Hundreds Rescued Over Last Seven Months

14 girls as young as 15 rescued and the bar was closed down

14 girls rescued

5 rescued from India

522 people rescued in the largest rescue mission ever and 20 traffickers arrested

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8 young girls

several dozen girls rescued from a bar

As you read this list, you can see that efforts around the world are successful and innocent people are being rescued from a life of abuse, rape, and brutality. These are just results in numbers but think about each number is not a number at all, it is a person, a story, a testimony of human trafficking's awful injustice. Each person rescued now has to go through therapy and has to relearn how to adapt to the outside world again. Each one has to be protected till they understand how to not get themselves in the same predicament again. Each person will be met by loving and caring people who will help them build their own foundation for making an income.

I purposely left out my sources on this post because these are actual cases being protected by organizations who have risked their lives to rescue and protect each girl.

The Fight Against Human Trafficking

Africa :
--Ethiopia..http://www.ware.org/
--Mali..http://www.carinainmali.nl/

Asia:
--China..http://www.gottago.cc/
--Thailand http://www.thegardenofhope.com/, http://www.nightlightbangkok.com/,
--Philippines http://www.samaritana.org/
--Thailand http://www.newlifecenterfoundation.or/
- Philippines http://www.myrefugehouse.org/
- India http://www.freesetbags.com/, http://www.intlprincess.org/
Thailand http://icapglobal.org/www.tamarcards.com, http://icapglobal.org/www.ywamthai.org/pattaya/tamar.html, http://www.projlife.com/tamarcenter/ and http://www.tamarbakery.com/

Europe:

Netherlands http://www.internationalministries.org/
Germany http://www.rahabinternational.org/, http://icapglobal.org/www.wointl.com/europe/germany
Netherlands http://www.stichtingdehaven.nl/
Netherlands http://www.scharlakenkoord.nl/
Sweden http://www.baptist.se/
Netherlands http://www.womentrafficking.nl/, info@womentrafficking.info
Moldova - http://www.harvestmoldova.org/
Netherlands www.222minitries.com
Germany http://www.netzwerk-gegen-menschenhandel.de/
Greece http://www.iteams.org/
Romania http://icapglobal.org/www.makewaypartners.org
Hungary http://www.hbaid.org/
Moldova http://www.bol.md/

Latin America:

Brazil http://icapglobal.org/www.wordmadeflesh.com
Costa Rica http://www.fundacionrahabcr.org/

North America:

U.S. http://icapglobal.org/www.streets.org
Canada http://icapglobal.org/www.linwoodhouseministries.org
U.S. http://icapglobal.org/www.abwministries.org or http://www.abwmbreakthechains.org/ thisonesforthegirls@gmail.com www.vanguard.edu/cws http://icapglobal.org/www.lydiatoday.org
http://www.befreeisaiah58.org/ http://www.nabwu.org/ http://www.restorationministriesdc.org/


Sites retrieved from http://icapglobal.org/affiliates.html

Human Trafficking: It is Everywhere

This is a map of the human trafficking trade routes from country to country. Not all routes are included becuase the map would have become extremely hard to read. Human trafficking is obviously everywhere.

CLick on the image to enlarge it.

Two Rescue Groups Rescue Total of 18

To protect the identity of the rescue groups, i wont use names or the countries in which 18 slaves were rescued. But nevertheless, several different rescue missions have brought peace and safety in the lives of 18 young people.

This is great news! And it is only possible because of brave peopel and then organizations which provide the missions and recieve donations from people all over the world to carry on thier dangerous but important work.

Ways in which you can help:

if you feel led, donate to organizations that aid rescue groups.
be informed about local organizations that help to stop human trafficking,
research human trafficking, and rescue job opportunities

Free for Life International: "Breaking The Chains of Human Trafficking"

http://www.freeforlifeministries.com/index.html

Free for Life Interational, a U.S. organization which stands against human trafficking, provides a Nepal rescue station called Peace Rehabilitation Center. At this center they provide border patrol which discourages sex-traffickers. They also educate young women about life, finances, and provide them with the opportunity to make a living. This base has
caught more than 25 human traffickers.

Money is still needed to help sustain the station. In order to come up with more funds, the Free for Life hosted a raise awareness event. Many girls are in a dangerous environment in Nepal. The founders of Free for Life have a strong desire to fight for these girls and rescue them from a possible harsh life.

So. What can you do? Visit their website. Read their newsletter. Read the strories rescued victims.You can even donate. The station was not expected to continue but through funding from the fundraiser event, next year will be a brighter time for this organization.

Be informed. You can change someone's life in Nepal.

Ring Leader recieves 13 years behind bars

For the article: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6395415.html

In April 2009, Maximino Mondragon, 57, was sentenced to thirteen years for being the leader of a human trafficking ring.
He used the typical tactics to attrack women to working for him in the United States. Promising jobs that did not even exist brought many victims from Central America.
In addition to the 13 years, he must pay $1.7 million to the victims for their unjust expierience.
Mondragon was one of eight leaders that were sentenced.

Some things to think about:

Is the punishment harsh or not severe enough?

The lives of over 100 people are changed forever: what else could have been done for the victims and their families?

Mondragon was the last leader to be sentenced in this ring. Is American doing their job to bring justice to this horrible situation?

Slavery today: Cincinnati http://www.freedomcenter.org/slavery-today/

In Cincinnati, there has been more investigation to its city's human trafficking. More and more cases of human slavery are popping up everywhere. An organization called National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, is working to inform everyone about this growing crisis.
They give info on the following:

Slave numbers worldwide and in the U.S.
Who is targeted for human traffcking
What kind of labor force these victims are used for
and..Slavery in the U.S.

Check this group out. Follow the link and when your done, hit the backspace which will take you strait to the blog again. http://www.freedomcenter.org/slavery-today/

This is just one page of the website. The other pages are helpful to check out too. Being informed is a great way to stop something you stand against. Check up on what this organization does and how they achieve their goals. :)