Slavery in the News: This Week’s Top Ten July 27, 2012

We see slavery and trafficking stories throughout the world each week. It’s great news that journalists and bloggers are exposing the problem of slavery, and examining solutions to it. Awareness creates momentum for change. Here are 10 top stories that caught our eye: 1. The New York Times. “Human Trafficking Case Against Executives is Dismissed.” […]
July 27, 2012

We see slavery and trafficking stories throughout the world each week. It’s great news that journalists and bloggers are exposing the problem of slavery, and examining solutions to it. Awareness creates momentum for change. Here are 10 top stories that caught our eye:

1. The New York Times. “Human Trafficking Case Against Executives is Dismissed.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/us/human-trafficking-case-dismissed-against-global-horizons-officials.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

2. BBC News. “Fighting Human Trafficking on U.S. Soil.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18877450

3. The New York Times. “Church of Scientology Defeats Human-Trafficking Claims Case.”
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2012/07/24/us/24reuters-scientology-lawsuit.html

4. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign (Blog). “Combatting Human Trafficking, One Step at a Time.”
http://blog.dhs.gov/2012/07/combating-human-trafficking-one-step-at.html

5. LA Weekly. “Girls Paraded Before Johns in South L.A.; International Sex Trafficking Ring Busted.”
http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/07/sex_trafficking_lapd_juan_chavez_maritz_marroqui_girls_south_la_hotel.php

6. WFAA-TV. “Human Trafficking Battle Moves to the ER.”
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Fighting-Human-Trafficking-in-the-ER-163799796.html

7. Fox News Latino. “Mexico is a people trafficking ‘paradise,’ expert says.”
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/07/25/mexico-is-people-trafficking-paradise-expert-says/

8. Citizens Voice. “Spotlight on Human Trafficking in Pennsylvania.”
http://citizensvoice.com/news/spotlight-on-human-trafficking-in-pennsylvania-1.1346861

9. Lexington Herald Leader. “Man sentenced to 15 years in Federal Sex Trafficking Case.”
http://www.kentucky.com/2012/07/25/2270482/man-sentenced-in-federal-sex-trafficking.html

10. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. “Comparative Models of Reporting Mechanisms on the Status of Trafficking in Human Beings.”
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/jotl/2012/07/comparative-models-of-reporting-mechanisms-on-the-status-of-trafficking-in-human-beings/

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