Thursday, September 2, 2010

One Phone Call from Truck Driver Rescues Nine

One truck driver who noticed two young girls being worked at a truck stop, made the 911 call to police and an amazing set of events took place. The two girls, 15 and 14, were seen going in and out of the trucks and appeared to be distraught and at times, just simply afraid. Feeling something was not right, the alert trucker called police, informing them that the two girls "appeared pretty young."

Not only were the two Ohio girls minors, but they also turned out to be kidnap victims of human trafficking. The two minors were saved and returned to their families, but the story did not end there. Because of this one phone call from this one truck driver, seven other minor children were saved leading to the conviction of thirty one human trafficking offenders and led to the shutting down of a thirteen-state prostitution ring.

One phone call from one trucker . . . 9 lives saved . . . 31 offenders convicted . . . 13 state ring shut down . . . from one phone call.

READ MORE & WATCH A VIDEO AT:
http://www.askthetrucker.com/one-phone-call-from-truck-driver-rescues-nine/ Read more!

ICAP Global Conference

May 22-27, 2011

You will go out in joy and be lead forth in peace.
Isaiah 55:12



The conference will focus on caring for and resourcing the practitioner. The conference will also benefit anyone interested in issues regarding sexual exploitation of adults:


Those involved with ministries to women and men in prostitution.
Those who want to start a ministry
Churches and individuals seeking to learn, support , become involved
Missionaries, charities, foundations and other organizations who are involved and/or want further resources in this area.


Objectives of Conference:

Unite
Equip
Empower
Journey Together

Workshop Emphases:

Self-Care: Grief & Trauma, Secondary Trauma, Contemplation,
Meditation/Prayer
Working with Men/Women: Prevention; Rehab, Reintegration,
Restoration
Relationships: Collaboration with Governments, Churches and
other organizations

Co-Sponsored by Green Lake Conference Center
www.glcc.org and International Christian Alliance on Prostitution www.icapglobal.org

Facilitating the conference is Lauran Bethell, coordinator for the leadership team of ICAP. Lauran is also a Global Consultant with International Ministries, American Baptist Churches USA, and is internationally recognized for her work among victims of human trafficking and prostitution.

SPONSORSHIPS NEEDED

Help is needed with the cost ($1000) to bring practitioners and others from developing countries to the conference. To participate in sponsoring someone who could not otherwise afford this opportunity, contact Marion Kobow.

This conference serves as a catalyst for creating and cementing regional and global networks, while offering emotional, spiritual and physical renewal.

READ MORE:
http://www.icapglobal.org/pdf/ICAP%202011%20Flyer.pdf

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Spain Breaks Up a Trafficking Ring for Male Prostitution

By RAPHAEL MINDER
Published: August 31, 2010

MADRID — The Spanish police said Tuesday that it had dismantled for the first time a human trafficking network bringing men rather than women into the country to work as prostitutes.

The police said 14 people, almost all of them Brazilian, were arrested over recent weeks as part of an inquiry into the network’s activities begun in February.

The sex workers were recruited in Brazil, with their travel costs to Spain initially covered by the trafficking network’ organizers in return for a pledge to work subsequently for them, according to a police statement. Most of the recruits, however, expected to work as models or nightclub dancers, although some allegedly knew that they were coming to Spain to offer sex.

The police estimated that between 60 and 80 men were brought to Spain by the network, most of them in their 20s and originating from Brazil’s northern state of Maranhão. They reached Spain by passing through third countries.

The network covered the whole of Spain, with the sex workers placed in, and then switched regularly between, apartments whose landlords received half of the money earned by them, as well as €200, or about $255, to cover food and lodging, officials said.

The police released a video of one of the apartments in which some of the arrests were made, with bunk beds and mattresses cramped into neon-lit rooms. The gang, meanwhile, advertised pictures of the men on Web sites as well as in classified newspaper ads. The sex workers were allegedly provided with Viagra, cocaine and other stimulants to help keep them available for sex 24 hours a day. Most of their customers are suspected to have been men.

The bulk of the arrests occurred on the island of Majorca, including that of the Brazilian accused of being the ringleader, whose identity was not disclosed by the police. The prostitutes ended up owing the network as much as €4,000 each and were sometimes threatened with death if they refused to pay the debt, according to the Spanish police.

READ MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/world/europe/01iht-spain.html
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