British sex gangs documentry on tonight
Dispatches documentry tonight at 10.30, channel 4 investigating British gangs grooming young girls for sex. The programme highlights the grooming of young girls for sexual exploitation, an issue linked closely to internal trafficking. True Vision describe the film on their website; Later this month the Minister for Children and Families will launch an action plan … Read more
Don’t Be Oblivious makes it to the top 20!
The people have voted, the results are in and my faith in humanity has been restored! Don’t Be Oblivious (School) has made it into the top 20 viewed ads! YouTube is not just a place where zillions of viewers around the globe are united in their love of light hearted home-spun entertainment, plugging-in to watch … Read more
Breaking the trafficking stereotype
Yesterday, a man who was found guilty of trafficking women out of the UK, was sentenced to 20 years in jail. This was the first prosecution of its kind in the UK. Before an attempt was made to traffick two girls, 14 and 16, out of the country, the girls were imprisoned in the man’s UK … Read more
Stolen – new BBC drama addresses child trafficking
Sunday 3rd July, BBC1 will air it’s new 90-minute drama Stolen, from award-winning director Justin Chadwick. Stolen follows the story of one man, Anthony, and three children. Anthony works in the Human Trafficking Unit, battling to make a difference to the plight of exploited children being smuggled into the UK and from there, to anywhere and … Read more
Traffik-free chocolate where you live
Today is World Day Against Child Labour, sponsored by the International Labour Organization. For a couple of years now activists around the world have been campaigning hard to get the chocolate companies to get on board with using cocoa in their products that isn’t grown and picked using trafficked child labour. From sending postcards, letters, … Read more
Who works at the cannabis farm next door?
The Observer thinks the authorities are failing, but could communities also do more to identify potential cases of trafficking? Recently the Observer highlighted the case of Hien, a 14 year old from Vietnam who was trafficked into the UK. Hien was picked up at Heathrow by the British authorities and was put into care … Read more
What are your favourite trafficking films?
A team of New York University (NYU) postgraduate students are getting ready to film Brave Girl, which will tell the story of Bumika, a 13-year old Nepali girl, who is trying to “change the heart of a kidnapper before her fate is out of her control.” We are really excited about this film! With each … 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
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
Exploiting loopholes to exploit children
We are all very busy here getting ready to launch the Global Travel Alert! at our Global Freedom Summit on April 11! Earlier this week, I read an article in the Evening Standard which reaffirmed the need for us to issue the Global Travel Alert! and to not only enable people to create communities hostile … Read more
Child sex abuse images: A linguistic revolution
Right, here goes. Let’s cause linguistic mayhem. I am sure most people reading this (hi mum!) are familiar with and may have used, terms like ‘child pornography’, ‘child prostitution’ and ‘underage prostitute’ (erhem Silvio Berlusconi). Well, I reckon it’s time we stopped. The words prostitution, prostitute and pornography are normalised and common in most societies … 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
Freedom means escape and an education
I’ve just visited one of the projects your money supports through Freedom Ticket for Life; Children on the Edge’s project in Mae Sot in Thailand on the border with Burma. Burma has been under military rule for many years and different ethnic groups have been under attack ever since (the military is literally trying to … Read more
Deadly weapon-humble bar
Today I’d like to summarise some of a great speech by Thomas Horton of Oasis Academy Immingham. I found it inspirational and hope you do to. Here goes: “Chemical. Nuclear. Biological. These are all weapons that we hear about but today I want to talk to you about one of the world’s deadliest weapons…that many people … Read more
The Criminalisation of cannabis …or child victims?
a property? Is the house next door the same as yours? Is a house just a home? Or can you bring down the walls, cover the windows, rig up the heating and turn a property into a commercial cannabis farm? 3032 cannabis factories were identified between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008; 94% were … Read more
From Slaveland to Poundland
Have you ever been into a Pound/Dollar/Euro shop and like me, wondered, who (when you save so much) actually gains from what you buy? This question has never been more relevant than it is today. In Poundland, for £1 (the equivalent of about $1.5 or just over €1), you can buy anything from a notebook … Read more
Classical concert streamed right to your ears
Hello there everybody and wishing one and all a happy weekend! This evening something very exciting is going to happen. The International Orchestra of Freedom are putting on a classical concert for STOP THE TRAFFIK. Look how lovely the building is…. As non London people want to enjoy it too, the organisers are going … Read more
Oasis Youth Theatre continue to WOW Audiences & the UN!
