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News and Updates

American Anthropologist Comments on Global Efforts to Reduce Human Trafficking
An international monitoring project designed to combat human trafficking is flawed, according to Brown University anthropology professor Kay Warren.

TRADE Movie Portrays Human Trafficking in the United States
Kevin Kline was at the United Nations to promote a film on human trafficking that officials hope will raise awareness about the alarming and largely unknown problem.

A Report by Save the Children Reveals Millions of Children Live as Child Slaves
On the 200th anniversary of the Slave Trade Act, a new report by Save the Children reveals millions of children are still living as child slaves.

National Plan to Tackle Trafficking in Persons in Guyana
The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Unit at the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has gotten a boost through an agreement with the newly installed task force at the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Operation White Light Shuts Down Human Trafficking Ring in Colombia
Diplomatic Security Special Agents Collaborate with Colombian Officials in 19 Arrests.

Servile Marriage Puts Women at Risk
It was one thing when Lina Maria Carmona's would-be new husband told her she would have to get a job within days of unpacking her bags from Medellin, Colombia, and hand him her paycheck.

Argentina Recruits Celebrities to Raise Awareness about Trafficking in Women
In order to rouse public indignation against trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation, popular Uruguayan actress and singer Natalia Oreiro, who lives in Argentina, launched a campaign in conjunction with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

Latin America's Secret Slave Trade
Sit by the swimming pool of the exclusive Iguazú Jungle hotel and you can watch the "contrabandistas" emerging from the undergrowth.

Human Trafficking Training Mandatory for US Overseas Troops
US troops abroad are receiving training on how to avoid being involved in human trafficking.

ECPAT-USA launches the Protect Children in Tourism Project and the Code of Conduct in Belize
ECPAT-USA announces the kickoff of the Protect Children in Tourism Project (PCT) in Belize City, Belize, to promote the Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism.

UNICEF Committee on the Rights of the Child: Child Trafficking Country Review
Focus on references to child trafficking in the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Announcing a New Organization in Latin America
Interamerican Center against Disappearances, Exploitation and Trafficking.

Ecuador - International Seminar on Human Trafficking, Migrant Smuggling, Violence and Sexual Crimes
IOM-Ecuador, in coordination with UNICEF, UNIFEM, and ILO, and the National Council of Youth and Adolescents, the National Council of Women, and the Municipality of Quito, held an international seminar in Quito to discuss of human trafficking, migrant smuggling, violence and sexual crimes the week of 11 November 2005.

New IOM Counter Trafficking Office in Dominican Republic¹
With the extent of human trafficking in the Dominican Republic taking on new dimensions, IOM and the country's National Counter-Trafficking Network have opened a counter-trafficking coordination office.