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Prostitution Fueling Exploitation of Women
The evil of human trafficking is receiving attention in many countries around the world...The illegal trade is carried out either to provide cheap labor or for the sex industry, although it is the latter that is receiving more attention.

Call for Papers - St. Antony's International Review (STAIR)
Associated Editor of the St Antony's International Review (STAIR), a peer-reviewed academic journal of international affairs based here at St Antony's College, University of Oxford has issued a call for papers.

UN Anti-Trafficking Drive Hits Culture Barriers
Global efforts to crack down on human trafficking are handicapped by lack of information from countries whose cultures have not deemed some forms of slavery to be a crime, U.N.

Former US Ambassador Criticizes UN for Promoting Sex Trafficking in Peacekeeping Missions
A former US ambassador accused the United Nations of being among the major promoters of human trafficking in the world by failing to halt sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers.

Human Trafficking for Forced Labor Might Exceed Perception
Human trafficking for forced labor might be a greater problem than the more widely known problem of trafficking for sexual exploitation, says Kristiina Kangaspunta, the chief of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Millions of Girls and Women Are Still Deprived of their Freedom
Some 800,000 to 900,000 people worldwide are trafficked every year into forced labour and sexual exploitation, a highly lucrative global industry controlled by powerful criminal organizations, according to a collaborative report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).

United Nations Highlights Human Trafficking
The UN has launched a campaign to highlight human trafficking, an issue it says has reached epidemic proportions over the past decade.

UN Fund to Combat Human Trafficking
The United Nations proposed a new global fund to fight international human trafficking and forced labor, a problem that it said had grown to epidemic proportions and was rarely effectively prosecuted by governments.

Join the International Coalition for Responsible and Respectful Tourism
International Coalition for Responsible and Respectful Tourism, Say No to Child Sex Tourism, Crime Without Borders.

IOM Launches a Unique Tool Designed to Combat Human Trafficking
A unique new tool designed to fight trafficking in persons around the world is being officially launched by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the U.S.