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Survivor Karla Jacinto's Powerful Message to Politicians and Katie Britt's State of the Union Response
1 year ago•Source: The Washington Post
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"Six Migrant Women Rescued from Refrigerated Truck in France After Distress Call to BBC"
Six women, including four Vietnamese nationals and two from Iraq, were rescued from the back of a refrigerated lorry in France after sending a panicked text message to a BBC reporter. The women had spent over 10 hours in the cramped space, surrounded by boxes of bananas, hoping to reach the UK or Ireland. As the lorry headed in the opposite direction, the women began to panic, and one of them managed to contact the reporter. The reporter alerted authorities, and the lorry was intercepted by French police. The driver was arrested, and an investigation into human trafficking has been launched.
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US State Department Report Reveals Alarming Rise in Cyber-Linked Forced Labor and Exploitation of Boys.
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Massive Rescue Operations Save Over 1,000 Trafficking Victims in Southeast Asia
Over 1,000 trafficking victims were rescued in separate operations in Southeast Asia, with 20 Indonesians freed from a cyber scam in Myanmar and 170 Indonesians rescued in the Philippines. The victims were promised high-paying jobs in Thailand but were instead forced to work for a fake cyber industry. The victims were from Hong Kong, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Myanmar, and the Philippines. The Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok will work with Thai authorities to repatriate the victims to Indonesia.