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Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Copenhagen, Denmark. OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, concluded on Wednesday a three-day official visit to Denmark to discuss the country’s implementation of OSCE anti-trafficking commitments. “Denmark’s actions to prevent human trafficking for the purposes of forced labour in businesses and public procurement are commendable,” Jarbussynova …

Go Q Radio. Dungannon, Northern Ireland. A man and woman are due in court this morning in connection with a human trafficking investigation in Dungannon. It’s after searches were carried out at a house in the area on Tuesday and a woman rescued. The 32 year old man has been charged with human trafficking for sexual exploitation, controlling prostitution and rape. …

Al Jazeera. Guatemala. United States. A court in Guatemala has found a US woman innocent of human trafficking and irregular adoptions. Nancy Bailey, 64, was accused of falsifying identity documents and DNA samples of three Guatemalan children who were adopted by people in the United States. Bailey, who adopted two Guatemalan girls herself, ran a popular children’s home at the …

Belfast Telegraph. Northern Ireland. A man and woman are to appear before the courts on Thursday charged with offences in relation to human trafficking and sex slavery. A 32-year-old has been charged with human trafficking for sexual exploitation, controlling prostitution, two counts of rape and kidnapping. Read the full article here. 

“A dreadful, appalling and evil crime” – and it is happening on our doorstep That was the warning from Suffolk police and crime commissioner Tim Passmore who called on everyone in the region to combat the menace of modern slavery and people trafficking. “We all have a responsibility to tackle this scourge,” he told a conference on the topic at …

Hampshire Chronicle. Hampshire, United Kingdom. A HAMPSHIRE pressure group have been trying to raise awareness of human trafficking, The Southampton and Test Valley Stop the Traffik Group have held an event in front of Winchester Cathedral with a giant gift box. The ‘Gift Box’ is a street installation that is intended to educate the public about modern slavery. It is …

JD Supra. United Kingdom. A gentle reminder for all those with a turnover above £36 million and doing business in the UK. The UK Modern Slavery Act requires all companies with a turnover above £36 million and doing business in the UK to publish an annual statement describing the steps taken to prevent slavery in its business and supply chains. …

Business Insider. Global. Slavery has been illegal in every country since the last country to do so, Mauritania, criminalised the practice in 2007. But while slavery is illegal, it has not disappeared. Contemporary slavery in the form of indentured labour, debt bondage or domestic servitude still exists in many places – including the richest countries of the world. Read the …

Nebraska Radio Network. Nebraska. State legislators take another step to crack down on human trafficking in Nebraska. Senators vote 48-to-nothing to greatly increase penalties against those who traffic or solicit people for the sex trade or the slave trade. Read the full story here. 

Item Live. Lynn, Massachusetts. Run for Freedom will hold its fourth annual 5K race to fight human trafficking on Saturday. Human trafficking is the buying and selling of people through the use of force, fraud, or coercion.  One of the event’s goals is to raise awareness that this is a serious crime happening in Lynn.  While commonly thought of as …