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Forget Lady Gaga, God’s People Are Sharing God’s Heart Right Across the Globe – Christian Post

May 16, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

The conference heard from those with a burden for issues on God’s heart such as Rick Warren’s P.E.A.C.E. plan and Christine Caine’s inspirational anti-human trafficking campaign. This is positive news for us to share and Tweet to Christians everywhere.
Read the entire story here:Forget Lady Gaga, God’s People Are Sharing God’s Heart Right Across the Globe – Christian Post

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: christine caine, gaga, globe, heart, heart right, human trafficking, lady gaga, News, positive news, Rick Warren, trafficking, tweet

Senior LRA leader captured: News welcomed by US – Digital Journal

May 16, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

The Ugandan Army is leading the effort to capture the leader of the LRA, Joseph Kony, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for serious human rights violations, including kidnapping, sex slavery mutilation and related crimes. The LRA …
Read the entire story here:Senior LRA leader captured: News welcomed by US – Digital Journal

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: Army, effort, human rights violations, ICC, international criminal court, joseph kony, mutilation, News, Senior, sex, sex slavery, ugandan army

Rep. Chris Smith tries to keep the pressure on for Chinese activist – Philadelphia Daily News

May 16, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

He has written three laws to combat human trafficking. In 2005, Smith won approval for $361 million in federal funding to help prosecute domestic trafficking and compensate victims. The same year, Congress passed a bill he backed that doubled U …
Read the entire story here:Rep. Chris Smith tries to keep the pressure on for Chinese activist – Philadelphia Daily News

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: activist, bill, chris smith, congress, funding, human trafficking, philadelphia daily news, pressure, story, trafficking

Alleged pimp charged with forced prostitution – Abc Local Web

May 16, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

Brown was charged with 10 counts of involuntary sexual servitude and one count of aggravated human trafficking. Police say has been arrested about 20 times in the past on charges, including weapons offenses, armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm.
Read the entire story here:Alleged pimp charged with forced prostitution – Abc Local Web

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: abc, armed robbery, count, human trafficking, Local, past, pimp, prostitution, servitude, sexual servitude, story, trafficking

Tide in the lead for nation’s top outside linebacker Matthew Thomas – Birmingham News

May 15, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

The Alabama Crimson Tide already hold a commitment from the top-rated inside linebacker in the nation in Auburn High School star Reuben Foster, and now the Tide may be close to landing a pledge from the top outside linebacker in the nation as …
Read the entire story here:Tide in the lead for nation’s top outside linebacker Matthew Thomas – Birmingham News

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: alabama crimson tide, auburn high school, commitment, crimson tide, lead, linebacker, Matthew, matthew thomas, News, school star, Star

Guatemala: US refuses to return snatched girl – San Francisco Gate

May 15, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

A leading Guatemalan activist in the case disagreed with the State Department’s position, arguing that the U.S. government is obligated under international treaties to return victims of human trafficking or irregular adoptions that have occurred …
Read the entire story here:Guatemala: US refuses to return snatched girl – San Francisco Gate

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: activist, adoptions, Guatemalan, international treaties, state department, victims of human trafficking

Harlem Split on Plan to Honor Officer Killed in Mosque in ’72 – New York Times

May 15, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

Now, the Police Department and advocates for officers want to add “Officer Phillip Cardillo Way” to the street signs on 123rd Street, between Frederick Douglass Boulevard and St. Nicholas Avenue, a short block that is seven blocks from the …
Read the entire story here:Harlem Split on Plan to Honor Officer Killed in Mosque in ’72 – New York Times

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: Avenue, block, cardillo, Frederick Douglass, harlem, mosque, New, st nicholas, street, street signs

Malaysia, Bangladesh to sign MoU to combat human trafficking – Jakarta Post

May 15, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

Malaysia and Bangladesh will be signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to combat human trafficking between the two countries so that innocent people are not exploited, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. “The MoU will be …
Read the entire story here:Malaysia, Bangladesh to sign MoU to combat human trafficking – Jakarta Post

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: Bangladesh, home, home minister, human trafficking, jakarta post, memorandum, memorandum of understanding, MoU, Post, story, Tun

Mexico massacre highlights unknown drug war victims – msnbc.com

May 15, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

As well as from drugs, the Zetas make money from human trafficking and extorting migrants, and have murdered many who fail to pay them. In 2009, the Zetas were blamed for a massacre of 72 foreign migrants, again in San Fernando. With many families of …
Read the entire story here:Mexico massacre highlights unknown drug war victims – msnbc.com

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: com, drug war, human trafficking, massacre, migrants, money, msnbc, story, trafficking, war victims, zetas

New task force targets traffickers who force children into the sex trade – Chicago Tribune

May 15, 2012 By FDFF.org Leave a Comment

Inside the Harrison Police District station, the officers sat in a semicircle to be briefed about the shift ahead in one of Chicago’s most beleaguered areas. But on this recent day, the topic was not the shootings and murders on these West Side …
Read the entire story here:New task force targets traffickers who force children into the sex trade – Chicago Tribune

Filed Under: News and Events Tagged With: chicago tribune, New, police district, semicircle, sex, sex trade, station, task, topic, Trade, Traffickers, west side
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