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ARCHIVES [Part 2 of 4] CAUTION: The following
links have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation in the Human trafficking in Macon? Depends on whom
you ask Amy Leigh Womack, macon.com, Jul. 29, 2008 www.macon.com/2008/07/29/416886/human-trafficking-in-macon-depends.html [accessed 9 January 2011] For one woman,
human trafficking began with an advertisement promising the opportunity to
work in Probe: Diplomats abuse their workers,
invoke immunity [DOC] Anthony M. Destefano,
Newsday, Jul 28, 2008 -- Source:
www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nytraf285780386jul28,0,6438774.story [accessed 12 August 2014] Federal
investigators have uncovered numerous cases of foreign diplomats - mostly in
New York and
Washington, D.C. - who abused their domestic workers without fear of
prosecution because of diplomatic immunity, according to a government report to be released
tomorrow. The level of cruelty of some
of the allegations appears similar to those recently uncovered in the human
trafficking prosecution of Varsha and Mahender Sabhnani, the Muttontown business couple convicted of abusing two
Indonesian maids. At the federal trial in Sex Slaves: From Kevin Rowson, 11
Alive, www.infowars.com/sex-slaves-from-mexico-to-us/ [accessed 3 May 2012] The female victims
were as young as 14-years old. They expected a better life in An indictment says
three of the men -- 31-year old Juan Cortez-Meza, 34-year old Amador
Cortez-Meza and 25-year old Francisco Cortez-Meza -- travelled to The indictment says
"The victims were beaten, threatened, or their families back in Indian workers' struggle shines light on
human trafficking, slave labor Sunil Freeman, Party for Socialism and
Liberation PSL, July 4, 2008 www2.pslweb.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9509&news_iv_ctrl=1036 [accessed 18 June 2013] www.liberationnews.org/08-07-04-indian-workers-struggle-shines-html/ [accessed 26 February 2018] The plight of
immigrant Indian workers who were deceived into virtual slavery has brought
attention to the vile practice of human trafficking. Indian workers protest slave-like conditions
before the Department of Justice, Modern slavery global scourge, speakers
tell CBF supporters Rachel Mehlhaff
and Lee Ann Marcel, Associated Baptist Press ABP, www.abpnews.com/archives/item/3368-modern-slavery-global-scourge-speakers-tell-cbf-supporters [accessed 12 August 2014] The woman came over
from Researchers Issue Report on Human
Trafficking Newswise, Northeastern
University, 6/16/2008 www.newswise.com/articles/researchers-issue-report-on-human-trafficking [accessed 9 January 2011] A team of
researchers at The report,
entitled “Understanding and Improving Law Enforcement Responses to Human
Trafficking,” was made possible by a grant from the National Institute of
Justice and is now available online … Full Report [PDF] Fulton judge, deputy son charged with human
trafficking Appen Newspapers, www.northfulton.com/Articles-i-2008-06-05-172790.112113_Fulton_judge_deputy_son_charged_with_human_trafficking.html [accessed 9 January 2011] www.justice.gov/archive/usao/gan/press/2008/06-18-08b.pdf [accessed 26 February 2018] A former Fulton
County magistrate judge, his Forsyth County Sheriff's deputy son and the
deputy's wife have all been charged with human trafficking, among other
charges, for their part in allegedly forcing an Indian nanny to work without
pay in their Woodstock home beginning in 2003. The suit also alleges they then used their
influence to hassle her after she escaped with the help of a neighbor. The charges against
the three allege the Garretts later stopped paying
the victim for her work as a nanny, significantly curtailed her freedom and
ability to leave their home, and threatened to malign her to her family in In addition, the
indictment alleges that after the victim escaped, the Garretts
falsely accused her of theft to local authorities, reported her illegal
status to federal authorities and falsely accused her of engaging in
terrorism-related activities to the Department of Homeland Security. One woman who operates a shelter in
northwest MO speaks out Amelia Waters, Connect Tristates
News, 05.20.2008 www.connecttristates.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=136730 [accessed 9 January 2011] www.traffickingproject.org/2008/05/slavery-in-missouri.html [accessed 26 February 2018] "We have dealt
with many cases where as the girls are brought in as mail-order brides, when
they got here basically they were used for prostitution and pornographic
purposes," said Cheryl Leffler, who operates a
women's shelter in northwest Missouri for more then
10 years. "They usually
start with just written correspondence with them, and after they have
pretended to be the perfect person they get the girls to trust them,"
said Leffler.
