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Related News of Modern Day Slavery in the U.S.

IMPORTANT REPORTS

[not dated] Tourism and Children in Prostitution
... Sex tourism, by implication, means big business for large corporations as well as ...
more or less precisely mirrors the pattern of foreign investment in that ...
www.csecworldcongress.org/.../Background_reading/Theme_papers/Theme%20paper%20Tourism%201996_EN.pdf
(Note: As of 09/2005, this link appears to be no longer active. Additional internet research will be needed to find a current link to this report.)

SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS OF THE U.S. SLAVERY CRISIS/Related Infrastructure

Also see 11/01/03 - Eulogy for the U.S. of A. [modified]

04/15/2005 Terror database shuts down as federal money runs out
The Day, New London, CT, USA
03/12/2005 Data dealers have got your numbers
By Ellen Simon, AP Business Writer
as published in The Day, New London, CT, USA
03/08/2005 Officials concerned about infiltration of intelligence agencies - With vast increases in funding from Congress after the 2001 attacks, the 15 U.S. intelligence agencies launched sweeping recruitment programs. Most have been deluged with thousands of resumes and job applications, forcing several spy services to contract background checks to private firms.
By Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times
as published in The Day, New London, CT, USA
01/14/2005 FBI may scrap $170M computer overhaul - Agency fails in bid to create paperless system
By Eric Lichtblau, New York Times News Service
as published in The Day, New London, CT, USA
01/11/2005(?) Reports Of Child Pornography Continue To Climb
by John Foley, InternetWeek.com - USA
... The National Center's CyberTipline also tracks child prostitution, online enticement, sexual molestation, and child sex "tourism," but child pornography is by ..
www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=57700595&tid=5978

Yet, there's no way to track how many of the tips collected by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children lead to arrests or convictions. Some experts believe law-enforcement agencies can't keep up with the scope of the problem. "The number of prosecutions is very small," says Parry Aftab, executive director of WiredSafety.org, a nonprofit organization devoted to online safety.

