Posts tagged Sex Trafficking
Jane Doe No. 2, who is a Somali female, described during the testimony earlier this month being taken to several apartments around suburban Minneapolis to have sex with other Somali men for money, sometimes as little as $40. She said the sexual acts began at the age of 12.
Jane Doe. No. 5 testified earlier this month that she was being used to have sex with men in Minnesota when she was around 15 or 16 years old. She said she later moved to Nashville as an adult and said she saw girls and young women being used as prostitutes at a Nashville apartment.
Stop the Traffik Campaign
Reporting from Guyana. Human trafficking, sex trafficking and forced prostitution are unforgivable crimes that disproportionately effect women and young girls (79% of human trafficking victims are women trafficked for prostitution/forced sex purposes).
According to information received a teen who was being forced into prostitution escaped from her captors and made a reported to the Bartica Police who took immediate action, which resulted the capture of the culprits.
The teen is being counseled by the Ministry of Human Services, while investigations are on-going.
To see governments around the world acknowledging the problem and attempting to stop these crimes, liberate these women and end sex slavery is a good beginning. But where will these women go? Depending on the culture they come from, they could be considered whores by their families and home communities now that they have had sex outside of wedlock, forced or not. We need to create more refuge organizations that can assist the women in maintaining their freedom and safety once liberated from these circumstances should the women require the refuge. At the same time, educating communities about the crime and how to avoid criminalization of the victim would hopefully improve the chances that these women can return home and be embraced and supported by their families. It’s never as simple as just busting the prostitution ring. The impact of these crimes is so deep. The victims often suffer lifelong revictimization at the hands of their own cultures. We need to raise awareness. We need a solution.
Mahendar Singh admitted to recruiting teenage girls to provide sex services in exchange for money and drugs and to knowing that at least one of the teenagers was a juvenile. He also admitted that he and his wife were able to maintain their victims’ services by providing them with money, clothing, and drugs; promising them a family-like environment; and using and threatening the use of physical force. The defendants used Internet websites to advertise the victims and cell phones to make arrangements with customers.
