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MTV, Rain Campaign Against Human Trafficking
MTV, one of the world's largest and influential television network, has launched ``End Exploitation and Trafficking'' (EXIT), a global campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking.

Five South Koreans convicted in US over sex-trafficking ring
Five South Koreans were found guilty in a New York court of involvement in a sex-trafficking ring involving a string of brothels across the northeastern United States, officials said.

MTV, Rain Campaign Against Human Trafficking
MTV, one of the world's largest and influential television network, has launched "End Exploitation and Trafficking'' (EXIT), a global campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking.

South Korea Gets Tough on Sex Tourism
South Korea announced a crackdown on its nationals evading the country's tough anti-prostitution law by buying sex abroad instead.

US State Department Releases 2006 Human Rights Report
The US State of Department has released the 2006 Human Rights Report.

Part II: San Francisco is Hub for Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation
A young woman's youthful mistake in South Korea led her to be deceived to come the United States, only to be caught in forced prostitution.

Part III: San Francisco is Hub for Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation
Young woman is put into debt bondage and life becomes an endless cycle of sex with strangers.

Part IV: San Francisco is Hub for Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation
Young Woman finds way out of sex slavery, and pays a very high price.

South Korea Edging Out Japan in Trafficking in Women¹
South Korea is edging out Japan as the new destination of Filipino trafficked women, most of whom are forced into sex trade, a woman rights advocate revealed.

More Koreans Buy Sex Abroad¹
A civic group has urged the South Korean government to come up with countermeasures against an increasing number of Korean men participating in the overseas sex trade.

Sex Slavery in Australia
According to Project Reach, an Australia-based nongovernmental organization, Australia's sex slavery laws are failing and police are not doing enough to free enslaved women.

Cops Shatter Korean Human Trafficking Ring¹
A federal grand jury handed down indictments on 30 August 2005 charging 24 persons for their role in a sophisticated human smuggling scheme that allegedly brought hundreds of South Korean women into the United States to work as prostitutes.