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How Did Organ Trafficking Scheme Go Unnoticed?
Region: United States
by Emily Witt, ProPublica The arrest of Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, the Brooklyn resident charged last month with acting as a "matchmaker" for buyers and sellers of human organs, spotlights the issue of live donor ... more
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Fighting Sex and Labor Slavery in the US
Region: MassachusettsThe modern face of slavery abolition in the US is similar to the pioneers of slavery abolition in the mid 19th century. It was almost scandalous then, that numbers of women, like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman... more
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Human Trafficking: ‘Modern-Day Slavery’
Region: Virginia
By Kirk Maltais Capital News Service RICHMOND – A man in Falls Church kept as many as 24 Indonesian women locked in his basement over the course of eight years, using them as slave labor to run a housekeeping busin... more
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Incest : India's Hidden Shame
Region: IndiaTwo instances of incest were widely talked about in the media over the last week. The first pertained to the Austrian Josef Fritzl who has just been sentenced to life imprisonment for incarcerating his daught... more
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50 Dead Afghans Found in Failed Human Trafficking Scandal
Region: Pakistan
Quetta, Baluchistan: Some 50 dead bodies were recovered from a sealed container in Quetta today. At Hazar Ganji, some 15 Km from Quetta city, 50 dead bodies were recovered from a container. The conta... more
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The Human Body : The Great Commodity Exchange
Region: IndiaEvery year, The U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 mandates the State Department to report as a way of combating human trafficking around the world and punishing those responsible, the annual Trafficking in ... more
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The Chitralis take out rally against drugs in Ayun, Chitral today
Region: Pakistan
Ayun, Chitral: A social welfare organization from the village of Ayun, in the northwestern Pakistan, took out a rally against the drugs here today. A large number of people, students, religious personalities, poli... more
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Mexico's Calderón comes to Washington
Region: District of Columbia
Although President-elect Obama's meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderón is considered by some to be largely ceremonial, Calderón has a wish list of topics to bring up when he visits Obama in Was... more
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Politics and Women’s Plight in Nepal
Region: Nepal
Monarchy in varied forms ruled in Nepal since the beginning era. The hereditary rule of the Ranas remained in the country for 104 years (1846 to 1950). The Ranas privatized the whole country for their familial luxuries and... more
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Singapore Spares Drug Traffickers The Hangman
Region: SingaporeThree convicted drug traffickers have escaped the death penalty in a country where death is the mandatory sentence for smuggling 15g of heroin. This happened after prosecutors lessened the charges against them. The men - ... more
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