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Guatemala adoption agency lawyers on trial in 'human trafficking' case
March 25, 2008
[JURIST] Lawyers for Guatemalan adoption agency Casa Quivira [agency website] have been charged with human trafficking [JURIST news archive] as a result of irregularities discovered in the agency's records, the defendants' lawyers said Monday. The investigation began in August, when government.... [more] 
Hungary licensing of sex workers said to violate human trafficking treaty
September 25, 2007
[JURIST] Hungarian officials announced Monday that the government has begun granting entrepreneur licenses to sex industry workers, despite critics' claims that the licensing scheme encourages human trafficking and violates Hungary's obligations under the 1950 UN Convention for the Suppression of.... [more]
US human trafficking report cites Islamic states for inaction
June 14, 2007
[JURIST] The US State Department [official website] Tuesday cited the governments of 16 countries, including 11 predominantly Islamic states, for not making a "significant effort to combat human trafficking" in its annual report [PDF text] on modern-day slavery around the world Tuesday. Although.... [more]
EU cracking down on employers of illegal immigrants
May 16, 2007
[JURIST] Legislation proposed Wednesday by the European Commission [official website] will seek to decrease incentives for employers to hire illegal immigrants [JURIST news archive], threatening fines, closing of businesses, and possibly jail time for those that partake in human trafficking or.... [more]
Human trafficking still major problem: US report
June 6, 2006
[JURIST] Progress in eliminating human trafficking which victimizes some 800,000 worldwide is slow, and countries such as Belize, Burma, Iran, Laos, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zimbabwe have failed to effectively com....... [more]
US military cracking down on contractors for human trafficking violations in Iraq
April 26, 2006
[JURIST] A US military spokesman said in Baghdad Tuesday that following a military investigation and reports from human rights groups indicating that private contractors in Iraq are violating human trafficking laws [Chicago Tribune report; Chicago Tribune....... [more]
UN agency criticizes efforts to slow human trafficking, seeks unified approach
April 24, 2006
[JURIST] In a report [text; press release] released Monday, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [official website] criticized the efforts of countries around the world as ineffective in blocking the flow of people smuggled into countries, many of....... [more]
Bush signs human trafficking bill into law
January 10, 2006
[JURIST] President Bush Tuesday signed into law a renewal of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 [PDF text; fact sheet], providing $361 over two years towards to investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases, most involving the sex t....... [more]
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