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A 19 toll rose today arrested by Chilean police in an operation to dismantle a prostitution of minors between 12 and 17 years. The lawsuit, known as Operation Heidi, started on Thursday night with the arrest of 14 people in raids carried out by about 60 police officers to civilian homes in the center of […]
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Human Trafficking Conference Briefing Notes Prepared August, 2012 Numbers in abstract indicate that the particular information was obtained from open sources online. SUMMARY Six major countries: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Spain and the United States Incidents occur outside these main transit areas in smaller pockets Some countries serve mainly as transit countries Trafficking goes from […]
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According to one researcher speculated, on Saturday morning, the storm subsided the number of customers in the three southern whiskey bars of San Luis that were raided by members of the Federal Agency Cuyo. Six people, two managers for every local, said the source, were arrested. Monica Spagnuolo, the federal prosecutor in San Luis, who […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that eight cantons of the country have become in recent years the main points of origin, transit, transit and destination for victims of trafficking, although the statistics that manages the National Police and the Attorney does not reflect the scale of the problem. Read Article dimension
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Following up on the information obtained to detect a trafficking network that operated in Ixtlahuaca, staff of the Ministry of Public Safety arrested Jesus Rafael Medina, 48 years old, said the leader of the organization. De Jesus Medina, had presentation order and location according to the criminal case 52/2012, as part of the research being […]
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A report sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says that this is the only house that caters to adult women in the country. Y alerta: “Las casas de acogida especializadas que existen son insuficientes para las necesidades nacionales”. And warning: “The specialized foster homes that exist are insufficient for national […]
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National Police officers and representatives of the Attorney General intervened as two men suspected of trafficking when they were checked in their care to a child under 14 who carried out robberies and selling candy on a public street in the city of Cusco . They were identified as William Porras Lazo, the criminal exinterno […]
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The Minister of Women, Ana Jara , today raised a sanction for trucking companies, or inland areas that have the passengers to minors unaccompanied by their parents. According considered, could be punished with six months’ suspension of its operating license. The official said the proposal is given in the framework of the campaign “More traffic, […]
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Fifteen undocumented Guatemalan origin were arrested while traveling in a van hidden stakes, whose driver upon seeing a patrol state police fled. The incident took place on the road linking the community to Cacalotepec Tamazulapan, off Linda Vista community in Ayutla Mixes, considered the new route of the smugglers to smuggle illegal immigrants from Central […]
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For a month and a week that Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho had to leave his home in Cancun that it keeps close to the sea, which is energy-place death threats. “If still investigating, we sent his family to pieces,” he said. It was the first time I received them. With the publication of his first […]
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In April last year the law was reformed on “trafficking” to punish with imprisonment those who bring foreigners to the lucrative sex trade. Before this legal amendment, Chile was a paradise for pimps who risked derisory punishments and returned to the business within days of arrest. CIPER investigated a band who ran brothels in an […]
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Jornadanet.com reported that The National Coordinator of Trafficking in Persons of the Attorney General, Fabiola Tito Paniagua, reported that in the first half there were 116 cases of crimes related to this criminal. “We have 116 cases of offenses of Trafficking in Persons, in these cases the highest percentage is in Santa Cruz, La Paz […]
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Prostituted women in the city are no exception to the general law: from the countries bordering the provinces of NOA, suburbs. Girls are often very young and very poor, recruited with the promise of a good job. But end up prisoners of a network, first, subject to a “soft” brutal, a cocktail consisting of rape, […]
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Fernando Flores Oceguera warned that criminal gangs trafficking practiced in the eastern part of the city so far this year there is a record of at least a dozen cases . As part of the commemoration of the Day of the Disappeared (held with a Mass in the new Cathedral of Tijuana), Fernando Oceguera, said […]
