December 27, 2012No Comments
GLOBAL CENTURION FOUNDATION COMMENDS RECENT DOJ PROSECUTION OF GANG-RELATED TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS December 26, 2012, Washington D.C. National anti-trafficking organizationGlobal Centurion Foundation(GCF) commended the Fairfax County Police Department, the FBIs Washington Field Office, HIS and the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force for their work to prosecute two MS-13 gang members for child sex trafficking. […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: llederer@globalcenturion.org December 18, 2012, Washington D.C. National anti-trafficking organization Global Centurion Foundation (GCF) is pleased to announce the 2012 winners of the third annual Norma Hotaling Anti-Trafficking Awards. To commemorate the anniversary of Normas passing on December 17th, 2008, GCF offers three awards paying tribute to Normas legacy and recognizing […]
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Lydia* was only twelve-years-old when the gangsters told her the rule: They would sell her for sex to men outside the gang, but members of the gang could use her body for free. For two years, Lydia was taken to abandoned garages, men’s bathrooms, apartments and hotels, enduring hours of abuse with multiple men so […]
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WASHINGTON, DC President Barack Obama spoke during the Clinton Global Initiative yesterday, announcing new efforts to help eradicate human trafficking. Obama referred to the fight against human trafficking as one of the great human rights causes of our time, and mentioned new steps to deal with a problem he called barbaric and evil. President […]
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WASHINGTON, DC Yimmy Anthony Pineda Penado, also known as Critico and Spike,” recently pled guilty to sex trafficking a juvenile. Penado admitted to trafficking at least one minor as clique leader of the Mara Salvaturcha Thirteen (MS-13), an international street gang in the Northern Virginia, Washington, DC and Maryland area. It is reported that an […]
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WASHINGTON, DC, July 11, 2012 -Youngbee Dale Starting this week, sex trafficking victims can remove prostitution related convictions they received during their sexual slavery in Hawaii. Many advocates argue that the law will make re-integration of sex trafficking victims into society much easier. It also makes Hawaii the sixth state with such legislation in the […]
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Last week during a three day law enforcement operation, Operation Cross Country, 6 federal officers rescued 79 children and arrested 104 alleged pimps, the FBI announced Tuesday (here). The Operation took place over the weekend with more than 2,500 local, state, and federal officers working in 57 cities. This is an intensive law enforcement effort […]
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New facility to help sex trafficking victims heal | abc13.com.
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