Traffickers promise the world to potential victims and pay for their
plane ticket to Grand Jury Indicts Human Trafficking
Suspect WKYT 27 News, May 15, 2008 www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/18968409.html [accessed 9 January 2011] Police say Man Sentenced for Human Trafficking and
Alien Smuggling www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2008/May/08-crt-406.html [accessed 9 January 2011] www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2008/May/08-crt-406.html [accessed 7 October 2016] Corea lured young
Central American women to the United States with promises of good jobs.
However, once the young women arrived, they were forced to work in the bars
and cantinas of the defendant and co-defendants selling high-priced drinks to
male customers. The women were subjected to numerous threats of harm to
themselves and family members in order to compel their servitude, and some
suffered sexual assaults at the hands of the defendant and his co-defendants. Former Human Trafficking Victim Speaks Out KGMB CBS 9 News - May 3rd 2008 www.antitraf.net/home.php?mode=more&id=70&lang=en [accessed 18 June 2013] Maka told Francis he
would turn him into immigration if he tried to escape the pig farm he stayed
at. "He make
me afraid of him. He hit me a couple of times. yeah.
metal frames, I get scars on my back from him. Get
guys they worse than me. He beat 'em up till blood coming out their mouth and nose. it's very sad. We cannot do nothing.
we so scared of him," Francis said. Sentences given in human trafficking plot United Press International UPI, Houston,
April 28, 2008 www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/04/28/Sentences-given-in-human-trafficking-plot/UPI-66051209440209/ [accessed 9 January 2011] Members of a human
trafficking ring have been sentenced for a conspiracy to smuggle Central American
women into the 3 Arrested On Suspicion Of Human
Trafficking The www.traffickingproject.org/2008/04/india-emigration-act-upgrade.html [accessed 3 May 2012] According to the
complaints, the victims were forced to work nearly 24 hours a day and were
advised that it would be necessary for them to work for several years while
they repaid their "travel debt."
The victims allegedly were threatened, and their passports were kept
from them. Sex victim gives voice to problem T.J. Greaney, archive.columbiatribune.com/2008/Mar/20080323News004.asp [accessed 12 August 2014] www.columbiatribune.com/c9824c70-4b5e-5012-afe8-eb11d5ee27cf.html [accessed 26 February 2018] At 15, Theresa
Flores was a self-described "blond, white girl" from an upper-class
Detroit suburb and went out on date with a boy she knew from school. That
night she was attacked and raped as the boy’s cousins took photos. It was the beginning of an agonizing two
years for Human trafficking steps from the shadows Barry Bergman, Public Affairs, UC Berkely News: Berkeleyan, 12
March 2008 www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2008/03/12_trafficking.shtml [accessed 9 January 2011] Describing herself
as "a nice Catholic girl who lived in a large, suburban house" near
Detroit during her teenage years, she said she was targeted by traffickers,
drugged, and date-raped at the age of 15 - "I was just a kid," she
said - and then blackmailed and forced to work as a prostitute "for two
long years." "They said
they would kill me and my family and my dog if I didn't do what they said,"
reported Indian Workers Accuse Signal International
Of "Human Trafficking" Steve Phillips, WLOX ABC 13, www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=7977223 [accessed 9 January 2011] www.wlox.com/story/7977223/indian-workers-accuse-signal-international-of-human-trafficking/ [accessed 16 February 2019] They talk of living
"like pigs in a cage" in a company-run "work camp." "I've been a guest worker all my life.