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According to desinformemonos.org, a recent conference in Mexico reported increased trafficking with the arrival of soldiers and federal police to Ciudad Juarez, forced and child prostitution in the tourism sector, in places like Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta and the Riviera Maya, the transfer of women victims of trafficking in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on condition […]
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radio.uchile.cl reported th Fourth Criminal Court imposed the original sentence Santiago in Chile for the offense of trafficking under the new rules that apply to this crime, following the adoption of Law 20,507 on Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking. The trial, in which the National Human Rights Institute (NHRI) was plaintiff took place in the […]
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Personal Protection police Moyobamba Highway, in coordination with the Attorney General, made operational in order to prevent and avoid the crime of human trafficking, raising awareness about the case, and common crime in the area. The biggest PNP Roger Bustamante Baca, who led the operation, said that the act helps identify subjects carrying Lima and […]
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In Colombia, according to the report of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF), between March 2011 and March 2012 the company received 51 reports of children and adolescents who are victims of human trafficking, all recruited within the national territory and all purposes of sexual exploitation. “Lately much internet is being used as a means […]
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Having found that the motel called “D’Frams” “, located in Santa Ana road Chiautempan Via Corta-Puebla, practiced the crime of trafficking and had no security measures, was suspended from duty during the sixty-second operating agency was run last Saturday morning .. This coordinated action was completed at 23:10 hours on 24 August, when the cell […]
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Ahe charged the ‘clients’ $ 100 and gave the girls only 200 pesos. A 30 year old woman was arrested with two minors, after having been domiciled in the colony Margarita Maza de Juárez, to have sex with a man. The detainee by the name of Sara Cruz Molina, residing in street R. Astolfo Cardenas […]
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Members this week police found ten Asians crammed into a house located in the village of Huachi in Ambato. Foreigners are from the Kingdom of Bhutan, a Buddhist nation located in the Himalayas between India and China.Read Article
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A Guyana’s NGO denounced that Venezuelan women are trafficked to work in mines and to engage in prostitution near Cuyuni River (in the disputed area, on the border with southern Bolivar state). The president of Guyana Women Mining Organization (GWMO) Simona Broomes denounced the case in the Guyanese newspaper Stabroeknews, and she also asked the […]
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A complaint about alleged exploitation of domestic workers in Montevideo Bolivia alerted authorities about the vulnerability of these immigrants and the possible existence of human trafficking in Uruguay, despite its pioneering legislation in the world in this sector. “Today we have a concern for intraregional migration, which occurs in the corridors of Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, […]
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In La Paz, control over travel of minors concentrates only on the Bus Station. In the area of the cemetery, from where buses depart, minibuses and taxis to Copacabana, Desaguadero and other border points, no documents asked. Surveillance at the bus terminal was implemented by the Municipal Government since mid-July, in the wake of allegations […]
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On July 30th, the Attorney General Office of Mexico City arrested warrant the 38 year old Noe Mendez Guzman accused of human trafficking. According to the victim after having a love relationship with Mendez, he tricked her into going to going to Tenancingo, Tlaxcala to meet his parents. The accused forced a woman into prostitution […]
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According to the organization Our Daughters Return Home the trafficking networks operating in the city of Juarez uses local shops and nightclubs to abduct their victims. Girls are transported to the United States for prostitution purposes. There have been at least 30 reports where citizens of Juarez have gone to the downtown area to work […]
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he early Thursday were rescued after being trapped in a sewer, six migrants and the “coyote” who was arrested. According to the report of the Municipal Police, around 2:30 pm on Thursday, Customs personnel Otay reported that there were people in a sewer of Fiscal Patios. Upon reaching the courts, located on the Boulevard Fine […]
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TAPACHULA. – Three minors, victims of human trafficking were rescued by the Special Prosecutor for Crimes Against Immigrants (FEDCCI) when worked in the interior of the restaurant “Cangrejito Sandpiper” in this town on the border with Guatemala. Read Article
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The Attorney General of Justice (PGJ), Victor Antonio Carrancá Bourget, reported that about 21 victims of human trafficking have been rescued so far this year. He said the total, two were recovered during an operation that the authorities place last weekend in the capital of Puebla, the same that led to a preliminary investigation. “So […]
