Queens 'madam' for allegedly terrorizing sex slaves
By Kieran Crowley

A sex slave madam who lives in a million-dollar Queens mansion has been arrested for allegedly terrorizing sex slaves in her two Long Island locations, which were disguised as nail salons, authorities said today.

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State Department Releases its 10th Annual Trafficking in Persons Report

Secretary Clinton (June 14, 2010): "The 10th annual Trafficking in Persons Report outlines the continuing challenges across the globe, including in the United States.....

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Pornland, Oregon: Child Prostitution in Portland
Host, Dan Rather Reports

Child prostitution has become a national problem in this country. Yes, I know that you have trouble believing that. You don't want to believe it, so you tend not to.

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New ways to prevent child prostitution
By Nancy A. Boxill, Deborah J. Richardson and D. Scott Weimer

On June 11, 2000, an op-ed by then-Chief Judge of Fulton County Juvenile Court Nina R. Hickson, "An Epidemic of Tragic Proportions," was published on these pages. That op-ed was a first step in shedding light on a tragedy happening in our own backyards — the commercial sexual exploitation of children across our county and state.

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AGs blast Craigslist’s 'brothel business'
By Megan Woolhouse

A year after a masseuse was killed, allegedly by a man responding to her Craigslist posting, the company’s efforts to discourage sex advertisements by charging more and collecting credit card information are instead generating added profits, prompting a renewed investigation into its practices.

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Child Sex Trafficking Growing in the U.S.: 'I Got My Childhood Taken From Me'
By Huma Khan

M.S. was 12 years old when she first fell in love. It was his "swagger" that attracted her, she recalled, laughing...

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Former Giants star Lawrence Taylor busted in rape of 16-year-old Bronx girl as lawyer cries 'setup'
By Rocco Parascandola, Oren Yaniv and Corky Siemaszko

Former Giants great Lawrence Taylor was sacked Thursday by a reputation-wrecking charge of raping a 16-year-old Bronx girl who was dragged to his Rockland County hotel room by a man police described as a "bad ass" pimp.

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Sex Ads Seen Adding Revenue to Craigslist
By Brad Stone

Craigslist, one of the most popular Web sites in the United States, is on track to increase its revenue 22 percent this year, largely from its controversial sex advertisements.

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Apartments in Wellesley, Newton used as brothels, Justice Department says
By Caitlin Castello

Apartments in Newton, Watertown, Wellesley, and Somerville were used as brothels in an interstate prostitution ring resulting in the arrest of five individuals from Massachusetts and New York, the Department of Justice announced.

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Presidential Proclamation
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY

The United States was founded on the principle that all people are born with an unalienable right to freedom — an ideal that has driven the engine of American progress throughout our history....

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Legislators Work to Improve Laws on Runaways
By IAN URBINA

State and federal lawmakers from around the country are pressing a variety of new laws that would make sweeping changes in the way runaways and prostituted children are handled by police officers and social workers....

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On the trail of sex traffickers
By INSIDE OUT

An operation into the trafficking of sex workers has been revealed by BBC Inside Out which followed police officers during the year-long investigation.

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Despite Law, Few Trafficking Arrests
By JOSEPH BERGER

Despite a highly trumpeted New York State law in 2007 that enacted tough penalties for sex or labor trafficking, very few people have been prosecuted since it went into effect, according to state statistics.

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UK children 'trafficked for sex'
By PAUL DEAL

Children as young as 10 are being moved around the UK to be sexually exploited at parties organised by paedophiles, a charity says.

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Shutting down child sex tourism
By JOHN A. HALL

PEDOPHILES and their victims dominate the media: Roman Polanski has been arrested and faces extradition to the United States for raping a 13-year-old girl more than 30 years ago...

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The Women's Crusade
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF and SHERYL WuDUNN

The liberation of women could help solve many of the world's problems, from poverty to child mortality to terrorism.

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