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	<title>Freedom Blog &#187; Human Trafficking</title>
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		<title>California Trafficker Receives 24 Year Sentence</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/07/california-trafficker-receives-24-year-sentence/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/07/california-trafficker-receives-24-year-sentence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Slavery Today]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although prosecutions in the U.S. for human trafficking are few and far between, those who are convicted are receiving severe sentences. Case in point: the 24-year sentence given to an illegal Mexican alien who trafficked two teenagers into the U.S. to work as prostitutes in California migrant camps, according to news accounts. All the elements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Ohio Really the Epicenter of Human Trafficking in the U.S.?</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/02/ohio-epicenter-human-trafficking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray released a report demonstrating that there was human trafficking in the state, and he even had numbers to prove the point. There were, the report said, 3,437 foreign born persons in Ohio who may be at-risk for both labor and/or sex trafficking, 783 of which are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts on the Home Front Remain a Work In Progress</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/02/progress-slow-fighting-domestic-human-trafficking/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/02/progress-slow-fighting-domestic-human-trafficking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Free the Slaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Trafficking]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=1886</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The DCAF report, from which the previous entries in this series of blog posts was drawn, does not specifically assess U.S. law enforcement and criminal justice efforts to combat human trafficking.  But much of its observations about the status of anti-trafficking efforts worldwide apply to our country, both in terms of progress being made as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Trafficking Victims Live in Legal Limbo</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/02/human-trafficking-victims-live-limbo/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/02/human-trafficking-victims-live-limbo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[forced prostitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[modern slavery]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=1866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Allison Jernow, a former Justic Department prosecutor and now senior legal officer at the International Commission of Jurists, provides this perspective on human trafficking: &#8220;Whatever else you can say about human trafficking,&#8221; she writes in a chapter in the DCAF report, &#8221; it is a real and tangible violation of an individual&#8217;s rights.&#8221; But for human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the World Losing the Battle to End Slavery?</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/02/police-prosecutors-key-players-antislavery-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/02/police-prosecutors-key-players-antislavery-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Human Trafficking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virtually every nation on earth has a law prohibiting slavery and human trafficking.  Yet by almost all accounts, human trafficking is growing worse: a $32 billion global business that is now on par with illegal drugs and weapons sales. As the scourge of modern-day slavery continues to seep into the fabric of contemporary societies world-wide, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Year&#8217;s Resolution: Let Freedom Ring</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/01/years-resolution-freedom-ring/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/01/years-resolution-freedom-ring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Brandt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anne Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discovery Education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=1791</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As 2010 begins the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and I invite you to join us in our New Year&#8217;s resolution to let freedom ring, across our nation and around the globe. &#8220;Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.&#8221; - Martin Luther King, Jr.- The Freedom Center is a few steps from the banks of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>January 11 Kicks Off International Human Trafficking Awareness Month</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/01/january-11-kicks-international-human-trafficking-awareness-month/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/01/january-11-kicks-international-human-trafficking-awareness-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[International Human Trafficking Awareness Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Bales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modern-day slavery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=1777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Events in dozens of cities on January 11 will help launch a worldwide effort to raise awareness of the growing crime of human trafficking. President Obama and other world leaders have issued proclamations urging citizens to learn more about trafficking &#8212; the widely used term for the modern-day slave trade in which millions of people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Increases Funding for Trafficking Victims</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2009/12/congress-increases-funding-trafficking-victims/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2009/12/congress-increases-funding-trafficking-victims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Trafficking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dept. of Justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama is expected to sign into law new legislation that increases funding to help human trafficking victims. The money is contained in a larger bill passed by Congress this week.  Funds will be dispersed among several government agencies that each have areas of responsibility in attempting to stem the tide of human trafficking in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Journey&#8221; Highlights Plight of Trafficking Victims</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2009/11/journey-highlights-plight-trafficking-victims/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2009/11/journey-highlights-plight-trafficking-victims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Brandt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Trafficking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA["The Journey"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emma Thompson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex trafficking]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=1676</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow at Washington Square Park in New York City seven large shipping containers will open to the public and document true life stories of sex trafficking victims.  The exhibition titled, “The Journey” highlights the gruesome, heartbreaking conditions victims of the sex trade are forced to endure every day.  British actress Emma Thompson, who co-curates “The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Harrowing Look at Child Sex Trafficking in the U.S.</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2009/08/harrowing-child-sex-trafficking/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2009/08/harrowing-child-sex-trafficking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[George Clooney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libby Spears]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sexploitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Soderbergh]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/?p=1522</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve posted numerous blog posts on this site about human trafficking worldwide. But sometimes, words on a computer screen fail to convey the true horrors of contemporary slavery. Now, a new film simply titled &#8220;Playground&#8221; gives anyone who watches it a veritable body blow of unforgettable images of young children caught up in sex trafficking. [...]]]></description>
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