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BBC News. The front line for preventing human trafficking might not be at airports, international borders or in police raids. It might be at the hotel check-in desk. An international hotel chain has completed a two-year project to train half a million staff with the aim of spotting potential victims of trafficking. Marriott’s workforce, in almost 7,000 hotels, have completed …

CMM Noticias. Sudán del Sur. Un grupo rebelde de Sudán del Sur ha dejado en libertad a 119 menores de edad, entre ellos 48 niñas, a los que había reclutado previamente, gracias a un acuerdo de colaboración con el Fondo de Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF). Según lo estipulado en el acuerdo de paz rubricado entre el Gobierno y …

Fox 5. Atlanta, United States. The FBI says 169 people were arrested as a result of an 11-day effort targeting human trafficking in the lead-up to the Super Bowl in Atlanta. In a news release Tuesday, the agency said that the operation ran from Jan. 23 through Feb. 2. The FBI says it aimed to raise awareness by taking proactive …

Fox San Antonio. United States. Drug Trafficking isn’t the only business dealers are in, according to law enforcement. Where there are drugs, there also tends to be people being used for sex. Fox San Antonio shows us how the DEA says human traffickers are using drugs to control their victims in this week’s On The Frontlines with the DEA. The …

El diario. California. Casi 50 víctimas de tráfico de personas, entre ellas 14 menores, fueron rescatados en el curso de un operativo de tres días efectuado la semana pasada en California, anunciaron el martes policías. Durante el operativo conjunto en el cual agentes cibernéticos se hicieron pasar por adolescentes, corporaciones estatales y federales arrestaron a 339 personas, incluyendo 156 hombres, …

EuropaPress. República de Malí. Una agencia de Nigeria encargada de la lucha contra el tráfico de personas ha anunciado este martes que uno de sus equipos de investigación ha localizado a cerca de 20.000 mujeres y niñas en Malí que serían víctimas de explotación sexual. “Recibimos informaciones sobre niñas atrapadas y enviamos un equipo para investigar”, ha dicho Julie Okah-Donli, …

WLBT. Jackson, Mississippi. After an investigation due to suspicious online activity, a 31-year-old Cleveland man has been charged with one count of child exploitation for knowingly persuading a child to produce a depiction of sexually explicit conduct. According to Attorney General Jim Hood, Kendrick Quintarius Gates was arrested Saturday, Jan. 19th, and has been booked into the Bolivar County Detention …

Houston Chronicle. Houston.   The Houston caller told the woman to send $7,000 if she wanted to see her brother alive. Ilsia Mazariegos-Salazar was not just afraid but bewildered since she had already paid human traffickers in Guatemala $8,500 to shuttle her brother Migdael across two international borders last summer. Now the smugglers were demanding an additional fee, according to …

Time.Nigeria The Nigerian government has confirmed that 110 girls are missing after suspected Boko Haram militants attacked a school in the northeast of the country last week. The kidnapping is believed to be the largest abduction since Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from their school in Chibok almost four years ago. On Feb. 19, armed insurgents attacked the Government Science and Technical College in …

The Hill. USA Those who meet Asia Graves today are typically struck by her self-assuredness and strength. Nothing in her demeanor or speech hints at the darkness and trauma of her past. The only noticeable clue is the deep scar on her cheek, one that was gouged into her face with a potato peeler by her human trafficker. Read full …