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Mexico: Oaxaca the destination of human trafficking During the past two years Oaxaca has rescued a total of 21 women and 5 indigenous children that were victims of sexual and labor exploitation. Oaxaca has turned into a state of transit, origin and destination for human trafficking. There has been 5 000 minors detected in situations […]
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Alvaro Enrique Reyes Reyes (36) was arrested in San Miguel, El Salvador, wanted for the crime of human trafficking. He was carrying three thousand dollars in cash at the time of the arrest, according to the National Police of El Salvador website. He also carried two cell phones. Details about his crimes were not reported. […]
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Bars in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, along with other similar locations, such as nightclubs, have been rewarded for not engaging in human trafficking. The state government has given these businesses certificates to affirm that they do not participate in any form of human trafficking, such as prostitution. 16 certificates have so far been distributed, […]
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Two Colombian women, 19 and 14, were arrested after officials caught them in a prostitution operation in Ecuador. They were travelling to a nightclub in the north of Ibarra to work, El Norte reports. The women were discovered during a routine traffic check after displaying suspicious behavior. Officials also noticed their Colombian accents. The two […]
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On August 3rd a human trafficking network operating in Ixtlahuaca, Mexico City was dismantled by the Department of Public Safety. During the police operation, a minor that had been forced into prostitution for two years was successfully rescued. it is known that other children were transferred to other locations by the network before authorities arrived. […]
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Mexico: Criminal Networks force women into prostitution According to the Commission for Human Rights, each hour 3 to 4 children disappear for the reason of sexual slavery purposes in Cuernavaca, Morelos. Human trafficking groups use particularly young girls introducing them into prostitution rings. The girls are forced to stay when aggressors warn them that if […]
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Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas. – Chiapas Justice under federal searches are missing for 11 women and last year in the coastal area but mainly in the border of the entity. Girls and females of 30 years, have not yet been located. According to data from the Social would try for Victims of Crime (Provictima) obtained in […]
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Three to four children disappear in Mexico every hour, from kidnapping, abduction, robbery, or voluntary departure from home. According to Infancia Hoy, organizations in Mexico have begun to mobilize themselves in order to minimize the number of disappearances. The largest number of disappearances are reported to be children and babies taken from hospitals. In one […]
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Four people were arrested in Argentina after officials found 10 Chinese individuals being transported in two cars near Las Lajitas. Two women and eight men between 18 and 42 years of age were found in a Chevrolet Astra and a Toyota Corolla, El Diario 24 reports. Authorities believed the Chinese citizens entered Argentina illegally through […]
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Experts estimate that over 80,000 individuals are trafficked each year, and that Panama has become a major transit country. According to TVN Noticias, many individuals involved in these operations pay high sums to be taken to a new country. Many of those trafficked in Panama come from Africa via the Atlantic Ocean. Security forces in […]
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Authorities in Mexico are cracking down on the movement of minors after an infant was found in a truck bearing signs of being trafficking. Now, the National Migration Institute will not permit minors to travel without documentation. Even if travelling with parents, immigration documents must be produced for all children, Norte Digital reports. Inspections occur […]
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A woman had brought three young Colombian Ecuador to work in prostitution. Police specializing in Children and Adolescents (Dinapen), arrested the accused of trafficking. According to a television station Teleamazonas, young Colombian (including a 14 years old) were offered a job in our country, but they were not told it was in nightclubs. Read Article
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At least 6,000 women are kept as prisoners in Buenos Aires, Argentina, working as prostitutes. They are the victims of human trafficking, which is prominent in this city. They can be found working in saunas, bars, and luxury clubs, among other locations in which they would not be suspected, Diario Z reports. Girls engaged in […]