I've never seen these kinds of conditions," said the interpreter,
"We lived 24 people to a room. And for this, the company deducted $1,050
a month from our paychecks." Man Pleads Guilty In 'Kennel Case' Rape KPHO 5, www.kpho.com/news/15142425/detail.html [Last accessed 9 January 2011] The accused
ringleader behind a horrific 2005 kidnapping and rape case pleaded guilty on
Friday to six charges after admitting his role, Maricopa County Attorney
Andrew Thomas said. The 15-year-old
victim was kidnapped, gang raped and during her 42-day captivity, forced to engage
in acts of prostitution, Thomas said. She was mostly confined to a dog
kennel, Thomas said. Website Content Calls for Action to Combat
Human Trafficking The blogs.covchurch.org/newswire/2008/01/25/6075/ [accessed 26 August 2011] That reality hit
home for one Georgia Man Sentenced to 15 Years on Sex
Trafficking and Mann Act Charges www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2008/January/08_crt_058.html [accessed 9 January 2011] "Defendant
Jones' sentence sends a clear message that those who traffic in people will
be harshly punished," said U.S. Attorney David E. Nahmias. "Defendant Jones preyed on numerous
young American women who fell for his fraudulent 'modeling' scheme, signed
contracts in which they owed the defendant money, then were forced and
coerced into prostitution to pay back the contracts. The case broke when two victims
were brave enough to come forward and report Jones' crimes to APD, whose
human trafficking task force worked closely with the FBI in bringing justice
to the victims." Numerous victims
were on hand for the sentencing and testified that Jones caused them to
engage in sex acts, including oral sex and vaginal intercourse, with himself and others, by striking them and threatening to
beat them. One victim submitted her statement to the court, outlining the
abuse she suffered at the hands of Jones and stating that Jones was "a
cruel and manipulative man whose life revolved around the sexual,emotional, physical and psychological exploitation
of young women." She stated that her life was devastated and that she
even considered suicide on more than one occasion to escape Jones' brutality. Brothel/human trafficking operation
discovered in Tumon [ Mindy Aguon, KUAM
News, January 13, 2008 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] [scroll down] Officers went to
the Blue Room in Three get max sentences for roles in human
trafficking ring Brian Donohue, The Star-Ledger, January 04,
2008 www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/01/three_get_max_sentences_for_ro.html [accessed 9 January 2011] A federal judge in The
Rosales-Martinez sisters admitted they helped oversee dozens of illegal
Hondurans who were forced to work six days a week and live in cramped A WKYT 27 News, Dec 13, 2007 www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/12456971.html [accessed 9 January 2011] 45-year-old Calvin
Walker was arrested yesterday morning at the The women say he
lured them here from Four Accused Of Human Trafficking,
Prostitution WBEN 930, December 11, 2007 – Source:
www.wben.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=08937 www.prostitutionsucks.com/?p=6723 [accessed 9 January 2011] Federal agents
conducted early morning raids at four massage parlors and accupressure
locations the government says were fronts for prostitution and human
trafficking. U.S. Attorney Terry Flynn
says the four suspects charged large amounts of money to women in Asia who
wanted to come to the Human trafficking more common in Ca. Nannette Miranda, KGO-TV/DT, Dec. 4, 2007 abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/state&id=5814341 [accessed 9 January 2011] Sex slaves, human trafficking ... in Grace Kahng,
TODAYshow.com contributor, 12/3/2007 today.msnbc.msn.com/id/22083762 [accessed 9 January 2011] www.today.com/news/sex-slaves-human-trafficking-america-1C9015595 [accessed 26 February 2018] In spring of 2004,
Katya (not her real name), like thousands of other foreign exchange
university students, was looking forward to the summer job placement that she
and a friend had received in Virginia Beach, Va. When she and her friend Lena
arrived at “When we got to the
hotel in Former Wrestler Found Guilty By Federal
Jury On Federal Sex Trafficking And Forced Labor Charges www.humantrafficking.org/updates/732 [accessed 15 February 2016] www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2007/November/07_crt_939.html [accessed 26 February 2018] In addition to
forcing the victims to work as prostitutes, Norris made the women work in and
around his two homes in Cartersville. Witnesses testified that Norris
required the victims to haul trees, lay sod, and paint. The evidence at trial
further established that Norris set strict rules and fined the women for such
infractions as talking too much or failing to exercise. In addition, he kept
the women financially indebted to him by charging them for food, medicine,
and cigarettes. Norris then told the victims that they could not leave until
their debts were paid, all the while continuing to increase the debt he
claimed he was owed. Human trafficking often below radar in
Columbus John Futty, The www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/11/19/humtraf.ART_ART_11-19-07_B3_T08H5TH.html?sid=101 [accessed 9 January 2011 – access may now
be restricted] Human-trafficking
cases in "In four of the
five labor-trafficking cases, service providers indicated that, although they
knew whom in law enforcement to contact about trafficking victims, they could
not take the chance that the disclosure could lead to negative consequences
for their clients," researchers wrote in their report, released last
month. Language barriers and the fear
of arrest and deportation were among the reasons that human-trafficking cases
go unreported, the study found.