12/30/2004 (?) Agency infighting stalls unified fingerprint database to screen for criminals, terrorists
by Curt Anderson, Associated Press Writer
as published in The Day, New London, CT, USA
12/02/2004 Brazil struggles to curb sex tourism
BBC News, UK
... city of Salvador is this week hosting the first World Tourism Forum, and one of the
main items on the agenda is how to combat the menace of child sex tourism
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4061325.stm
11/28/2004 New Project to Curb Sex Tourism
The Scotsman, UK
By Peter Woodman, PA Travel Correspondent, in Orlando, Florida.
The year-long project by the UK’s sustainable tourism charity, the ...
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3814423
11/17/2004 THERE IS NO FREEDOM IN SLAVERY: FORCED PROSTITUTION IS REAL
The Black Table - New York, NY, USA
... and dissecting the $12 billion business of sexual slavery. He calls human trafficking the human rights issue of the
... Have you ever observed a sex slave auction? ...
www.blacktable.com/baker041117.htm
11/08/2004 AMERICA'S DE FACTO SLAVE TRADE
Lack of Border Security Increases The Slave Trade in the United States
By Jim Kouri, CPP, Michnews.com - Troy, MI, USA
... As unimaginable as it seems, slavery and bondage still
... still suffer in silence in slave-like situations
... Humantrafficking not only continues but appears to be ...
www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_5695.shtml
11/03/2004 Suffer the Children
Salt Lake City Weekly - Park City, UT, USA
... now works as an expert witness on human trafficking for US
... tolerate this are tolerating a form of slavery," he told
... they'll fetch on the sex slave market. ...
www.slweekly.com/editorial/2004/feat_2004-11-04.cfm
11/03/2004 THE NEW BUSH ADMINISTRATION CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE SHARING PLAN
By Jim Kouri, CPP, Michnews.com - Troy, MI, USA
www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_5641.shtml
11/02/2004 Problem too easily buried in bureaucracy
Richmond News - Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
... to immigration officers that he was living off the avails of prostitution and was
... was the duty council for one of the women caught in the recent Richmond raid. ...
www.richmond-news.com/issues04/111104/news/111104nn2.html
10/15/2004 Program aims to identify, aid victims
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee, WI, USA .
.. is used to describe the practice of trapping people in slave-like conditions
... Horn, in town for Wednesday's event, said human trafficking is the second largest ...
www.jsonline.com/news/metro/oct04/267062.asp
10/13/2004 Germany, Italy Push Ahead on Asylum Centers
Deutsche Welle - Germany
... for illegal immigrants as a humane solution in the fight against human trafficking.
... on Wednesday, Pisanu likened illegal immigration to the slave trade for its ...
... Aware that the proposal has met with criticism from human rights groups and other EU member states, particularly
France and Spain, the Italian minister made clear that the detention centers can in no way be described as "concentration camps," as they have often been referred to in past discussions.
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1360015,00.html
10/02/2004 Maltese delegation attends meetings of the OSCE parliamentary
Malta Independent - St. Julians, Malta
... which included a series of presentations and discussions focusing on human trafficking as a security challenge and a new form of slavery, and international
www.independent.com.mt/daily/newsview.asp?id=27881
10/01/2004 The peculiar institution is still popular
Pentagram - Fort McNair, DC, USA
... The word slave comes from the practice of scooping up .
... evolved arguments on the benefits of slavery and how ...
... Human trafficking goes hand in hand with the weapons and drug trade and it is also a cash cow for terrorist groups.
www.dcmilitary.com/army/pentagram/9_40/commentary/31461-1.html
09/22/2004 UNDER DOD plan, soliciting prostitute would be a career-ending ...
Stars and Stripes - Washington, D.C., United States
... will go a long way to tackling the problem of human trafficking, in which people are kidnapped and sole into virtual sex or labor slavery, Pentagon officials ...
www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=24507
09/02/2004 MYERS raises the cry against slavery
Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA
... trafficking, Myers spoke out about the need for people to pay closer than usual attention for possible signs of trafficking. "Most victims of modern slavery ...
www.nj.com/news/ledger/firstglance/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1094178611186900.xml
07/22/2004 Sexual Abuse Investigated At Tribal Safe House - Two former employees report alleged assaults at Mashantucket facility
By Karen Florin, Day Staff Writer, Casinos/Gambling
The Day, New London, CT, USA
07/20/2004 CUBA, Mexico agree to send back ambassadors after spat
CubaNet - Coral Gables, FL, USA
... the United States has adopted tough new laws against human trafficking and barred US
... that between 600,000 and 800,000 people are forced into slavery each year ...
www.cubanet.org/CNews/y04/jul04/20e5.htm
07/20/2004 CUBAN national ordered deported
CubaNet - Coral Gables, FL, USA
... who used a speech devoted to the crime of human trafficking to lash
... of Justice's first-ever national training conference on combatting slavery, seemed designed ...
www.cubanet.org/CNews/y04/jul04/20e4.htm
07/19/2004 BUSH Leads Fight Against International Slave Trade
GOPUSA - Pearland, TX, USA
... denouncing the international 21st century slave trade.
... girls trafficked into sexual slavery in Chicago
... nations that profit from or tolerate human trafficking. ...
www.gopusa.com/news/2004/july/0719_bush_trafficking.shtml
[Note: This site may not be functioning properly and the original Washington Wire on Bush's speech was almost immediately removed. However, as of 3/21/05, it could still be viewed at usembassy.state.gov/mumbai/wwwhwashnews2132.html ] Also see 12/06/04 - 5 in 1: What's wrong with this picture?: US position in our global community & 4 more [modified] ]
07/19/2004 QUALIFYING candidates to get campaign funds
Miami Herald (subscription) - Miami, FL, USA
... Ashcroft did call Wasserman Schultz's bill to criminalize human trafficking in Florida
... first-ever national training conference on combatting slavery, did thank ...
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/9187225.htm
[note: per contact with DOJ unit that planned this conference, no others scheduled, at this time]
07/17/2004 BUSH Names New Ambassador to Indonesia
Laksamana - Indonesia
... Projects will focus primarily on fighting sex slavery, the fastest growing
... other funds provided by the US to fight human trafficking, including approximately ...
www.laksamana.net/vnews.cfm?ncat=22&news_id=7270
07/16/2004 World Sex Trafficking Eyed by State Department
by Keith Peters, Washington, D.C., correspondent
... The victims of human trafficking are 21st century slaves.
... of Youth Advocates Program International, said slavery is the
... years of the transatlantic slave trade ...
www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0032898.cfm
07/16/2004 PRESIDENT visits Tampa, discusses modern slavery
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton, FL, USA
... at helping local law enforcement agencies battle a crime that each year drags tens of thousands into modern-day slavery in America. "Human trafficking is one ...
www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/9175865.htm
07/16/2004 WHITE House Gaggle
The Talk Radio News Service - Washington, D.C., USA
... at the National Conference -- National Training Conference on Combating Human Trafficking in the United States, rescuing women and children from slavery. ...
www.talkradionews.com/news/article.php?articleID=250
06/26/2004 Delayed computer system hinders FBI investigations
by John Schwartz and Lowell Bergman, New York Times News Service
as published in The Day, New London, CT, USA
06/06/2004 Rotten to the DynCorp
(wWW.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/8816810.htm)
SPIN of the Week: Guerilla News Network - USA
"... employees 'escaped prosecution despite accusations in 2000 of running a prostitution ring in the Balkans,' had eight armed men at the recent raid of Ahmed ... "
www.guerrillanews.com/human_rights/doc4600.html
06/03/2004 Mueller proposes new intelligence service within FBI
By Larry Margasak, The Associated Press www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20040603-1537-fbi-intelligence.html
06/02/2004 Contractors in Iraq work in gray area - U.S. contractors in Iraq face dangerous, ambiguous tasks
By John Simerman, CONTRA COSTA TIMES
www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/8816810.htm?1c
05/20/2004 HUMAN Smuggling a National Security Risk, US Official Says
U.S. Department of State, International Information Programs, Washington File
www.iwar.org.uk/news-archive/2004/05-20-3.htm
05/19/2004 America Has Human Trafficking Crisis
By CURT ANDERSON, The Associated Press
www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/27-05192004-302776.html
05/15/2004 Bullies Are Dangerous In Abu Ghraib or Pawcatuck
By Chuck Potter, Columnist
The Day, New London, CT, USA
05/15/2004 Ashcroft announces plan for law enforcement intelligence-sharing
Washington, News in Brief
The Day, New London, CT, USA
05/15/2004 Ashcroft tells of intelligence sharing plan to fight terror
By CURT ANDERSON, Chicago Sun-Times
www.suntimes.com/output/terror/cst-nws-intel15.html
05/14/2004 Iraq type atrocities are happening in U.S.

