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Human Traffickers Hiding & Getting Away With Running Drug and Sex Empires
Police Uncover Suspected Human Trafficking House as 90 People are Found at House in Houston, Texas
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Female TikTok Star Jailed For 3 Yrs For Human Trafficking
Egypt Female TikTok Star Jailed For Three Years For Human Trafficking
An Egyptian TikTok star has been sentenced to three years in prison after a court convicted her of human trafficking at retrial. BBC 19 APR 2022 https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...m119019439.jpg Haneen Hossam pleaded for clemency in a video posted before her detention last year Haneen Hossam, who is in her early 20s, was accused of exploiting girls for money through video-sharing platforms. She denied the charge, which was linked to an invitation to her followers to get paid for making live videos. Human rights activists say she has been prosecuted as part of a crackdown on female social media influencers. They argue that the charges Hossam and at least 11 other women with millions of followers have faced since 2020 violate the rights to privacy, freedom of expression, non-discrimination and bodily autonomy. Hossam, a Cairo University student, gained more than 900,000 followers on TikTok by posting videos showing her lip-syncing to songs and dancing. She was first arrested in April 2020 after inviting her women followers to join another video-sharing platform, Likee, where she said they could make money by broadcasting live videos. That July, Cairo's Economic Court convicted Hossam and another TikTok star, Mawada al-Adham, of the charge of "violating family values and principles". It sentenced them to two years in prison and fined them 300,000 Egyptian pounds ($16,100; £12,400). https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/c...sz_1mawada.jpg Mawada al-Adham on a mobile phone screen Fellow influencer Mawada al-Adham was found guilty of the same charge at the original trial An appeals court acquitted Hossam and overturned Adham's prison sentence in January 2021, and they were released the following month. However, prosecutors then introduced the more serious charge of human trafficking. The women were accused of "using girls in acts contrary to the principles and values of Egyptian society with the aim of gaining material benefits". Local media reported that it was related to a group Hossam had promoted on Likee and videos that Adham had posted on Instagram and TikTok. In June, the Cairo Criminal Court found them both guilty of the offence. Hossam was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in jail and Adham, who was present, was given a six-year sentence. Hossam posted a tearful video before she was detained stating that she "didn't do anything immoral to deserve all this" and that no-one had been harmed. She was granted a retrial, but the same court found her guilty on Monday. In addition to handing her a three-year sentence, the judge fined her 200,000 Egyptian pounds ($10,800). Mai El-Sadany, a US-based human rights lawyer and director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, tweeted that the verdict meant Egypt's justice system was "criminalising what influencers globally do every day when they invite others to work with them and monetize TikTok activity". Egypt female TikTok star jailed for three years for human trafficking Egyptian Tiktok stars jailed for ‘human trafficking’ |
The Whistleblower: Human Trafficking in Bosnia
The Whistleblower: Kathryn Bolkovac—Peacekeeping and Human Trafficking in Bosnia
Kathryn Bolkovac discussed her story on Thursday, January 31, 2013, on human trafficking, and other topics with Tanya Domi, whose reporting broke this story. SOFHeyman 21 JUN 2022 http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townn...7028.image.jpg When former Nebraska police officer Kathryn Bolkovac was recruited by DynCorp International to support the UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia, she thought she was signing up to help rebuild a war-torn country. But once she arrived in Sarajevo, as a human rights investigator heading the gender affairs unit, she discovered military officers involved in human trafficking and forced prostitution, with links to private mercenary contractors, the UN, and the U.S. State Department. After bringing this evidence to light, Bolkovac was successively demoted, threatened with bodily harm, fired, and ultimately forced to flee the country under cover of darkness—bringing the incriminating documents with her. Thanks to the evidence she collected, she won a lawsuit against DynCorp, publicly exposing their human rights violations. Her story, recounted in the book The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice, later become the Hollywood feature film The Whistleblower. |
Canadas' Human Trafficking Shame
Avenue Zero: Canadas' Human Trafficking Shame (True Crime Documentary)
Human trafficking is a reality Real Stories 24 Aug 2022 Asian girls are enslaved in suburban massage parlors; domestic workers toil like slaves in suburban homes; girls in a Montreal subway station are lured into prostitution Vancouver gangs recruit Honduran boys to sell drugs. Featuring candid interviews with victims, witnesses and perpetrators, Avenue Zero weaves a spellbinding portrait of a dark and sinister trade flourishing in the shadows of the law. |
Re: International Human Trafficking Ring Hidden in Plain Sight
Exposing an International Human Trafficking Ring Hidden in Plain Sight
60 Minutes Australia 30 Oct 2022 When reporter Nick McKenzie received a tip-off about this story last year, he couldn’t believe what he was being told. Twelve months of investigating though has not only confirmed it, but also established it is much worse than he first thought. In a joint 60 MINUTES, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald special report, McKenzie exposes what could be one of Australia’s largest human trafficking operations. What he has discovered are vulnerable Asian woman being coerced into enduring shocking conditions as sex workers. In fact, their treatment is so poor that even police admit not enough is being done to help them. Meanwhile the crime bosses make huge profits off this multi-million-dollar industry, while making a mockery of Australia’s supposedly strict border security. |
Re: Human Traffickers Hiding & Getting Away With Running Drug and Sex Empires
Human Traffickers Getting Away With Running Drug and Sex Empires
International Human Trafficking Rings are Hiding in Plain Sight BBC 16 MAY 2023 https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.B...=Api&P=0&h=180 https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.5...=Api&P=0&h=180 If you think Australia's borders are secure, think again. Six months ago, in a joint investigation with the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, 60 Minutes exposed how criminals are making a joke of the way we enforce who does and doesn't enter the country. The rorting is breathtaking. There's large scale human and drug trafficking, sex slavery, and the shocking exploitation of sex workers. After our story, the Albanese government promised action ordering an urgent enquiry. The report was meant to be publicly released before last week's budget. But instead, the naming findings have been kept secret. But not any longer. https://www.mcnhealthcare.com/wp-con...king-short.jpg |
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