Bucaramanga in order to take them to Venezuela. The case was revealed after authorities learned of the disappearance of two 12 year old girls who are public school students […]
On May 24, 2013 FM Bolivia reported the case of four rape victims in Santa Cruz. The attorney for the four teenage girls, Jorge David Suárez, is seeking to prevent the release of three suspects who are also accused of belonging to a trafficking network. According to Suárez, the assailant followed his victims home from […]
On May 23, 2013 La Gaceta reported that District Attorney Diego López Ávila called for the prosecution of Commissioner Héctor Pablo Barrionuevo on charges of sexual abuse following evidence of a telephone conversation between the commissioner and one of his accusers. The case goes back to 2011, when the trafficking division raided a house in […]
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On May 22, 2013 ABC Color reported that four suspected members of an international sex trafficking network were arrested yesterday in an operation conducted in Caaguazú. The suspects are accused of capturing Paraguayan females to send them to Spain, where they were forced into prostitution. 14 suspects in the same case were captured last April […]
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On May 15, 2013 La Hora reported that Ecuadorian police have broken up a gang of Indians and Ecuadorians allegedly involved in a human trafficking network from India to the United States, with a connection in the port city of Guayaquil. As part of the so-called “Operation Hindu”, special units of the police and the […]
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On May 19, 2013 Diario De Cuyo reported the sentencing of a woman in San Juan, Argentina with the crime of prostitution of a minor. The defendant, Veronica Lorena Cisneros, is accused of forcing a 15 year old girl under her care to have sex with strangers for money in Mar del Plata. Following the […]
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On May 20, 2013 Rio Negro reported that on June 7-8 of this year, the city of Neuquén, Argentina will host a conference entitled “Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Persons”, the first of its kind within the Patagonian region of Argentina. One of the primary goals of the conference will be to create a map […]
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On May 18, 2013 Elsalvador.com reported the arrest of Oscar “Chino Lando” Orlando M.H, accused of trafficking and imprisoning five children between the ages of 6 and10 years. Orlando was arrested by authorities after the Human Trafficking Unit of the prosecutor’s office had received a complaint concerning sexual exploitation centers a few weeks ago. Orlando […]
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On May 21, 2013 Criterio Hidalgo reported that a San Diego court has sentenced a married couple from Oaxaca, Mexico to 20 years prison for sexual exploitation and forced labor. Marcial García Hernández and Ines Garcia Martinez were found guilty of sexually exploiting their niece, Isabel. The girl, now 24 years old, had been brought […]
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On May 21, 2013, Terra reported that there is a collaborative effort between the Prime Minister of Haiti, Laurent Lamothe, and Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Patriota, to combat human trafficking activity in Haiti. The Brazilian Embassy in Haiti will help make aware and combat human trafficking efforts by “coyote” networks that transport Haitians […]
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La Prensa reported on May 20, 2013 that migrants along the U.S.-Mexican border are being used by the cartels for various purposes. One evening Gulf Cartel gunmen stormed a refugee center and captured 15 men, who were probably forced to serve as guards or mules for the criminal organization. The current U.S. immigration system designed […]
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capitalnews.com.br reported on May 20, 2103, Operation Ágata 7; consisting of 25,000 militants to patrol the entire Brazilian border. Numerous government agencies such as the Federal Highway Police, Internal Revenue Service, and the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, will work together in this operation to patrol and combat cross-border crimes such as arms and ammunition trafficking, drug […]
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Terra reported on May 14, 2013, that Brazilian and Bolivian officials met in Santa Cruz to discuss border security concerns. Issues discussed included drug trafficking, human trafficking, and illegal immigrants traveling across the border. Bolivia has become a critical player to Brazil as 60% of the cocaine in Brazil comes from Bolivia. Bolivia is one […]
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On May 15, 2013 http://coletivo.maiscomunidade.com reported that the Federal Police launched ‘Operation Freedom’ to take down a gang in the Federal District responsible for trafficking immigrants to Brazil to work in slavery-like conditions. Members of the gang were from Bangladesh and promised high-paid salaries for illegal immigration to Brazil. The police investigation identified many routes […]
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elnorte.ec reported that Indigenous communities of Otavalo and Cotacachi is where most have seen this type of case. According to a study by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), “from 2005 to 2011 reported a total of 36 offenses of trafficking. Of these cases, between 2008 […]
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The Mexican girl who was found in El Salvador, after being kidnapped on April 1 in a location of your country, departed today to Mexico accompanied by Mexican authorities confirmed to Efe a spokesman for the Salvadoran Attorney. Valeria Hernandez de Jesus, after making all the necessary arrangements for their repatriation, “he returned to his […]
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Huffingtonpost.com reported that A CNN reporter claims to have located and talked to the man wanted for abducting two children and sailing them to Cuba. Reporter Patrick Oppmann says he found suspect Joshua Hakken at a Havana marina and confirmed that he was the father of 4-year-old Cole and 2-year-old Chase Hakken, who arrived in […]
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On April 3, 2013 Chilean newspaper La Nación reported that two Ecuadorians have recently been indicted in Arica on charges of human trafficking. Marcos Renteria and his brother Julio Valencia were arrested at the Chacalluta border crossing on Tuesday after attempting to smuggle 10 Ecuadorians posing as tourists into Chile. According to evidence presented in […]
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Mexico City: Ministry of Public Security Forms Cyber-Crimes Task Force Mexican newspaper Proceso reported that the Ministry of Public Security (SSPDF) in Mexico City has recently formed a cyber-crimes task force to combat human trafficking, child pornography and internet fraud. The main purpose of the taskforce will be to combat criminals using the internet as […]
