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Nigerian Nuns Set Up Home for Victims of Human Trafficking
Nigerian nuns are celebrating the realization of their dream to set up a home for rescued victims of human trafficking, a worsening evil in the country and West Africa in general.

Dateline NBC in USA Spotlights the Sex Trade in the US and Southeast Asia
Dateline NBC's Chris Hansen reports on three stories of human trafficking spanning from the United States to Southeast Asia.

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

Heavy Traffic
Adair Fincher captures the complexities of human trafficking in this compelling article written for Chronogram.

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.

Thai Woman Wins Landmark Compensation in Australian Sex-Trafficking Case
An Australian tribunal has awarded compensation to a Thai woman who was forced to work as a prostitute in Sydney when she was 13.

The Asia Foundation Launches Anti-Trafficking Prevention Program in Vietnam
The Asia Foundation is launching a US$300,000 project to combat human trafficking over the next two years in five Vietnamese provinces most affected by the crime.  To support the project activities, the foundation will open an office in Vietnam's southern An Giang province along Cambodia's border.

ILO Holds Mekong Women's Forum in Vietnam
Leading women from across the GMS unite to intensify action against human trafficking, discrimination and labour/sexual exploitation Women activists from across the Greater Mekong Sub-region gathered in Viet Nam during the week of 12-13 July 2007 to intensify their efforts in combating human trafficking and the related discrimination, labour and sexual exploitation endured by thousands of young women across the sub-region.

Uzbek Trafficking Victims in Thailand
The entrance to Alibaba's - the popular discotheque and thumping underworld of one of Nana's longest-running, most belovedly lawless hotels - opens, portentously enough, with a "No Firearms" sign and a guard who is quick to frisk down any customer trying to slip in with a private bottle of whiskey (don't bother).

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.

India Imposes Ban to Curb Trafficking of Women
The Indian government has banned the emigration of women under 30 as domestic help to several countries in order to check the possibility of their sexual exploitation, the Times of India reported.

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.