Finding the ‘human’ in human trafficking / Cafe Babel, 3 July 2008
http://www.cafebabel.com/eng/article/25358/finding-the-human-in-human-trafficking.html
Anna Patton
"If someone done for drugs trafficking can get a more severe punishment than someone who traffics humans, there must be something wrong with this society." Sadly, this is often the reality, explains Barbara Eritt, since cases against human trafficking often end up in probation or acquittal due to insufficient evidence. The Polish-born social worker runs the ‘Invia Koordinations- und Beratungsstelle für Frauen’, an advice and support centre in Berlin for victims of trafficking from central and eastern Europe. It is harrowing work. ‘But if you look at it not in terms of justice, but with the people, the women, as the focus, you work quite differently,’ she says, a perspective which has been at the heart of her work over the past decade. The women she meets, most of whom have been forced into prostitution, possess a drive for life and a great deal of humour despite what they have been through. "It’s about carrying on" she says, "being able to live with what has happened."

Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 / Docuticker, 6 July 2008
http://www.docuticker.com/?p=21537
“We are pleased that in the seven years since the creation of the Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, the United States and our friends and allies have made important strides in confronting the reality that human beings continue to be bought and sold in the twenty-first century. It has been gratifying to witness the determined governments, human rights and women’s groups, faith-based organizations, and many brave individuals who are dedicated to advancing human dignity worldwide. Trafficking and exploitation plague all nations, and no country, even ours, is immune.”
Report: http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/

British-born teenagers being trafficked for sexual exploitation within UK, police say / Guardian, 3 July 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/jul/03/childprotection.internationalcrime
Nick Kinsella
"Teenage girls born in Britain are being trafficked for sexual exploitation within the UK, police said yesterday, adding that children are being "groomed" by men acting as boyfriends who carry out the abuse and then take the youngsters to other towns for further exploitation. Officers fear that as many as 33 girls between the ages of 12 and 15 could have been involved in a case uncovered in Sheffield last year. Only one, a 15-year-old, was willing to give evidence in court, but following that a 23-year-old man was jailed for 10 years for serious sexual offences which included rape of a child. Five other men faced deportation procedures."

Help call for sex traffic victims / BBC, 18 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7460256.stm
"Up to 150 women may be forced to be working as sex slaves in Wales at any one time, according to Amnesty International. The charity said the women may have suffered suffered kidnap, rape, and violence as well as exploitation."
PDF - http://www.amnesty.org.uk/uploads/documents/doc_17958.pdf

Release of the Eighth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report / Docuticker, 6 June 2008
http://www.docuticker.com/?p=21097
"The 2008 report covers more countries than ever — 170 total. It is the most comprehensive global compendium of human trafficking trends and efforts by foreign governments to eliminate this crime. It is the only report of its kind, with no NGO or UN report like it. And as required by Congress, the Trafficking in Persons Report examines both labor slavery and sex trafficking."
PDF - http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/105501.pdf [large file]

Protecting Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings in the UK: The Italian 'Rimini Method' that Could Influence the British Approach
Journal of Migration and Refugee Issues, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2007
http://ssrn.com/abstract=996156
MATILDE VENTRELLA
"Victims of human trafficking should be protected to prevent their re-victimisation. This article compares the way the United Kingdom (UK) and Italy protect victims of human trafficking."

[Bulgaria] "Legalizing Prostitution Will Lead to A New Wave of Organized Crime.", Interior Minister Said. / Turkish Weekly, 18 October 2007
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=49630
"Bulgaria's Interior Minister Rumen Petkov declared his strong position against the legalization of prostitution in the country a press conference dedicated to the human trafficking."

Human trafficking is frontline problem
Jane's Police Review, 17 October 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"NEIGHBOURHOOD policing is a 'vital tool' for combating human trafficking, an expert on the crime said. Det Ch Supt Nick Kinsella, head of the UK Human Trafficking Centre, said awareness of the crime among frontline officers and staff needs to be raised."
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OSCE Centre supports anti-trafficking seminar for orphaned girls in Tajikistan / OSCE, 19 October 2007
http://www.osce.org/item/27442.html
"Teaching orphaned girls about the risks of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and the recruitment methods used by traffickers are the aim of OSCE Centre-supported seminars being held in Dushanbe on 19 and 20 October."

