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IOM reports child trafficking and labor trafficking cases are rising
Child victims of human trafficking helped by IOM increased to 2,040 in 2011, up 27 per cent from 1,565 in 2008, according to new IOM data.

Lao Trafficking Victim Repatriated from Thailand with Brain Injuries
One of the six boys who returned to Laos after having been rescued by Thai authorities from human trafficking has serious brain injuries following an attack by a work colleague a year ago.

Human Trafficking Rampant in Thailand’s Deep-Sea Fishing Industry
While a lucrative deep-sea fishing industry places Thailand among the world’s leading exporters of sea products, a grim specter of human rights abuse lurks below the surface of an industry whose contribution to the national economy is estimated to exceed $4 billion a year.

Now available: International Framework for Action to Implement the Smuggling of Migrants Protocol
While 129 States, to date, have ratified the United Nations Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, giving effect to the Protocol remains a challenge in all regions.

USAID Releases New Policy to Combat Trafficking in Persons
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, at a White House event, Dr Rajiv Shah, Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), launched the Agency's new 2012 Counter-Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) Policy to reinvigorate and focus USAID's efforts to combat human trafficking around the world.

South Pacific Slaves Put Squid on U.S. Tables
On March 25, 2011, Yusril became a slave; that afternoon he went to the East Jakarta offices of Indah Megah Sari (IMS), an agency that hires crews to work on foreign fishing vessels.

California cracks down on global slave labour - Law forces firms to check supply chains
A new California law will force retailers and manufacturers to disclose how they guard against slavery and human trafficking throughout their supply chains, ratcheting up scrutiny of some of the largest U.S.

Child Labor for Fair-Trade Cotton Probed by U.S. Investigators
US investigators are conducting a preliminary inquiry into forced child labor used in an organic and fair-trade cotton program that supplies the American lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret, a federal law enforcement official confirmed this week.

How to End Sex Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery
An interview with Siddharth Kara, fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and one of the world’s foremost experts on human trafficking and modern day slavery, covers the evolution of Kara’s anti-trafficking efforts, and the current landscape of these issues, challenges and opportunities to making progress.

Presidential Proclamation - National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
United States President, Barack Obama, proclaimed January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month on January 4th, 2011.  January 12th already marks the National Global Human Trafficking Awareness Day in the US.   See the White House's National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month press release for the President’s remarks.    .

Somalia: Human Trafficking on the Increase
Officials in Somalia's self-declared independent state of Somaliland are concerned over a rise in human trafficking in the region.

Safe House to be Established for Victims of Human Trafficking in Sabah, Malaysia
Sabah will set up a safe house for foreign women who are victims human trafficking and domestic abuse.

Human Trafficking Case on Long Island, New York
Slavery trial in New York may help highlight human trafficking.

Arab Schools Urged to Teach Ills of Human Trafficking
Qatar proposed that Arab countries introduce material on the fight against human trafficking into their school curriculums in order to raise awareness of the scourge.

Clamping Down on Trafficking in Bahrain
A database of human trafficking victims in Bahrain will be launched with the support of the United Nations (UN).