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The city of Alto Parana in Paraguay is one of the central areas involved in the crime of trafficking women. According to Diario Vanguardia, Paraguay is an exportation country when it comes to human trafficking. Alto Parana encounters particularly high rates of trafficking due to extreme poverty levels. Officials claim it is impossible to control […]
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Two Bolivian girls were rescued by officials in Argentina after discovering they were the victims of human trafficking. One, who was forced to do menial jobs, was found in fragile health. She had been abused and subjected to violence. She was found inside a hospital in the Patagonia after an extensive search, El Siglo reports. […]
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Networks of human trafficking appear to operate in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Spain and the United States, according to Opinion. They recruit by using publications in the media, in social networks, employment agencies, with advertisements, or by kidnapping and abduction. Among the uses of trafficked persons, who are mostly women and girls, are labor exploitation, […]
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Costa Rica authorities arrested seven Nepalese immigration papers and a Costa Rican who was apparently a smuggler, official sources said today.The incident occurred Sunday in southern Costa Rica near the border with Panama, when security forces stopped a vehicle driven by a Costa Rican named Ledezma and carrying the seven Nepalese. “Coming under these conditions […]
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Labour Ministers and government representatives from Central America and the Dominican Republic begin tomorrow a meeting in Panama to discuss child labor laws and the approval for its control and eradication. The idea of the meeting, which ends next Wednesday, is to exchange experiences and best practices to align public policy and legislation at regional […]
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Mexico: Central American Women forced into prostitution According to the Migrant State Government Office, between 2011 and 2012 there was an increase in migratory flow of Central American women into Veracruz. Crimes and sexual offences against migrant women increased in the past year. There are criminal gangs that kidnap rape and then force Central American […]
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Mexico: Mexican women accused of human trafficking in Venezuela On July 15th, Aide Soto Rascon, and Sandra Garcia Rascon were accused of child trafficking in the state of Lara in Venezuela. The presumed aggressors, of Mexican descent, convinced a 13 year old girl to travel with them to Mexico. According to authorities when detained the […]
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There are between 16 to 20 thousand people involved in human trafficking activities in Mexico. According to the special commission combating the trafficking of people, Mexican authorities have not recognized the human trafficking as the big problem that has turned out to be. Read Article
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Mexico: Children are now used as mean of drugs and alien guide smuggling. Mexican children between 12 and 17 years old are now being used as guides to smuggle people and drugs into the United States. The Border patrol reported that during the month of May, 81 under aged children were captured. 15 of these […]
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Metetí, Panama (AP) – When three days had been walking through the thick jungle guided by two Colombian armed with knives and machetes, a group of fourteen Cuban hunger, thirst and supplies exhausted, felt faint when he spotted a seemingly insurmountable obstacle: a steep, bushy mountain.”You thought I was going to have a heart attack,” […]
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In Tapachula 58 percent of women engaged in prostitution are Guatemalan and 95 percent of them are between 15 and 19 years old, announced Miriam Gonzalez, a member of the Institute for Women in Migration. Regarding the high number of underage prostitutes, the specialist said that this is also an issue related to human trafficking […]
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Skip Police arrested four subjects who moved to Chinese entered the country illegally. Police broke up a band that Skip was involved in human trafficking. The operation was performed on Provincial Route 5, near Las Lajitas. Salta was arrested four who were traveling in two cars, a Chevrolet Astra and Toyota Corolla, both recent bill, […]
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The leader of the sex workers in the state, Monica Mendoza, said it has identified so-called ‘pimps’, by periodicity of Queretaro take at least 10 underage women tricked, for sexual exploitation in other entities. Assumed that human trafficking remains a problem today in the country and particularly in the state, increasingly growing. For proof, he […]
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Bolivia is the new route for the movement of people, preferably young, said the special prosecutor in Paraguay Trafficking, Teresa Martinez, during an international seminar. The representative of the Public Ministry said they have evidence that in the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Paraguay some 250 are sexually exploited in nightclubs. He said that September […]