Human Trafficking: Update: Twenty-first Report of Session 2006-07: Report, together with formal minutes and appendix / TSO, 18 October 2007
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/179/179.pdf
House of Lords ;House of Commons ; Joint Committee on Human Rights
HL Paper 179 ; HC 1056

The War on human trafficking
Race & Class, Vol. 49, no. 2, October-December 2007
http://www.irr.org.uk/2007/october/ak000011.html
KEMALA KEMPADOO
"Encouraged by the US, the Caribbean is being drawn into a global panic over human trafficking, leading to greater policing and surveillance of migrant women and the sex trade."
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Collateral Damage: The Impact of Anti-Trafficking Measures on Human Rights Around the World / Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, 4 October 2007
PDF - http://www.gaatw.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=364
Mike Dottridge et al
"According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights anti-trafficking measures "shall not adversely affect the human rights and dignity of persons, in particular the rights of those who have been trafficked and of migrants, internally displaced persons, refugees and asylum seekers". However, human rights defenders have become more and more concerned that many strategies designed to fight trafficking have proven counter-productive for the very people they were intended to benefit.
The eight countries considered were Australia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Brazil; India; Nigeria; Thailand; the United Kingdom; and the United States of America. These case studies point to the conclusion that, while an enormous amount has been done to combat trafficking, anti-trafficking policies and other related policies have in fact harmed the very people they were intended to protect, as well as migrants and sex workers. The reasons for this range from a lack of evidence-based policy-making and a lack of consultation with those that will be affected by the policies, to clearly pushing other agendas, such as stopping migration or suppressing prostitution."

[USA] Asylum From Trafficking: A Failure of Protection
Immigration Briefings, No 07-07, July 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tqpn
"After briefly reviewing the legal and political background surrounding the issue of trafficking, this Briefing will give an overview and discussion of a number of mostly unpublished decisions. Taken as a whole, these decisions raise troubling questions about the availability of US protection to women fleeing the serious harm of trafficking in persons."

Human Trafficking Evokes Outrage, Little Evidence / Washington Post, 23 September 2007
http://digbig.com/4tqpj
Jerry Markon
"US Estimates Thousands of Victims, But Efforts to Find Them Fall Short."

Human trafficking in Vancouver / WestEnder, 20 September 2007
http://digbig.com/4tqkh
Magda Ibrahim
"UBC law professor Benjamin Perrin says human traffickers will “view the 2010 Olympics as the biggest business opportunity for them in decades."

Children trafficked from Asia to UK to work in cannabis factories / Independent on Sunday, 23 September 2007
http://digbig.com/4tqka
Nina Lakhani "Youngsters are being shipped across the world and held captive in towns and suburbs up and down the country."

Human trafficking to Australia: a research challenge / Australian Institute of Criminology, June 2007
PDF - http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi338.pdf
Judy Putt
TRENDS & ISSUES in crime and criminal justice No. 338

Global terrorism funded by bogus organizations setup by terrorists / Global Politician, 16 September 2007
http://www.globalpolitician.com/articleshow.asp?ID=3485&cid=11
Alastair Reynard
"London Metropolitan Police reports said three men including two Tamil expatriates jailed for involvement in a student visa scam have been ordered to pay a GBP 2.3 m confiscation order or face eight years' imprisonment in default by the Isleworth Crown Court. [...] Trevor Shepherd, Metropolitan Police Economic and Specialist Crime Command said: "This is one of the largest confiscation orders associated with people trafficking. A significant proportion of the confiscated monies will be returned to police to fund future investigations and reduce harm to London's communities.""

Rights here, rights now: Recommendations for protecting trafficked children / Unicef, 20 September 2007
PDF - http://www.unicef.org.uk/campaigns/publications/pdf/rightshere.pdf
Sillen, J. and Beddoe, C.
"This UNICEF UK and ECPAT UK report shows that, despite recent moves made by the UK Government to demonstrate its commitment to tackling child trafficking, there are still significant gaps and inconsistencies in child protection standards for trafficked children in the UK compared to international standards."

Human Trafficking of Children in the United States / US. Department of Education. Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, September 2007
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/factsheet.html
"A Fact Sheet for Schools: What Is Human Trafficking?"