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American Samoa church group accused of child trafficking.
The local media reported that the members of the church in Tafuna, a village on the east coast of Tutila Island, American Samoa are bringing in children from Samoa, an island in the South Pacific ocean to sell food items in the name of the church.
U.S Attorney David Heckton calls crime enterprise as, "Modern-day slavery".
Young girls are being bought and sold for sex in Pittsburgh and investigators are cracking down, making several arrests and tracking several others. Mario Grasim, 34, of Homestead, faces federal charges of running a child sex trafficking ring.Hickton says several anti-sex-trafficking organisations have created a network in western Pennsylvania in the past three years.
Can Fifa end child trafficking from Africa to Asia?
Football's world governing body decided to lower the age limit for international transfers to include players aged 10 and above. The normal story is that teenagers duped into leaving Africa end up on the streets of whatever country they have been sent to, since the 'agent' has disappeared and no club is aware of their presence.
Full birth certificate to 'protect children'
South Africa's Department of Home Affairs started enforcing new travel regulations in June 2015. Children under the age of 18 must now carry their full, or "unabridged", birth certificate when crossing South Africa's borders. This shows the names of parent or guardian. Director-general of the department, Mkuseli Apleni, briefed parliament on the new travel requirements. In his presentation he was reported to have claimed that an estimated 30,000 children were trafficked through South Africa every year. One of the benefits of requiring minors to travel with an unabridged birth certificates was "protecting [them] from child trafficking".
Kerala HC directs CBI probe into child trafficking cases
Describing child trafficking as a menace which has to be combated by all concerned, the Kerala High Court directed a CBI investigation into such cases reported in the state.The high court said Child Welfare Committees to take appropriate measures in accordance with 'Juvenile Justice Act' with regard to children who are still housed in orphans and child homes. All orphanages should register under Juvenile Justice Act 2000, the Bench said.
Trafficking the greatest threat to children after Nepal quake: UNICEF
UNICEF says an estimated 12,000 Nepalese children are trafficked to other countries every year, but since the two catastrophic earthquakes earlier this year the threat is even higher. Girls not recruited into prostitution face being sold as domestic slaves, and boys are taken into forced labour. Chief of Child protection for UNICEF in Nepal, Virginia Perez said many parents, faced with poverty, are tricked into parting with their children.
SC asks NALSA to file report on child trafficking
New Delhi, India: The Supreme Court asked the National Legal Services Authority(NALSA) to file its report on measures which can be adopted to curb child trafficking and prostitution and ensure the rehabilitation of victims.
Source: http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/sc-asks-nalsa-to-file-report-on-child-trafficking_1634581.html
Inactive states pulled up by Supreme Court for inaction
The Supreme Court pulled up states for their inaction and lethargy in not filing a response on measures to prevent trafficking of children and for creation of a victim protection protocol for the rescued survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. He made this remark after noticing that the states had done little to enforce the 1956 Act for prevention of women from trafficking and a 1990 Supreme Court verdict issuing guidelines for enforcing the act.
Child trafficking linked to drugs, say researchers
The UK Missing Persons Bureau estimates that as many as 160,000 children and young people are reported missing every year. Runaway and missing children are being housed by gangs and used to sell drugs in the UK in a form of “child trafficking”, a report has claimed.
Jada Pinkett Smith tackles child sex trafficking in Atlanta for CNN special July
Michael Bass, vice president of programming for CNN, said Pinkett Smith is deeply passionate about battling this problem.“As a mother, as a human being,” Pinkett Smith intones into the camera as the hour opens, “this is something that is simply unacceptable. I want to show you traffickers, girls affected and the people fighting back against modern day slavery.”
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