President Obama passes a new law requiring the big names in electronics to explore the human suffering involved in the production of our gadgets and asks them to search for alternatives.
President Obama passes a new law requiring the big names in electronics to explore the human suffering involved in the production of our gadgets and asks them to search for alternatives.
Held in a Peruvian jail on murder charges, Joran van der Sloot is now also accused of trafficking underage Thai girls for sex—including two who have gone missing.
Cigarette makers aren’t going to enhance their battered public image with this latest bit of news: Tobacco giant Philip Morris International has been using captive child labor in Central Asia to harvest tobacco.
Call+Response has partnered with International Justice Mission for their 5 Weeks of Freedom Bike Ride.
MTV and Call+Response are partnering on a campaign in Australia to bring awareness and action to issue of modern day slavery.
A Toronto father of two described by his wife as a quiet family man is one of five brothers accused of luring Ukrainian workers to the U.S. where they allegedly cleaned stores as slave labour.
I know we have not spoken in a while. My bad. It’s not for lack of interest. The last six months have been incredibly busy, and transformative, for Call+Response. The C+R team has been working very hard on our next season of activism, and we’re excited to share it with you…
Call+Response director and producer, Justin Dillon, contributed this piece to Relevant Magazine after being asked to review this year’s annual State Department Trafficking In Persons Report.
Brooklyn prosecutors have busted Bloods gang members on charges of running several sex trafficking rings that recruited girls from junior high schools, the Daily News has learned.
The U.S. State Department’s 10th annual report on modern-day slavery is out, in the midst of allegations of slavery occurring in international embassies in Washington D.C.
Women and girls have been lured into prostitution for the Word Cup by false promises of employment as tour guides or waitresses, or have been kidnapped by trafficking rings.
According to Somali human rights groups and United Nations officials, the Somali government, which relies on assistance from the West to survive, is fielding hundreds of children or more on the front lines, some as young as 9.
Critics of Craigslist’s adult advertisements have taken their battle to the site’s hometown, publishing a newspaper ad that claims the service is “the choice” for selling sex with underage girls.
Portland, OR ranks 2nd in the nation for rescued child prostitutes showing just how bad child trafficking has gotten there.
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Sign the petition asking Craigslist to effectively deal with the human trafficking and illegal prostitution pouring through their Adult Services section.
We ran across this art project and it impacted us so much we thought we’d share it.
Actress Demi Moore on Tuesday said sex trafficking of U.S. children is a domestic issue that should be viewed with a greater sense of urgency.
Fifteen-year-old Zeina’s sad journey to prison began two years ago when she says was sold into sex slavery.
A year after investigating prostitution via Craigslist, MSNBC has gone undercover to once again probe the illegal sex trade on Craigslist and see what the site has done to “clean up its act” since last May.
Craigslist.org was subpoenaed Monday by Connecticut’s attorney general, who is investigating whether the popular online classified ad service is doing enough to fight prostitution on its site and whether it may be profiting from it.
Craigslist, one of the most popular Web sites in the United States, is on track to increase its revenue 22 percent this year, largely from its controversial sex advertisements.
A look inside the war-torn nation of Afghanistan to reveal a disturbing practice that is once again flourishing in the country: the organized sexual abuse of adolescent boys.
LEMOORE, Calif. — A Central California man faces human trafficking and sexual assault charges after a 20-year-old man allegedly escaped a house bound in duct tape.
Lemoore police arrested 47-year-old Randy Lee Chiles on Thursday.
Police say Chiles’ neighbors reported that the terrified man had knocked on a door in a quiet [...]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A woman convicted of luring a Peruvian to the United States with promises of job then confiscating her travel documents and forcing her to work for no pay was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday.
Maribel de la Rosa Dann was found guilty of forced labor and related [...]
WHY SUPPORT THE CONGO CONFLICT MINERALS ACT?
If its journey through the Senate is successful, this bill will play a vital role in halting the use of conflict minerals in our everyday electronics products – our cell phones, our printers, and our laptop computers. Introduced by Senators Brownback (R-KS), Feingold (D-WI), and Durbin (D-IL), the [...]
Seven years ago, Hall was a frightened, confused and miserable 13-year-old plucked by federal authorities from a life of slavery and squalor in the unlikeliest of places: Irvine, California.
Sold by her parents when she was 11, the Egyptian-born Hall spent nearly two years living on a bare, dirty mattress in a [...]