"For the undocumented, the overriding concern is about immigration
status," said Angie Plummer, executive director of the Community Refugee
and Immigration Service, one of the groups interviewed by researchers. "There is a
reluctance to present victims to officials who have the right and
ability to turn them over to (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)." Human Trafficking a Big Problem in Florida humantrafficking.org -- Adapted from:
Matthew Schwartz, "Human Trafficking." Action news.com. 11 Nov 2007 www.humantrafficking.org/updates/809 [accessed 9 January 2011] "Sue"
says she ran away from a foster home at 13. She met a man in his 40's who
promised her free rent, meals and a job. After a few months, "Sue"
says things changed, drastically.
"He started beating me with sticks, poles, knives, hammers. It really
got out of control. So besides fighting the street you had to fight this
non-human. i was told, if we left, he was gonna hunt us down, and, you know, kill us." "Sara" says the traffickers who held her poured gasoline on her
while they held a match. "They kicked and stomped on me. They dragged me
by the hair. Fifteen guys circled me and stomped on me." Ukraine woman forced to dance at strip club
testifies in D.C. Todd Spangler, Free Press news.kievukraine.info/2007/11/ukraine-woman-forced-to-dance-at-strip.html [accessed 18 June 2013] Lured from the Susan Carroll, www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5251655.html [accessed 9 January 2011] www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Houston-called-major-hub-for-human-trafficking-1839951.php [accessed 29 June 2017] The picture, with
its implicit threat, was all it took.
It was taken just before Christmas 2004. She had been thinking about
running away from the windowless bar on But Maximino "Chimino"
Mondragon knew of her plans. Carrying
a camera and Christmas presents for the woman's daughter, he had appeared
unannounced at her family's home in With similar
threats, Mondragon and a network of family members and associates operated one
of the largest human trafficking rings in Slavery in my backyard and a thousand points
of light RINF Alternative News, 22nd October 2007 rinf.com/alt-news/latest-news/slavery-in-my-backyard-and-a-thousand-points-of-light/1538/ [accessed 9 January 2011] (At the lecture) Coonan also said
that it’s happening within the Chinese community as well, with traffickers
promising young women a better life in “I think the most
shocking thing is that everything is close to home,” said Danielle May, who
attended the lecture. “This is not something that you see on the
international news being in Md. Cracks Down On Human Trafficking wjz.com/seenon/human.trafficking.training.2.430916.html [access date unavailable] One who escaped
told her story with the condition that she not be identified. "We were kept in one room, me and my
daughters," said the woman. Their
passports taken, her children were forced to work in the home without pay
while she worked on the outside.
