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  • May 2008

    • Hooker Sex Is Rape, London Ads Warn Johns

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 8, 08 12:10 PM CDT

      Hooker Sex Is Rape, London Ads Warn Johns

      British authorities are targeting men who pay for sex with a hard-hitting ad campaign comparing some instances to rape, Reuters reports. Because thousands of women trafficked into the country each year are forced into prostitution, there's nothing consensual about the sex they sell, the ads suggest. "Walk in a punter, walk out a rapist," say the ads to be posted in men's rooms. More »

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      United Kingdom  • London  • rape  • prostitution  • prostitute  • brothel  • human trafficking

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • South Koreans Turn to Cambodia to Buy Wives

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 25, 08 1:15 PM CDT

      South Koreans Turn to Cambodia to Buy Wives

      A clampdown on marriage brokers in Vietnam has made neighboring Cambodia the new destination for South Korean men seeking to buy wives, the AP reports. About 2,500 Cambodian women have married Koreans this way in the past four years in a process in which men choose from as many as 100 mainly poor women—and which is denounced as "human trafficking" by officials. More »

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      South Korea  • Vietnam  • Asia  • Cambodia  • human trafficking  • arranged marriage

  • December 2007

    • Sex Slaves Win Cash Damages

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 16, 07 12:46 PM CST

      Sex Slaves Win Cash Damages

      In a groundbreaking decision, Britain has awarded four women smuggled from eastern Europe to the UK and subjected by their captors to "forced prostitution, multiple rapes and beatings" more than £140,000. The decision, the first to consider false imprisonment and forced prostitution as categories for awarding damages, will serve as a legal precedent, the Guardian reports. More »

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      China  • Great Britain  • Africa  • prostitution  • illegal immigrant  • organized crime  • human trafficking  • smuggling  • sex slaves

  • November 2007

    • Sweden Law Rids Streets of 'Johns'

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Nov 8, 07 7:50 PM CST

      Sweden Law Rids Streets of 'Johns'

      A Swedish law that penalizes men who solicit sex with prostitutes rather than the women themselves has been a huge success in cleaning up the streets and reducing human trafficking, proponents say. But Swedish sex workers see the ban as an undue burden on an already burdensome job and argue almost unanimously for decriminalization, Der Spiegel reports. More »

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      prostitution  • prostitute  • Sweden  • human trafficking  • Stockholm

    • So Many Men, So Much Frustration

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Nov 2, 07 8:48 PM CDT

      So Many Men, So Much Frustration

      A growing gender gap spells trouble for Asian markets, where scholars predict that a glut of men without partners—Chinese and Indian men will outnumber women by more than 20 million each in 2030—will have a cascade of unintended consequences, economic as well as social.  Sexual violence and prostitution are predicted to spike; crime will rise and productivity decline, Bloomberg reports. Trafficking in mates would not be surprising. More »

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      China  • United Nations  • India  • Asia  • human trafficking  • gender gap  • sexual violence

  • October 2007

    • Voodoo Child Smugglers Busted in Netherlands

      newser  |  BBC  |  Oct 25, 07 6:09 PM CDT

      Voodoo Child Smugglers Busted in Netherlands

      Dutch police have broken a child prostitution ring that used voodoo to control its young charges, authorities announced today. Authorities found missing Nigerian children prostituting themselves in France, Italy, and Spain, apparently obeying mystic vows given them by their kidnappers and voodoo shamans. Police have so far arrested dozens accused of smuggling the children into Western countries by abusing the asylum system. More »

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      prostitution  • Nigeria  • child pornography  • prostitute  • Amsterdam  • slavery  • human trafficking  • child prostitution  • child labor

    • How the World Dropped the Ball on Burma

      newser  |  Council on Foreign Relations  |  Oct 7, 07 11:33 AM CDT

      How the World Dropped the Ball on Burma

      International policy on Myanmar is at an impasse because the world went two different ways on the military junta—the US chose isolation while its neighbors chose constructive engagement—and both strategies failed. The country has gone from “antidemocratic embarrassment and humanitarian disaster” to “serious threat” to security, Foreign Affairs ’ Michael Green and Derek Mitchell argue. More »

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      China  • Japan  • India  • Burma  • Myanmar  • narcotics  • human trafficking  • ASEAN

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