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SAVE THE DATE
ORANGE COUNTY VICTIMS’ RIGHTS MARCH AND REMEMBRANCE RALLY
Led by District Attorney Tony Rackauckas
Monday, April 27, 2009
Program
9:30 a.m. Reception
Orange County District Attorney’s Office
401 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-
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reminder that in furthering our purpose and mission, VietACT
(Vietnamese Alliance to Combat Trafficking) is currently accepting
applications for our 2009 International Internship Program (IIP).
The application deadline has been extended until Saturday Night (11:59 PM PST) April 25, 2009.
If you are majoring in Law, Psychology, Public/Mental Health, Social
Work, Social Sciences (in general), or Public Policy (etc) - you are
HIGHLY encouraged to apply.
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VIETNAMESE police have arrested a man who allegedly trafficked 23 females to China after authorities received a tip-off from one teenager who escaped back into Vietnam, a news report said today.
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Sheriff's Department leads `Operation Red Light'
By Jennifer McLain, Staff Writer
ROSEMEAD - An online sex ad sting led to 37 arrests, counterfeit money and at least one human-trafficking victim.
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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A jury on Monday convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought to their mansion to work as housekeepers.
Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, 51, and his wife, Varsha Mahender Sabhnani, 45, were each convicted of all charges in a 12-count federal indictment that included forced labor, conspiracy, involuntary servitude, and harboring aliens.
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Hơn 200 Đồng Hương Tham Dự Đêm Cầu Nguyện Cho Nhân Quyền
Westminster, CA – Vào ngày thứ bảy, 8 tháng 12, hơn 200 đồng hương gồm các vị đại diện cộng đồng, đoàn thể, truyền thông báo chí, và anh chi em sinh viên học sinh đã đến tham dự Đêm Cầu Nguyện Cho Nhân Quyền được tổ chức tại Phòng Sinh Hoạt Việt Bao trên đường Moran.
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by Frank ZellerSun Nov 18, 12:42 AM ET
Vietnam sends tens of thousands of workers a year to Taiwan, Malaysia, South Korea and elsewhere, but unscrupulous operators trap many of them in conditions akin to slavery, experts say.
Countless Vietnamese women have been trafficked abroad for prostitution, but even more "guest workers" have found themselves in an equally mundane kind of hell -- exploited, abused and bankrupted.
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Child Slavery with Rageh Omaar
Around 8.4 million children around the world are enslaved today. Now, in a remarkable journey across three continents, five of them tell their stories. This documentary is presented by reporter Rageh Omaar.
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(HOUSTON, TEXAS) - A criminal complaint charging a Malaysian woman for her role in the human trafficking of an Indonesian woman has been unsealed, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle and Acting Assistant Attorney General Rena J. Comisac, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, announced today.
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ATLANTA, Ga-- 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.
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