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Crime
Smuggler behind deaths of 39 Vietnamese in the UK ordered to pay families
A human trafficker who caused the deaths of dozens of Vietnamese illegal immigrants in the United Kingdom was ordered by a court on Friday t...
Bryan Ke
Civil Rights
‘This is the change we’ve longed for’: US’ 1st help center for Thai workers opens in LA
The United States’ first help center for Thai migrant workers has opened in Los Angeles. About the help center: On Wednesday, the Thai Comm...
Michelle De Pacina
China
China sentences 6 men for abuse, trafficking of chained mother of 8
A Chinese court has jailed six men in connection to the high-profile human trafficking case of a woman that was found chained inside a hut i...
N. Korean women and girls sold as sex slaves at Chinese border: report
North Korean women and girls who have fled to China in search of freedom and safety have found horror instead, according to a new report fro...
Ryan General
60 Vietnamese nationals collectively run for freedom from human traffickers in Cambodia
A group of 60 Vietnamese nationals collectively ran for freedom from a Cambodian casino where they were being exploited and held as prisone...
Asia
Vietnamese consulate receives ‘constant calls day and night’ by victims of human trafficking in Cambodia
The Vietnamese consulate in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, has been receiving dozens of rescue requests from victims of human trafficking on a da...
118 Malaysians, 50 Filipinos rescued from human traffickers in Cambodia
Human trafficking operations in Cambodia have been targeting individuals from various South East Asian countries by promising them jobs wit...
Vietnamese parents forced to buy back children as human trafficking crisis in Cambodia escalates
Chinese crime syndicates are believed to be behind the human trafficking operations in Cambodia that have targeted individuals from Southea...
Cambodian woman acquitted of stealing $60,000 from Texas donut shop owners who trafficked her
Sophy Treadway, a Cambodian woman who was accused of stealing more than $60,000 from the owners of Rockport Donuts, who illegally trafficke...
Man in China arrested for marrying off underage, mentally disabled daughter to 3 different men for money
A man in central China has been arrested for marrying off his disabled teenage daughter to three older men between 2018 and 2021 for profit...
Rebecca Moon
Chinese man accused of exploiting Malawian children charged with human trafficking, denied bail
Lu Ke, the Chinese national accused of exploiting Malawian children to make racist videos, was charged with human trafficking and denied ba...
Carl Samson
Vietnamese man sold his daughter, 13, to Chinese traffickers for $4,300 to pay for medical treatment
Lo Pho Pheng, a 47-year-old Vietnamese father, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for selling his 13-year-old daughter to human trafficker...
Federal authorities bust Queens-based gang that sex trafficked, brutally beat Chinese women
Nine members and associates of a Queens-based prostitution enterprise have been charged with racketeering, sex trafficking, Hobbs Act robbe...
Chinese authorities admit ‘weaknesses’ in handling of Shaanxi human trafficking case
Yulin City’s government said it disciplined 13 cadres from Jiaxian County for their “neglect of duty in population management” in the handl...
Thai woman saved from gang of organ harvesters after being lured by job in Cambodia, police say
A 25-year-old Thai woman was saved just moments before a gang of organ harvesters could operate on her. She was reportedly among eight Thai...
Chinese authorities investigate man who allegedly boasted on social media about caging mentally ill wife
Authorities in China's Shaanxi Province are now investigating a local villager who was accused of bragging about abusing his wife whil...
Chained Chinese mother of 8 confirmed to be human trafficking victim
Last month, a viral video of a Chinese woman who was found chained in a small hut drew public outrage and demand for investigation from Chi...
Chinese man lured by fake job ad is held captive as ‘blood slave’ for months in Cambodia
A former security guard in China was reportedly kidnapped by a gang after being lured to Cambodia with a fake advertisement. The man, iden...
Alumni from China’s top universities demand more thorough investigation into chained woman in viral video
Last month, video footage of a woman chained inside a small shack drew immediate public outrage from Chinese netizens after it emerged on l...
News
Chinese teen sold at birth and rejected twice by biological parents dies by suicide
Liu Xuezhou, the Chinese teenager whose biological parents sold him at birth and rejected him upon reunion, has died by sucide. The 17-yea...
Chinese teen sold at birth plans to sue his parents who rejected him second time upon reunion
Liu Xuezhou, the Chinese teenager whose biological parents sold him at birth for adoption, has decided to sue them. The 17-year-old colleg...
Feature
Chinese teen sold at birth is rejected by his biological parents after finding them online
Liu Xuezhou, 17, was sold at birth. He became an orphan at the age of 4 when his adoptive parents died in an explosion. With the help of l...
Man in China sentenced to 10 years in jail for selling his 5 children for $28,000
A man accused of using childbirth as a way to make money was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling his five children to human traffick...
Man who biked thousands of miles looking for kidnapped son and inspired Andy Lau movie reunite after 24 years
A man who lost his 2-year-old son and inspired the 2015 movie “Lost and Love” was finally reunited with his child after 24 years...
Netherlands Stops Adoptions from South Asian Countries After 30 Years of Abuses Revealed
The Netherlands has suspended all international adoptions after a government investigation uncovered over three decades of abuses, including...
Liquor Store Owners Busted for Human Trafficking After Enslaving Man From India
An elderly couple in California is facing human trafficking charges for putting their employees under inhumane conditions, including working...
Human Traffickers On the Run in Colorado After Police Raid Massage Parlor
Local authorities in Denver busted a multi-million dollar human trafficking ring operating in the area following a year-long investigation. ...
Human Traffickers Get 17 Years in Jail for Smuggling 29 Vietnamese in a Yacht to the UK
Four men were sentenced to a total of about 17 years for smuggling Vietnamese nationals — including children — in a yacht to the U.K. last A...
Vietnamese Girls Trafficked to Brothels, Nail Salons While on Student Visas in the UK, Report Claims
Nearly a dozen Vietnamese children have gone missing in the United Kingdom due to trafficking in the last few years, a recent report claims....
39 Bodies Found in U.K. Truck Include 10 Teenagers, Police Reveal
After weeks of investigation, local authorities in Essex say they have identified all 39 people whose dead bodies were discovered inside a r...
39 Bodies Found in Refrigerated Truck in the U.K. Confirmed to Be Chinese Nationals
All 39 deceased — eight women and 31 men — discovered in a refrigerated truck trailer in Essex, England have been confirmed by British polic...
Jin Hyun
Wisconsin Teacher Accused of Forcing Filipina Mom and Son into Slavery
A Filipina woman and her son ended up becoming personal servants for an American man who lured them to come to the U.S. with promises of a b...
Suspected Human Trafficker Caught on Video Abducting a Little Girl in China
An alleged human trafficker was arrested 18 hours after he was caught on CCTV abducting a little girl on the streets of Ganzhou in southeast...
Woman Sells Her Baby to Child Traffickers for $7,800 to Go on Shopping Spree
A woman in China sold her own baby so she could reportedly go on a shopping spree. Identified only by her surname Yu, the shopaholic woman ...
Model Who ‘Sold’ Virginity For $2.8 Million to Hong Kong Buyer Says Sale Was Fake
Aleexandra Kefren, an aspiring model who went viral after planning to sell her virginity, says that it was all her agency’s publicity stunt ...
Deaf Man Meets Family for the First Time After Being Abducted 25 Years Ago
A deaf 39-year-old man has finally reunited with his parents after being abducted by human traffickers about 25 years ago. Yu Zhongliang, wh...
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