Daily Archives: June 23, 2014

CNN – Freedom Project posts Melysa Sperber Blog

Melysa asks how is the US faring at home? I am taking three quotes …

  • ‘The U.S. State Department estimates that as many as 17,500 men, women and children are trafficked into the United States each year.’
  • ‘What we do know is that too many child trafficking victims end up arrested and jailed or sent to juvenile detention instead of receiving necessary and deserved support services.’
  • ‘Perhaps more disturbing, the U.S. child welfare system, charged with providing for America’s most vulnerable children, fails to protect youth from falling prey to traffickers.’

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Malaysia responds to the TIP Report Findings

The Trafficking in Person Report 2014 is a good benchmark with regard to the global situation of trafficking in person for sexual exploitation and labour.  Each country is reviewed and evaluated.  Check out the report TIP 2014 and posted on this blog on June 21st.  Here is the response of Malaysia rejecting US findings Click here and another ‘Malaysia is serious about addressing human trafficking’ Click here to read more  What is happening in your country?  Is the report covered in your press?  Another report Click