All England winners Lord’s Hill OASIS YOUTH THEATRE wowed the audience at their performance of One Million to…STOP THE TRAFFIK in London’s Oasis centre on Monday night in front of UN representative Sandra Kozeschnik and Iman Sidky of the Suzanne Mubarak International Women’s International Peace Movement! Directed by Mark Wheeler, the play profiles the issue of human … Read more
PRICE OF FREEDOM- Giving a Helping hand to Traffickers?
Looking through some old postcards, I came across some I had bought at the Nelson Mandela Touch Gallery when I visited Sydney, Australia. There’s someone who has truly touched the world! You’re probably wandering what this could possibly have to do with human trafficking? You may have a point! But I want to share this … Read more
Oasis Youth Theatre Crowned at All England Festival
Based at Oasis Academy Lord’s Hill in Southampton, Oasis Youth Theatre scooped the top prize at the weekend’s All-England Theatre Festival, beating more than 100 productions from around the country. They will go on to represent the nation at the British final in Scotland later this month with their performance of One Million to STOP … Read more
RUNNING…OUT OF STYLE, FOR FREEDOM!
Hi everyone! We’ve just gone LIVE with our BRAND NEW website FREEDOM TICKET FOR LIFE! Here we are in the office looking a bit silly but in high spirits for the launch! The project focuses on providing an education to girls most vulnerable to trafficking. We believe that the longer a girl is in education, the less … Read more
Global Newsround 27/05/10
RYDER CUP: SEX TRAFFICKING WARNING The increase in trafficking around major sporting events has led to an increased risk of women and children trafficked to Wales for the sex trade for the Ryder Cup golf tournament in Newport from 1-3 October. A new report called “Knowing No Boundaries” said that Greece had licensed a large … Read more
7. What if…?
…a teacher realised the boy in her class had been trafficked into the country for benefit fraud? …a landlord realised their property was being used as a cannabis farm, and the Vietnamese teenager living there had been trafficked and would be arrested by the police upon discovery? …a friend realised the ‘Nigerian nanny’ of her close friend was … Read more
Global Newsround 21/05/2010
ONLINE PROTEST MAKES CHOCOLATE GIANT CUT ITS DEFORESTATION FOOTPRINT STOP THE TRAFFIK thinks the Greenpeace campaign -that has seen Nestlé succumb to eco-friendly palm oil- is a great illustration of what community action can achieve through the power of new media campaigns by NGOs, which can galvanise multinationals in a way that was not possible … Read more
2. What if…?
…a landlord realised their property was being used as a cannabis farm, and the Vietnamese teenager living there had been trafficked and would be arrested by the police upon discovery?
1. What if…?
…a teacher realised the boy in her class had been trafficked into the country for benefit fraud?
Sam’s START FREEDOM Adventure
Hey all, Well I’m sad to say that today is my last day at STOP THE TRAFFIK, so this will be my last blog post. The experience here in the office; and being actively involved with the Start Freedom campaign has been amazing! I’ve enjoyed so much about the campaign. Helping the schools in Bromley, … Read more
Youth Producing Change 2010
A very exciting youth human rights film festival is taking part in London from the 19th-23rd March. Young people are often on the frontline of the world’s human rights crises and we rarely get a chance to hear their voices and views. This film festival is a brilliant opportunity to do just that. 10 young … Read more
