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Police Break Women Trafficking Ring in Vietnam
Police say they've broken up Vietnam's largest network responsible for trafficking women out of country.

Detroit Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison in Michigan, USA
Aleksandr Maksimenko, age 27, was sentenced today to serve 168 months (14 years) in prison and pay more than $1,5 million in restitution for his role as one of the ring-leaders in a conspiracy to force Eastern European women to work as exotic dancers in Detroit area strip clubs, Stephen J Murphy, United States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, and Wan J Kim, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, announced.

Woman Pleads Guilty to Human Trafficking in Texas, USA
Olga Mondragon pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges for her role in conspiring to smuggle Central American women and girls into the United States and to placing them in a condition of involuntary servitude, Assistant Attorney General Wan Kim for the Civil Rights Division and US Attorney Don DeGabrielle for the Southern District of Texas announced.

Defendant Found Guilty in a Human Trafficking Case in Connecticut, USA
A federal jury in Hartford, Connecticut found Dennis Paris guilty tday for his role in the operation of a sex-trafficking ring.

China 'will catch slave owners'
China has pledged to bring to justice traffickers who enslaved hundreds of children and adults to work in brick kilns in two provinces.

Cameroonian Couple Sentenced on Human Trafficking Charges in the U.S.
Evelyn and Joseph Djoumessi, both Cameroonian nationals, were sentenced by a judge in Detroit, Michigan, to 218 months and 60 months, respectively, for conspiracy related to their holding a young girl from Cameroon in involuntary servitude.  Judge Arthur Tarnow also ordered the defendants to pay $100,000 in restitution to the victim.

Trafficking for the Purposes of Exploitation and Prostitution Has Increased in China
There is an upwards trend of trafficking for the purposes of exploitation and prostitution in China, moreover traditional trafficking for the purpose of selling women and children is being gradually brought under control, said a high-level official from the Ministry of Public Security in an interview with the English language China Daily.

China’s Ministry of Public Security Strengthens the Combating Crimes of Trafficking in Women and Children
On 26 July 2007 reporters learnt from the first National Anti-Trafficking Children’s Forum, held by the All-China Women’s Federation that, in recent years, the combating of crimes of trafficking women and children has achieved tangible results, in total all levels of the Ministry of Public Security have put on record, investigated and dealt with more than 2,000 cases of trafficking of women and children.

New York State Approves Law on Human Trafficking
State lawmakers and Governor Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday that they had agreed to make labor- and sex-trafficking felonies, breaking a deadlock on an issue many thought should have been resolved long ago.

Strengthening Legal Enforcement Institutions to Combat Human Trafficking in Lao PDR
The Ministry of Justice in Lao PDR and UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) hosted a workshop on Human Trafficking entitled Strengthening of the Legal and Law Enforcement Institutions to Prevent and Combat Human Trafficking.

Human Trafficking Victims Give Testimony in Tetovo Court, Macedonia
Ten women of foreign nationality, including Bulgarians and a Serb, were brought in for questioning before an investigative judge in a competent Tetovo Court relating the Oriental As case, Makfax's correspondent reported.

Activists Urge Zambian Government to Crack Down on Human Trafficking
Each year, human traffickers in southern Africa lure young children and adolescent women from their home countries into the sex industry, while others are forced into child labor.

Human Trafficking on Long Island, NY
Human trafficking has become so rampant on Long Island that three years ago the US Justice Department set up a task force to focus on the problem.

50 Year Old Anti-Slavery Law Used in Thailand to Combat Human Trafficking
After treating the 13-year-old girl like a slave, and beating her for a whole year, it was her abusive boss's last act of cruelty that saved the girl's life.

Thailand's Cabinet Approves Anti-Human Trafficking Bill
The cabinet approved a draft bill which will give officials more power to fight human trafficking.