Google donates $11.5 million to fight modern slavery. Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:54am IST REUTERS - Google Inc is donating $11.5 million in grants to fight modern slavery and its hold on 27 million people worldwide, the technology company said on Wednesday.
The donation is believed to be one of the largest corporate initiatives ever to fight slavery. Google said on its charitable website that its grants will "free more than 12,000 people from modern-day slavery" and prevent "millions more from being victimized. " The company lists 10 recipients of its anti-slavery grants. The money will mainly go to intervention and education projects in India, Europe and the United States. Google said it is funding the groups International Justice Mission, BBC World Service Trust, ActionAid India and Aide et Action to form a new coalition in India that will work with governments to stop slave labor.
Virginia Teenager Escapes From Captivity in Philippine Jungle. <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy An American teenage boy outsmarted the members of a suspected al Qaeda-linked militants, escaping after five months of being held hostage in a jungle in the Philippines.
Kevin Lunsmann, 14, was lost for nearly two days, roaming without shoes, before he was found by villagers, his father said. ABC News affiliate WSET spoke to the boy's father, Heiko Lunsmann, who said he's so happy he's getting his son back. "I'm so proud of my son, he's a hero, he wandered two days through the jungle," Heiko Lunsmann said. "That was a tough time, it was tough five months," he said. When he spoke to this father for the first time the boy proudly said, "I did it on my own, Dad, they didn't release me, I did it," family friend Jean Gowen told ABC News.
SLAVERY. HUMAN TRAFFIKING. TheWAYNEFoundation. Operation Liberation. SEVERE HOMELAND SECURITY MISCONDUCT EXPOSED - New Evidence Shows ICE Colluded with Company in Trafficking Guest workers. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 03, 2010 CONTACTS:Stacie B. RoysterLawyers' Committee202-662-8317, officesroyster@lawyerscommittee.org Saket SoniNew Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice504-881-6610saketsoni@hotmail.com WASHINGTON, D.C. -National civil rights, labor rights and immigrant rights leaders joined Indian guest workers today in exposing severe misconduct by U.S. The workers and their advocates released a legal memorandum exposing DHS immigration enforcement agencies' role in advising Signal, a major Mississippi defense contractor, as it retaliated against more than 500 Indian guest workers fighting racial subjugation and labor trafficking from 2007 to 2009.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Signal claimed it could find no local workers in Mississippi to take its jobs. U.S. Spotlight on Human Trafficking (Audio) Speaker: Mark P.
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NSPCC National Child Trafficking Advice and Information Line (CTAIL) NSPCC's Child Trafficking Advice Centre (CTAC) Information and advice for professionals on child trafficking CTAC is a specialist service providing information and advice to any professional working with children or young people who may have been trafficked into the UK.
How to contact CTACWhat happens when you call CTAC? And other FAQsCTAC leafletsCTAC and the National Referral Mechanism (NRM)CTAC's participation groupCTAC responses to calls for evidenceCTAC in Northern IrelandInformation about child trafficking How to contact CTAC If you think a child is in immediate danger, contact the police on 999, or call the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000, without delay. If you work with a child who may have been trafficked into the UK you can contact the NSPCC's Child Trafficking Advice Centre (CTAC) for specialist advice and information on 0808 800 5000 Monday to Friday 9.30am to 4.30pm or email help@nspcc.org.uk.
Members of the public can contact the NSPCC to discuss concerns with one of our counsellors. Human Smuggling and Trafficking. Section 7202 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 established the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center.
The Center will achieve greater integration and overall effectiveness in the U.S. Government's enforcement and other response efforts, and work with other governments to address the separate but related issues of alien smuggling, trafficking in persons, and criminal support of clandestine terrorist travel. Migrant smuggling, clandestine terrorist travel and trafficking in persons are transnational issues that threaten national security. The Center provides a mechanism to bring together federal agency representatives from the policy, law enforcement, intelligence, and diplomatic areas to work together on a full time basis to achieve increased effectiveness, and to convert intelligence into effective law enforcement and other action. Child Sex Slaves & Human Trafficking (A growing trend)
HUMAN TAFFICKING AND SLAVERY. Demi and Ashton DNA Foundation - Football For Good. Vancouver man charged with human trafficking of girls as young as 14. A 27-year-old Vancouver man is facing multiple charges of trafficking in underage teenagers he allegedly forced into the sex trade.
Sgt. Richard Akin of the Vancouver Police Department’s vice unit said Friday that the charges, coming at the end of a three-month investigation known as Project Sabr, are the first of their kind in the force’s history. Four Lower Mainland girls between the ages of 14 and 17 have been taken into care in connection with the case. “They’ve shown a lot of courage talking to us,” Sgt. Akin said. Experts in the field of human trafficking praised the VPD for Project Sabr. “This is a real wake-up call that what is often identified by police as prostitution cases involve individuals who use force, fraud or coercion to extract profits from these vulnerable individuals,” said Benjamin Perrin, a law professor at the University of B.C. and author of a book on human trafficking, Invisible Chain.
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