STOP THE TRAFFIK Unwrapped – Saturday 7th July
Join us for STOP THE TRAFFIK Unwrapped, Saturday 7th July If you want to prevent trafficking in your community, if you want to hear about what others are doing to take action where they live, if you want to hear experts speaking about community action against trafficking then this is the event for you. … Read more
Manchester Hit with Human Trafficking WARNING Notices!
WARNING! HUMAN TRAFFICKERS OPERATE HERE! Manchester residents woke up this morning to find their neighbourhood flooded with Human Trafficking Warning Notices! Startled residents emerged in the early hours to find houses, cars, lamposts and trees all bearing STOP THE TRAFFIK’s notices, which are styled as a spoof of official police warning signs. The Manchester ACT … Read more
Human trafficking in a hotel near you?
… a downtown hotel in Ottowa, Canada. You are just 17. Frightened. Miles from home. Abducted and beaten by a man you’ve never met. And finally, relentlessly starved and forced into sexual exploitation. Such scenes of violence and exploitation may seem to exist beyond the realms of our comprehension. Yet they are the harsh and … Read more
Northern Ireland – Police can’t do it alone!
This week, a BBC investigation in Northern Ireland uncovered that up to £500,000 is spent every week on prostitution and police estimate there are 88 brothels in operation. Read more here. Police said gangs can make millions of pounds a year by trafficking women in to the country and exploiting them. Northern Ireland has a higher … Read more
What do they look like?
SO WHAT DO THOSE TRAFFICKERS LOOK LIKE?! I turned on my T.V. to see a report of someone I knew well… Okay, so I’m new to the family of STOP THE TRAFFIK, and armed with many unanswered questions in my head. I’m on a quest to try to discover some valid answers to those questions…what … Read more
Navajo granny and the Global Travel Alert!
As you can tell by the blog posts on the day, the Global Freedom Summit was fantastic! You can check out all the videos and photos from the day on our website but here are two of my favourites moments from the Summit. The ‘Navajo Granny’ Click on the cartoon to hear Steve’s speech and find out what an … Read more
ACT Sheffield on the telly!
A fantastic ACT group based at Sheffield Hallam University were asked to feature on the ITV news! The programme is called ITV fixers and helps people ages 18-25 achieve various projects. They were raising awareness of the internal trafficking of British nationals and the ITV were so impressed, they had little documentary made about what … Read more
Can’t come to London? We’ll come to you!
Have you been reading about the Global Freedom Summit and thinking to yourself, “Gee! I really wish I could be part of the day but I can’t get to London!” Well look no further, we’ve got the perfect solution! Whether you are a couple hundred miles away in Manchester, England or a couple thousand miles … Read more
mmmmMars bars in Australia!
Last week (Monday 28th February 2011) MARS in Australia announced their lovely MARS bars in Australia will carry the Rainforest Alliance logo as of June 2011. This followed a campaign where STOP THE TRAFFIK Australia sent 30,000 postcards to supporters who then urged MARS to roll out a product that uses cocoa certified as ‘traffik … Read more
Press Statement – UK sex traffickers sentenced
Steve Chalke – founder of STOP THE TRAFFIK and UN.GIFT Special Advisor on Community Action against People Trafficking - reacts to the sentencing of father and son traffickers. Read the news report here. “The trafficking of people is a horrific crime. The level of violence inflicted on every victimised woman involved in this case, the fear and … Read more
Father and Son Trafficking Team Convicted
Marius Nejloveanu and his father, Bogdan, have been convicted of trafficking 5 women from Romania to Manchester, UK. The victims were originally told that they could earn up to £1000 a month working in a bar. But after arriving in the country, the father and son team forced them into prostitution, making them see up to … Read more
Poverty and Human Trafficking: Myth-Busting
By Simon Butcher Last week, the Institute for Trafficked, Exploited and Missing Persons (ITEMP) published a new report identifying poverty as the root cause of human trafficking. “By finding the roots of the problem, we can begin to look for permanent solutions,” ITEMP Director of Operations Charles Moore said. You can perhaps imagine the scene: … Read more
UK Sex Gangs – It’s about cash not culture
The British media could never be accused of shying away from a race row. But if there was ever an instance where bringing race into the equation was entirely unnecessary, unhelpful and unproductive, it’s here. Last week, The Times newspaper featured a leading article examining the increasing number of cases of internal trafficking in parts … Read more
STOP THE TRAFFIK walking like Egyptians!
STOP THE TRAFFIK have just returned from a trip to Egypt. We were invited to take part in a conference in Luxor called End Trafficking Now. The conference lasted 3 days and included: – a live debate in Luxor temple recorded for BBC World Service (which was incidentally frustrating and left me grinding my teeth) … Read more
Global News 15/12/2010
Iceland A lot of people have pointed out that the recent publication by WikiLeaks of US Embassy cables doesn’t seem to have told us much we didn’t already know about the world. But there’s no doubting it will give rise to a few rather awkward conversations and several red faces in diplomatic circles. It appears … Read more
UK Government Minister endorses STOP THE TRAFFIK on Anti-Slavery Day
On the UK’s first official Anti-Slavery Day, 18th October 2010, government immigration minister Damian Green MP met with and endorsed STOP THE TRAFFIK in its community work to tackle and prevent human trafficking. He heard from Active Communities against Trafficking (ACT groups) across the country about the impact that they are having in their local … Read more
TIP report: Trafficking in Persons 2010- more than just a diplomatic tool?
The 10th annual TIP Report outlines the continuing challenges around the world in the fight against trafficking. Including 177 nations, its findings will raise global awareness and spur countries to take effective actions to counter trafficking in people. Many key trends were identified, including the suffering of women and children in involuntary domestic servitude, the … Read more
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS in NORWICH causing a scene
Students in Norwich have given a dramatic twist to their campaign to bring a halt to the evil trade of human trafficking. To capture the attention of city centre shoppers, students from the University of East Anglia organised “flash mobs” – sudden, unexpected street dances, which took place in and outside Topshop- they also put … Read more