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About two million children and adolescents are sexually exploited in Latin America, a figure “alarming” that manages the Regional Coalition Against Trafficking in Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, said its president in Ecuador, Rocío Rosero. “There are about two million children and adolescents who are in situations of sexual exploitation,” said Rosero to […]
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Woman with two minors headed to Costa Rica Immigration Control Authorities Jorge Chavez Airport arrested a woman surnamed Huaman (29) for the crime of human trafficking. Apparently, the prisoner tried traveling with two children under the age of 16 and 17 years or so. According to Elizabeth Cruz, director of Immigration Control when inspecting the […]
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The Special Rapporteur of the United Nations (UN) on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Najat Maalla M’Jid, recently lamented that despite efforts by the Guatemalan authorities, many children are victims of sexual exploitation and forced labor. Read Article
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eluniverso.com reported that in an operation called Harp, made in Azuay and El Oro, the National Bureau of Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit managed the arrest of four persons, including the son of Joseph Vasquez Arcesio Marin, who is sentenced for trafficking. According to the police report, “the smuggler ‘had international contacts with traders in […]
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Defendant even had list of clients he planned on selling minor child for sexual services according to lapolicia.com. A girl of 13 years believed to have met the love of his life through Facebook and decided to travel to Tijuana to meet and start a life together, but what he really wanted was to sell […]
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Along the border between Peru and Ecuador were detected 46 illegal crossings used by criminal gangs engaged in smuggling of arms, drugs and people, the minister warned Ecuadorian security coordinator, Homero Arellano. “To them should focus the armies of the two countries, together with the police, to support enforcement in those places,” he told Andina. […]
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rpp.com.pe reported that a total of 387 complaints about the crime of human trafficking received the Attorney General, from January to November of 2012, achieving the arrest of 92 people nationwide into the crime, it was reported Sunday. According to the recent report of the National Register of Detainees and Sentenced for Effective Freedom (RENADESPPLE), […]
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Seven year old girl was going to be sold for $2400.00 ntn24.com reported that a pet dog saved her owner, a 7 year old girl, being kidnapped to be sold in the Mexican state Nuevo Leon (northeast), local authorities said. The mascot, named “Gufi” criminals attacked by barking and led the parents of the victim […]
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The Attorney General’s Office, through the Special Prosecutor for Crimes of Violence against Women and Trafficking (FEVIMTRA), said the country estate where they were arrested 24 members Defenders of the cult of Christ. Their leaders, the Spanish Ignacio González de Arriba, “The Master Phoenix”, the Venezuelan José Segovia and Tito Losanger Arenas Shoucri Mohamed Ahdalha […]
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china.org.cn reported that Costa Rica account starting today with a new law against human trafficking offenses and punishing new increases penalties for those who engage in this scourge, reported the Directorate General of Immigration. Costa Rica account starting today with a new law against human trafficking offenses and punishing new increases penalties for those who […]
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Frontera Comalapa, Chiapas. – Elements agency group conducted an operation in the town of Frontera Comalapa, where they managed to rescue five Central American women, including a minor, who were victims of human trafficking. These actions were led by the Attorney General of the State (PGJE), in coordination with personnel from the Ministry of Security […]
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Radio.uchile.cl reported….In 2011 was published the miserable situation in which 57 were Paraguayan citizens working illegally in the estates of businessman Francisco Javier Errazuriz. This revealed that human trafficking is a reality in Chile but little known patent. Proof of this is that only in November 2012 created a special police brigade of Investigation to […]
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On February 2, 2013, Alagoas 24 Hours Reported that Federal Police have managed to arrest and disband members of two prominent gangs involved in the trafficking of women between Brazil and Spain. These actions have led to the rescue of no less than 40 women over a seven-month period. The statistics also come as part […]
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On January 30, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Police announced that it will start a new international operation with Spain’s National Police aimed at combating human trafficking. Nicknamed Operação Planeta (Operation Planet), the operation is aimed at stopping the sex trade between Brazil and Spain, primarily in the business of trafficking Brazilian girls to Spanish clients. […]
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On January 22, 2013, Conexão Tocantins reported that federal prosecutors in the Brazilian state of Tocantins are seeking the convictions of a group of individuals suspected to be involved in a human trafficking ring sending young women to Spain. The ring operated in the city of Gurupi. The investigation focuses on four groups involved in […]
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On January 21, 2013, 24 Horas News reported a rise in missing persons in Cuiabá, the capital of Mato Grosso, in 2012. Local police counted 785 reports of individuals of all ages disappearing, 33% more than in 2011 (590). Investigator Lauriane Cristina de Oliveira attributes the numbers to more teenagers running away from home, as […]
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Authorities in Costa Rica announced today that six foreign women rescued victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation in the tourism province of Guanacaste, on the Pacific country. The Department of Immigration said in a statement that women are rescued Friday Nicaraguan and Dominican, without specifying details for their protection, who were forced to work at […]
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Forty-eight year-old Rolando Velasquez Darbon pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting when he appeared before Magistrate Adolph Lucas Jr. in court today. He was busted on Wednesday slipping a Salvadoran national into the country. Darbon, who is wanted by the United States Embassy for his involvement in an alleged human trafficking ring, Read Article
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