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A Bolivian teenager 16 years appeared yesterday in the Special Force to Fight Crime to report that for two years was the victim of sexual and labor exploitation in Brazil and who escaped with the help of her family. According to them, have other children in the same condition. The child was carried to the […]
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The state attorney, together with the consuls of Honduras and Costa Rica along with the Mexican Red Cross, coordinate the search efforts of Central American migrants reported missing in this region. The head of the Attorney General of the State (PGJE), Rommel Moreno Manjarrez said that work together and permanently in the search for aliens […]
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Mexico: From 2009 to 2012 the Federal District of the Attorney General´s Office has conducted at least 175 operations against human Trafficking. 75% of the operations have been directed in La Merced area, where organizations operate illegal activities mainly in bridges and hotels. There are 19 human trafficking cases existing before the court till this […]
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According to the Human Rights commission of Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation in Mexico CityZona de la Merced has the highest rate of child trafficking for sexual exploitation in Latin America. 80% of most sexual exploitation victims are women, out of these 50% are minors. The report represented pimps have a profit of about $53,000 […]
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According to Alicia Mesa Bribiesca, a representative of the American Observatory Against Trafficking, the fight against trafficking crime in Mexico has not been significant. Mexico City has been considered one of the main cities in the world for human trafficking. Read Article
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Chiapas reports between 10-12 missing children every six months according to the Right Protection of Women Program. Many of these children end up being transported to other countries or even Central America. Children are mostly abducted for illegal adoption purposes and or they are forced into sexual and labor exploitation. Read Article
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Karla, 26, and Psychology student, disappeared from her rural community in the western province of Chinandega, Nicaragua, and was found in a local commercial sexual exploitation in Costa Rica, to where her mother came to investigate what happened. At the site, some subjects told the woman that her daughter would not leave there until he […]
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According to the Population of the United Nations Agency, Mexico places third place in trafficking against women and children in Latin America. The states with the higher incidence of missing females are Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Chiapas, Durango, State of Mexico, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Puebla, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, […]
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Guatemala presents a chilling number of 15,000 cases a year of human trafficking, which affects children and adolescents, especially women, who are used for sexual exploitation and child pornography, a serious problem that is urgent that the security forces and the system justice in our country fight it head on. The current government, through the […]
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In the previous two years more than 300 deported Honduran children that have been relocated to Mexico have been victims of human trafficking and never returned to their families. During the last 5 months of this year Mexican authorities have reported to transfer 589 deported children to Honduras and only 357 of them were returned […]
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Mexico: In Mexico beaches are the main focus for sexual exploitation and trafficking According to Martha Brown, president of the Children Foundation, Mexican beaches are some of the main points of interest for individuals who perform activities like children trafficking and sexual exploitation. This problem affects not only Mexico but many other but many other […]
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Mexico: In Chihuahua at least 112 bars were close with intents to avoid human trafficking The closure of 112 bars in Chihuahua and Juarez lead to a decrease in human trafficking, the murder and disappearance of women, and auto theft according to authorities. Clubs in Juarez have been identified as prostitution locations. Read Article
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According to authorities there is an estimate of 400 000 through Mexico each year. Immigrants from Central American decent, crossing through Mexico, frequently suffer discrimination, humiliation and abuse. From January 2011 to April 2012 there were approximately two thousand visitors in Mexico. The National Commission of Human Rights pretends to promote equity amongst races. Read […]
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The criminal chamber of the Supreme Court of Colombia agreed to extradite Argemiro Sierra Pastrana (70), alias “El Canoso” to Argentina, where he is wanted for crimes associated with drug trafficking throughout Central and South America, as well as Europe, in addition to human smuggling. He is one of the most wanted narco-traffickers in South […]