By MARIANNE LABRECQUE, EMedia Wire

www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/5/emw125900.htm
05/11/2004 FBI told computer upgrades inadequate
Washington - The Associated Press
www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040511.gtfbimay11/BNStory/Technology/
05/11/2004 Red Cross: Abuse Widespread - Report Says Most Iraqi Prisoners Detained 'By Mistake'
By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS, Associated Press Writer
The Day, New London, CT, USA
05/08/2004 Police scandals often more than `bad apples' - Tough to clean own house, expert says
By MAUREEN MURRAY, Staff Reporter, The Star, Toronto, Canada www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=
1083967809627&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154
04/30/2004 Government reform needed to fight U.S. modern-day slavery

By Marianne Labrecque, PRWeb wire releases

www.prweb.com/releases/Apr%20/0/prweb122283.htm
04/29/2004 - Base Problems

By Ginger Adams Otis

www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18549

(See 04/30/04 - Base Problems and 04/30/04 - Re: Base Problems)
04/02/2004 UNREPORTED RAPES UPSET OFFICIALS
By Christine Dempsey, Diane Struzzi and Colin Poitras, Courant Staff Writers, Courant Staff Writers Matthew Burgard and Jesse Hamilton contributed to this story
Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, USA
02/11/2004 Police: Investigators need Matrix info
The Day, New London, CT, USA
02/11/2004 A new probe into the mysteries of the St. Valentine's Day ...
Chicago Tribune (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... 30-year-old was close to consolidating all of Chicago's bootlegging, gambling and prostitution
... A police raid would have been a trifle to Moran's crew -- the ... http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0402110233feb11,1,7802192.story?coll=chi-leisuretempo-hed
12/13/ 2002 COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION TO ACQUIRE DYNCORP
www.csc.com/newsandevents/news/1948.shtml
03/28/2002 Deposing DynCorp - Trial on whistleblower charges could make great theater.
Deposing DynCorpTrial on whistleblower charges could make great theater. By Jeff Prince. Ben Johnston
objected to sexual slavery. ... duped into sex slavery. The practices outraged the local community, but DynCorp generally ignored and ...
By Jeff Prince, Fort Worth Weekly news
www.fwweekly.com/issues/2002-03-28/metropolis.html
08/06/2002 Sex-slave whistle-blowers vindicated
Two former employees of DynCorp, the government contracting powerhouse, have won
... found that DynCorp employee Kathryn Bolkovac "acted reasonably," but that the company ...
www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/08/06/dyncorp

Also see the following emails:
07/19/04 - [Bush's speeches on Friday in Tampa and West Virginia]

Note, as of 7/28/04, Bush's speech appears to have been removed from the Washington file - it is not appearing in archive search. However, as of 3/21/05, it could still be found at usembassy.state.gov/mumbai/wwwhwashnews2132.html Also see 12/06/04 - 5 in 1: What's wrong with this picture?: US position in our global community & 4 more [modified] regarding this "phenomena."
07/17/04 - Simmons' efficiency [modified]
07/16/04 - The politicizing of the human trafficking issue: how much more are victims going to be exploited?
07/08/04 - Feel free to publish, circulate, plagiarize [modified]
07/07/04 - Christopher Morano: on record versus reality [modified]
07/06/04 - Connecticut's own governmental anti-slavery efforts > How did I miss this?
06/28/04 - The Warnings are finally clear in the Press
06/05/04 - Ch..Ch..Ch..Ch..Changes
06/10/04 - local area deficits [w/explanation for non-locals]
06/13/04 - cave protectors

