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Global Centurion Foundation Commends Recent DOJ Prosecution of Gang-Related TIP

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. […]

Global Centurion Foundation Announces 2012 Norma Hotaling Anti-Trafficking Award Winners

December 18, 2012No Comments

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 […]

Spread Freedom this Holiday Season

December 4, 2012No Comments

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 […]

President Obama Calls for New Steps to Combat Human Trafficking; Will Those Steps Include Combating Demand?

September 27, 2012No Comments

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 […]

Laura Lederer Comments on Conviction of Sex Trafficker in Arlington, VA

September 12, 2012No Comments

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 […]

Hawaii: New law allows trafficking victims to vacate prostitution convictions

July 22, 2012No Comments

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 […]

Kudos to FBI on Operation Cross Country a�� But what about the customers?

June 27, 2012Comments are closed.

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 […]