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Recession boosts global human trafficking, report says

The global financial crisis has increased the worldwide trade in trafficked persons, says a State Department report released Tuesday.

Official: More than 1M child prostitutes in India

Around 1.2 million children are believed to be involved in prostitution in India, the country's federal police said Monday.

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In Focus -- The Darker Side of Labor

Rudd: Human smugglers 'scum of the earth'

Australia's prime minister Friday slammed those engaged in human trafficking after an explosion aboard a boat carrying Afghan refugees killed three people and injured more than 40 others near Ashmore Reef, off Australia's northwest coast.

Judge: 'Gripping temptation' to let Madonna adopt

A judge who barred Madonna's second adoption from Malawi on Friday said she had "a gripping temptation" to approve the adoption, but decided doing so would open doors to child trafficking, court records show.

Egypt says adoptive moms were human smugglers

Suzanne Hagelof and Iris Botros dreamed of adopting babies. Separately, they visited orphanages in Egypt. Hagelof adopted a child, and Botros was in the process of adopting twins, when they ran foul of authorities. Now they are in jail, accused of being part of a conspiracy to traffic children.

Sex trade, forced labor top U.N. human trafficking list

Sexual exploitation and forced labor are the most common forms of human trafficking in the world, a new report from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime said.

Operation frees dozens of child prostitutes

Dozens of juveniles have been freed from forced prostitution by a nationwide operation that resulted in the arrests of hundreds of other people, the FBI announced Monday.

Time.com: 600 Arrested in Child Prostitution Crackdown

More than 600 adults have been arrested and 47 children were rescued in a three-day roundup targeting people who force children into prostitution

Time.com: Bodies, Perhaps of Migrants, Wash Ashore in Yemen

Dozens of bodies washed ashore Friday in Yemen after smugglers threw nearly 150 Somali migrants overboard in shark-infested waters, the latest such tragedy in one of the most lawless stretches of ocean in the world

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