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Mexican authorities returned ten of the eleven abducted babies kidnapped by an illegal adoption network that provided Irish families with children. Babies were taken to Irish families who believed they were legally adopting children. The Illegal network deceived biological parents by telling them that their children were only going to be photographed for a propaganda […]
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As a result of the violence generated mainly by organized crime and drug trafficking, one in 50 young Central Americans under age 20 will die before they killed 32, according to the UN. The homicide rate in the region, the largest in the world, is 400 times higher than the average in countries with low […]
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In the main square of Santiago, police broke up a network of pimps who recruited children in the streets, to participate in festivals distorted. According to initial reports, indicates that juveniles after midnight begin to see scenes sector prostitution and brought to San Antonio Street as the area in which transactions were made. The arrested […]
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The group of 37 Haitians was sighted on Monday and yesterday repatriated to Cape Haitien, Haiti. The Coast Guard said the Cubans were intercepted in five separate cases since last Saturday and sent to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, on Thursday. The group of 37 Haitians was sighted on Monday and yesterday repatriated to Cape Haitien, […]
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The Civil Liberties Union of U.S. (ACLU) asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to initiate an investigation into alleged abuses against U.S. citizens, legal residents and other visitors at ports of entry along the border with Mexico. The complaint, formally sent yesterday, cites evidence of 11 alleged victims of agents of the Bureau of […]
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Some 80 Bolivians, including several minors, were rescued yesterday in 12 operations carried out in houses and clandestine textile workshops Argentina’s capital city and its belt, police said. The raids, ordered by Federal Judge Norberto Oyarbide, were made by the Federal Police, who arrested 23 Bolivians accused of working in slavery to his countrymen. Read […]
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After the theft of a newborn in the General Hospital of Poza Rica, the Ministry of Health issued an alert to the rest of the hospitals in the state and redoubled vigilance with elements of the Auxiliary Police Institute and Wealth Protection (IPAX) in the building where they stole the baby. In an interview the […]
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The Secretary of the Federal District Public Security (SSP-DF), confirmed by the Secretariat of Federal District Public Security (SSP-DF), confirmed that elements of Sector La Noria and Arenal, rescued unharmed to 24 undocumented from Central America, the delegation Iztacalco, likewise was arrested a person allegedly linked to the custody and removal of aliens to the […]
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Authorities rescue a 14-year-old forced into prostitution On May 1st, Mexican authorities rescued a 14 year old teenager forced into prostitution at a bar in Zumpango Toluca. The teenager was hired as a waitress at “La Gloria” bar, where she received a commission of 30 pesos for every drink her clients consumed. Her boss received […]
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The most recent case of human trafficking in Venezuela came last Monday when the Institute authorities Maiquetía International Airport arrested two officials of the crime. The director general of the air terminal, Jesus Vinas Garcia said that day thanks to the joint with the security agencies of the state captured two airport security tax, who […]
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Condemning the use of children in armed activities in the Valley of the Apurimac and Ene Rivers (VRAE) by terrorist leaders, congressmen from various beds are agreed with the complaint made by the Attorney Terrorism against these criminals for the crime of against humanity. While the legislator Luis Galarreta, Alliance for the Great Change, claimed […]
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GUATEMALA CITY – One of these actions took place in the “Super Border Bar” located at the 4 Street 20-57, Zone 6, where seven women freed from El Salvador and Honduras. For the development of operating the Interior Ministry required 15 days of planning and intelligence research. As announced on the portfolio manager, Mauricio López […]
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The smugglers in Mexico use the same routes used by drug cartels to move drugs and guns from southern Mexico to the U.S. border, said on Monday a senior Mexican official. The smugglers of migrants’ is often guided by the course of drugs or weapons in southern Mexico or north “to” move through our territory […]
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The Ecuadorian Social Front, which unifies several ministries of the country, is now advancing in social investment programs with emphasis on child care, said the head of Social Inclusion, Doris Soliz. The objectives of this agency include the direct care to more than 140,000 children up to three years old and the aim of reaching […]
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There are about 30 000 victims of sexual exploitation in Mexico, 80 percent of them average 10-14 years old. Human trafficking is considered the second and third most profitable business for organized crime, affecting 3.5 million people 90 percent of them adolescent girls. Read Article