"We've had a number of significant cases in the A Modern Slavery Aubrey Fox, www.gothamgazette.com/article/crime/20071001/4/2304 [accessed 9 January 2011] www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/education/3677-a-modern-slavery [accessed 7 October 2016] It took 12 years
for Martina Okeke to break free. After moving from In June 2001, two
Indonesian women, who paid $3,000 each for a falsified visa, airline tickets
from Charles Duncan, Independent Weekly (INDY
WEEK), September 26, 2007 www.indyweek.com/indyweek/carys-neo-china-accused-of-human-trafficking/Content?oid=1204142 [accessed 9 January 2011] According to a
lawsuit filed in Wake County court, Neo-China's parent company, Freshco Inc., sponsored Amu Zheng and his wife and son to
come to the United States in 2001. Under immigration law, employers can
sponsor someone for a green card if they can offer a full-time position. Once
in the country, Zheng alleges, Neo-China's owner Diana Yu
and manager Chris Chang told Zheng and his family that they had to work at
the restaurant "at whatever terms they imposed"—more than 90
hours a week at less than minimum wage. Human Trafficking: A Million-Dollar
Industry In Destin Patrick Donohue, The Destin Log ( www.thedestinlog.com/news/human-192-victims-traffi.html [Last accessed 9 January 2011] She was 19, petite
and brunette. She was from Eastern Europe and had been in the Men sentenced to jail for trafficking
juvenile Associated Press AP, archive.showmenews.com/2007/Sep/20070915News009.asp [accessed 9 January 2011] www.komu.com/news/man-sentenced-for-child-prostitution [accessed 26 February 2018] A St. Louis man was
sentenced to five years in prison yesterday in a case in which federal prosecutors
have said a child was essentially bought and sold for crack cocaine. According to
statements made in court, Geiler took the girl to
Gray’s house in January. He told Gray the girl owed him money, and he wanted
to leave her with Gray so she could work as a prostitute to pay off her debt. Three charged in hair salon human
trafficking ring Brian Donohue, The Star-Ledger, September
06, 2007 blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates/2007/09/three_charged_in_human_traffic.html [accessed 10 January 2011] [scroll down] The women lived in
crowded apartments rented by the alleged ringleaders in Newark and East
Orange, sleeping 8-10 to an apartment and sleeping on tattered mattresses on
the floor, Manifase said. Victims told
investigators their travel documents were taken from them and they were
threatened with return to Man Pleads Guilty as Trial is About to
Begin on Federal Sex Trafficking and Mann Act Charges U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney
David E. Nahmias, Northern District of Georgia,
Atlanta, Ga, 08/28/07 www.cleveland19.com/story/6996515/man-pleads-guilty-as-trial-is-about-to-begin-on-federal-sex-trafficking-and-mann-act-charges [accessed 15 February 2016] www.justice.gov/archive/usao/gan/press/2007/08-28-07c.pdf [accessed 29 June 2017] Wan J. Kim, Assistant
Attorney General for Civil Rights; David E. Nahmias,
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia; Gregory Jones,
Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Richard
Pennington, Chief, Atlanta Police Department, today announced that Jimmie Lee
Jones, also known as "Mike Spade," 31, of Stone Mountain, Georgia,
pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges of conspiracy to engage in sex
trafficking and transporting young women across state lines for purposes of prostitution. Just after his trial began, Jones admitted
to U.S. District Court Judge William S. Duffey, Jr.
that he had lured and coerced eight young women -- including two juveniles --
into prostitution. "The defendant
in this case took advantage of numerous young women by enticing them with
promises of modeling contracts and then using force, threats, and coercion to
force them to work as prostitutes," said Assistant Attorney General Wan
J. Kim. AMW Fugitive Data File For Maribel
Rodriguez Vasquez www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=47952 [Last accessed 10 January 2011] [scroll down] BOGUS JOB OFFER
ENTICES GUATEMALAN GIRL TO RP diplomat: No human trafficking in case
filed by maid Veronica Uy,
Inquirer.net, globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20070825-84654/RP_diplomat:_No_human_trafficking_in_case_filed_by_maid [accessed 10 January 2011] goldsea.com/Asiagate/708/24maid.html [accessed 26 February 2018] According to the
Associated Press, under the plea, Reyes must pay Gado
about $78,000 to make up the difference between what she was paid and what
she was supposed to get under her contract.
Gado had claimed she was promised $8 per
hour for a 40-hour workweek and $12 an hour for overtime, but was paid $250 a
month, pay that was increased to $325 in July 2006 when she was required to
begin caring for the Reyeses’ infant granddaughter. 'Slave trade' growth prompts action in FW Aug 16, 2007 www.kvue.com/news/state/stories/081707kvueslavetrade-eh.4247b468.html [access date unavailable] The International
Chiefs of Police Association delves into the secret world of human
trafficking; and one officer has managed to breach te
walls and delve into that world. He is one of few who work in the new Fort
Worth Anti-Human Trafficking Division. "You can buy a
human being out on the street for $90 and put him to work as a slave,"
the undercover said. Women, men, boys
and girls are forced into prostitution. Some can end up having sex with
different men every 15 minutes while others are purchased to work on farms or
restaurants for little to no money. "Some of them
are put to sleep in garages," the officer said. "They're locked up
in closets. They're being fed very minimal. Especially, the females are being
verbally abused, physically abused." [more] All
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