Lys Anzia – WNN Breaking (WNN) Tokyo, JAPAN, EASTERN ASIA: As the Japanese government continues to deny any need for formal investigations of war crimes involving former ‘so-called’ comfort women during the second World War, another survivor of sexual-slavery died on Sunday at the age of 89 in Seoul, South Korea. After working in a […]
WNN Breaking (WNN/EN) Manila, PHILIPPINES, ASIA PACIFIC: In the 1980s, the U.S. Subic Bay Naval Base in the Philippines was the largest U.S. military base outside of the U.S. with an estimated 500 million USD generated by the brothels surrounding it. Local traffickers and brothel owners engaged in the business of buying and selling women […]
Aliya Bashir – WNN Features (WNN) SRINAGAR, Indian administered Kashmir: “Is human trafficking an issue of crime or development?” asked an April 2011 in-depth report on sex-trafficking and global girls by Sanjog India, an advocacy organization based in Kolkata that helps rescue and rehabilitate girls trapped in the cycle of sex-work. “Most would argue – […]