by Free the Slaves | Jul 29, 2014 | Slavery in the News, Uncategorized
Free the Slaves is spreading the word about global trafficking on global TV and radio. FTS Executive Director Maurice Middleberg was a guest on the most recent edition of “On the Line,” broadcast worldwide by the Voice of America. Even though slavery was...
by Free the Slaves | Jan 18, 2012 | Slavery in the News
Some of them run away. Some of them simply have nowhere to go. But the lives of prostitutes—often coerced into sex slavery—are usually misunderstood. Trafficking is considered the third largest industry for organized crime, generating billions of dollars annually....
by Free the Slaves | Sep 9, 2010 | Slavery in the News
THAI WORKERS COME FORWARD IN BIGGEST HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE IN US HISTORY Via Neon Tommy: Several dozen Thai workers—many of them hiding their faces behind scarves and sunglasses—spoke at a press conference in front of a Thai temple in Los Angeles yesterday. The...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 3, 2010 | FTS Updates
Free the Slaves Director of Programs, Karen Stauss was quoted in an AOL News article covering the all male and transgender sex trafficking ring busted in Spain earlier this week. AOL’s Dana Kennedy writes: In Twist to Sex Trade, Spain Busts Male Prostitute Ring...