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Brazil’s Tourism Ministry asked over 2,000 websites to remove sexual content that promotes Brazil as a prime destination for sex tourism. Associated Press reports that in 2011, the ministry identified 2,169 websites with photos of women in sensual poses and invitations for sexual encounters with minors, the ministry said in a Tuesday statement. Many of […]
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A man was arrested by state police officers, just in time to pre-purchase of two minors for conducting sexual acts. According to information obtained from the same authority, the detainee is San Gabriel Roman Hernandez, 57. An anonymous tip in the sense that Roman Hernandez, took advantage of the cashier job at a travel agency […]
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“The growth of informal marketsin the third month of the year sparked a new alert.” The Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CAME) warned that the illegal sale in the City grew by 46% during March compared to February. Still, highlighted the “satisfactory progress” achieved in the evacuation of the street vendors from Florida Street. […]
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So far this year, the National Police has detected 120 victims of sexual and labor exploitation in the country and, of these, 117 are women, accounting for 94.74%. Moreover, in the first three months of the year there were 46 reports of trafficking in persons in all Peru: 37 of them in the capital and […]
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Sexual predators from around the world looking for victims in Mexico Mexico is accounted one of the most attractive countries in the world for child sex trade. This is because Mexico has a high accessibility to children and a low risk of being identified by authorities. Pedophiles and Sex tourists from around the world travel […]
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Child pornography maker detained in Campeche On March 28th in San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche agents of the delinquency investigation team and federal forces detained Roberto Roman Cantun Huitz. He was acknowledged to be part of a child pornography team. 80 Agents completed a 7 hour search in his house and evidently found child pornography […]
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53 year-old Jose Alfaro, a Guatemalan businessman of Ladyville, was arraigned for attempting to commit human trafficking when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. It is alleged that sometime between February 22 and March 16 of this year, and on March 17, he tried to recruit a 16 year-old female minor to become […]
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The Costa Rican police rescued four children and a young Ecuadorian who were victims of a trafficking network and that were in the custody of a Colombian and Dominican, said the judiciary. The children, two sisters aged 7 and 8, and two cousins aged 11 and 16 and an 18, were rescued by police officers […]
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Authorities in Costa Rica in a week arrested about 160 illegal Cuban migrants who traveled from Ecuador to the United States who sought refuge, said Thursday the Director General of Immigration, Kathya Rodriguez. The Cubans, who entered into several groups, were arrested mostly in areas near the southern border of Costa Rica and Panama, said […]
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In the Mexico and Guatemala border there are 123 uncontrolled border entries. These invisible locations have been used by narcotic traffickers who have installed money laundering and drug trafficking businesses. This southern border reports a monthly circulation of about 300 million dollars and a thousand kilos of cocaine. Read Aerticle
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The child is a native of Iluman (Imbabura Province) and was taken to Colombia to work under compulsion and without receiving a salary, although before leaving he was offered $ 150 a month. During a routine operation, Colombian police casually entered a store to ask for identification papers and work permits. The Ecuadorian realizing the […]
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Mexico: Female Abduction Increases in Mexico The Rincon Couple traveled to Mexico City searching for their kidnaped daughter that disappeared on Ciudad Juarez in May 2009. Esmeralda, 14 years old, is just one of the dozens of missing women in Juarez. The Cases of abducted women in Mexico, who are forced into prostitution has grown […]
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Annually, about 16,000 children are sexually exploited in Mexico and nearly 85,000 are used in the porn industry. Faced with this problem, the Green Party proposed to take measures to prevent and to punish those who say the crime of trafficking. Read Article
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The National Police yesterday afternoon raided three shops Granada, where he allegedly committed crimes of trafficking and sexual exploitation of children. The sites searched are Joluva Hotel, located half a block from City Market on Cuiscoma street, the Hotel Joy Club, near the Laguna de Apoyo, and laundry facilities located on Arsenal Street, owned by […]
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