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Nine Men Arrested and Indicted For Sex Trafficking
Nine men have been arrested and indicted for commercial sex trafficking during the 2013 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which ended on Sunday, August 11, 2013. A press release issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today stated that the United States Attorney, District of South DakotaBrendan V. Johnson announced that the arrests were a result…
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Blue Campaign and NACo Partners to Combat Trafficking
United States Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign has partnered with the National Association of Counties (NACo). A picture with a short brief published on the agency’s Facebook page stated that the agency was a presenter at the NACo’s annual conference on July 20, 2013. The conference focus was about combating human trafficking. NACo President,…
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Man Gets 10 Years in Prison for Child Sex Abuse
A Navajo Man from Chichilta, New Mexico, Timothy Ignacio Duboise, 28 has been sentence to 10 years in Federal Prison for child sex abuse today. Press release issued by the District of New Mexico U.S. Attorney General’s office, and made available by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) stated that Duboise pleaded guilty to sexually…
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55 Children Rescued from Trafficking
From ROSE EJEMBI, Makurdi, Nigeria The Benue state Police command yesterday paraded 12 suspected human traffickers just as it rescued 55 children from them along Otukpo – Enugu road. The traffickers, according to the State commissioner of police, Adams Audu, were in the business of cajoling unsuspecting parents to release their children and wards to them…
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Civil Society Receives $40,000 Grant to Fight Human Trafficking
Civil Society, a Minnesota non-profit helping domestic and international victims of human trafficking has received a $40,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation to fight human trafficking. A press release issued by Civil Society founder and Executive Director, Linda Miller noted the increase of sex trafficking through Minnesota, which is regarded as one of the…
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Kind Hearted Staff at St. Stephen’s Summerfest
[dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”12″]I[/dropcap]It’s been a cloudy morning here in Anoka, Minnesota. That was after we received a storm warning last night with showers. I came to the St. Stephen’s Catholic Church’s Summerfest as a craft vendor for Imprisoned Show. I had signed up to set up outside but with the weather condition; I had…
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Redesigned Blue Campaign Launched
Department of Home land Security has launched a redesign of the Blue campaign. A press release issued by the Alice Hill, Senior Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security today stated that Secretary Napolitano announced that the campaign is offering new, comprehensive resources for recognizing the indicators of human trafficking and knowing how…
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Local Organization Fights Human Trafficking in UK
A local organization, Croydon Community Against Trafficking (CCAT), in the United Kingdom has intensified its fight against human trafficking in the city. A news report in Croydon Today by Georgie Keate titled Human trafficking rife in Croydon, say experts revealed that people are being trafficked from other Europe and other countries into the UK, as…
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UAE accepts Human trafficking reports, Philippines fighter gets president to sign bill
Indo Asian News Service in a report titled UAE hails UN special rapporteur’s report on trafficking has stated that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) accepted human trafficking findings by United Nations rapporteur on trafficking, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo. The report showed the progress made by the UAE on the heinous crime. Shaikha Al Zaabi, first…
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At Last! Imprisoned Show Mobile Set Ready
About a year ago, a University of Minnesota Professor, Dr. Abimbola Asojo of the College of Design was at Bukola Braiding in Spring Lake Park for her hair braiding appointment when she watched Imprisoned Show for the first time. As a professor of Architecture, it was not difficult for her to spot the flaws in…