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Rescue/Escape

News and Updates

Police Uncover Human Trafficking Misery in the UK
A Romanian woman who was raped and forced to work as a prostitute is among 20 victims of human trafficking identified by police in the central belt in the past eight weeks.

Greek Police Break Up International Sex Trafficking Ring
Police raids in Greece's two largest cities on Thursday shut down a network trafficking in women for the sex trade in Greece and several other countries.

Filipino 'Sex Slaves' Rescued in Malaysia
Three women who were rescued from a flesh trade in Malaysia on November 9, 2007 and repatriated to the Philippines on November 15, 2007 filed charges of illegal recruitment and human trafficking against their recruiter.

Sex Work with Foreigners a Job that Some Won't Turn Down
Srey Mom, a bright 22-year-old woman, is a sex worker in Phnom Penh.

Asian Women Duped in Bahrain
Many Asian women in Bahrain are being duped into working as sex slaves for men who lure them with promises of marriage, according to Thai Ambassador Phithak Phrombubpha.

Ukrainian Woman Trafficked to Israel
Forty-seven year old Ukrainian woman trafficked to Israel is now receiving protection and care at a shelter.

Slavery of Africans in Britain
Brought into the country under false identities and tricked into leaving their families with the promise of an education and a better future, hundreds of African children are being trafficked into the UK for a life of servitude, according to human rights campaigners.

Human Trafficking Victims in Bahrain Difficult to Find
MIGRANT workers' rights activists say they are helpless when it comes to assisting victims of human trafficking in Bahrain to benefit from the government's general amnesty.

200 Thais Flee Their Traffickers in Bahrain Every Year
An average of 200 Thai women, forced into prostitution in Bahrain, escape their pimps and are sent back to Thailand each year, it was revealed.

Couple Held Captive Two Servants for Years in New York
Federal prosecutors charged a wealthy Long Island couple on Tuesday with keeping two Indonesian domestic workers as virtual prisoners in their home for more than five years under conditions they called “modern-day slavery,” beating one severely and paying them very little.

Massage Parlours Raided in Kansas City, Missouri; Trafficking Suspected
Federal agents and local police in Johnson County, Missouri raided 12 businesses and four homes on 10 May 2007, rescuing 15 women from ‘massage parlors'.

Sexual Exploitation in Italy
There is a side to the Eternal City that most of us are loathe to acknowledge.

Group Works to Rescue Burmese Victims of Human Trafficking in China
An ethnic Kachin women’s group says it is seeking to rescue numerous women it believes are victims of human trafficking who left to work in China and whose whereabouts are now unknown.

Trafficking Ring Broken in Taiwan
A Vietnamese woman is rescued from a situation of trafficking in Taiwan.

Brothel Raids Expose Problem of Slavery in US
Raids that uncovered more than 70 suspected sex slaves focused on 20 brothels in the East, but they illustrated a long-ignored national problem found in towns large and small, experts say.