Links to other possible implications

Including reportS of practices/tactics "possibly" used in our local situation

02/14/2004 .. The illegal sex trade is the fastest growing form of modern-day slavery
N.E. Editorial Roundup - The Associated Press, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, USA www.projo.com/ap/ma/1076767520.htm
01/25/2004 The Girls Next Door
By PETER LANDESMAN, New York Times magazine article
www.nytimes.com/2004/01/25/magazine/25SEXTRAFFIC.html?ex=1075611600&en=2a0acf1044fe53b0&ei=5062

Milestone cases/reports

MANY: SEE 12/14/04 - Illuminating behind-the-scenes tactics of sex tourism & slavers, v.2
05/20/2004 - U.S. Expanding Efforts to Reach Trafficking Victims -Education and outreach at the grass-roots level is key
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington, DC, USA
[Statements by Steve Wagner, director of the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services' Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking, http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/, published in May 20, 2004, just after the Campaign began]
"We believe the problem is ubiquitous, affecting urban and rural communities across the country."
"Wagner said greater public awareness and the development of alternative ways for victims and intermediaries to come forward -- without immediately contacting law enforcement -- are two keys to promoting more effective implementation of TVPA [Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000] in the United States. "
mumbai.usconsulate.gov/wwwhwashnews1855.html
03/11/2004 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announces Anti-Trafficking Hotline, Awareness Effort
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington, DC, USA
releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=152-03112004
03/09/2004 AGENCY LAUNCHES SLAVERY HOT-LINE
New York Post - New York, NY, USA
www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20250.htm
01/29/2004 Ashcroft Announces Sentencing for Ten Convicted of Human Trafficking Says Bush administration committed to ending such practices
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington, DC, USA
usembassy.state.gov/posts/in3/wwwhwashnews1263.html
01/25/2004 The Girls Next Door
By PETER LANDESMAN, New York Times magazine article
www.nytimes.com/2004/01/25/magazine/25SEXTRAFFIC.html?ex=1075611600&en=2a0acf1044fe53b0&ei=5062
01/25/2004 FBI online sex stings winning first convictions
By Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press, USA Today
www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-01-25-pedo-stings_x.htm
01/10/2004 Police move to reform
By Lee Williams, U.S. Virgin Islands Daily News
The article talks about a 44 page special investigative report, Deadly Force, published by that newspaper,
as well as a survey it is conducting of V.I. residents to evaluate the Police Department.
www.VirginIslandsDailyNews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=3629865
11/06/2003 S. 1830 – The Paul and Sheila Wellstone Trafficking Reauthorization Act,
www.theorator.com/bills108/s1830.html

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Other News of Modern Day Slavery/POSSIBLE SLAVERY in the U.S.

10/07/2005 Horrific Abuse of Women - Trafficking and Conflict
Global Politician - Brooklyn, NY, USA
... that there is an urgent need to work closely with the travel and tourism industry and draw-up a collective agenda to address the issues of sex tourism. ...
http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=1267&cid=6&sid=80
Report of a study at Florida State University, that flooded other newspapers over the next three days,
but of which there didn't appear to be a hint of it in any of CT, let alone, SE CT newspapers.
The excerpt that follows was taken from
02/25/2004 HUMAN trafficking study looks toward remedies
Naples Daily News - Naples, FL, USA, www.naplesnews.com/npdn/news/article/0,2071,NPDN_14940_2680826,00.htm:

"Collier County's efforts, which included a countywide task force, were mentioned as an example of what can be done to identify and protect victims. But such efforts need to be duplicated across the state, the group contends. . . . Toward that end, the task force offered a list of 60 recommendations to coordinate efforts to find victims and punish abusers. That list calls for:

— Use of popular media in programming and in public service announcements to illustrate the existence of modern-day slavery.

— Giving information about the federal Trafficking Victims act to agencies that come into contact with foreign laborers or industries that rely on their employment.

— Training investigators on the characteristics of modern slavery situations.

— Coordinating local, state and federal resources in what often are multi-jurisdictional cases.

— Educating employers about the use of victims from labor contractors. "

" . . . . . Laura Germino, working group member from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, said the coalition's own training sessions illustrate that, in many cases, people responding to a disturbance — an assault, a bar fight, a domestic abuse call — miss the underlying causes or patterns of abuse. . . . "By the time we get through with the training, it's interesting how many people recognize that they've run into a situation of people being held against their will but did just not realize it at the time," Germino said. "It's really quite marked." "

Other News stories of this report:

Slavery 'alive and well' in US, Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle, WA, US, seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Human%20Trafficking

Slavery 'Alive and Well' in US, ABC News - USA, abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040224_2244.html

Slavery 'Alive and Well' in US, Worcester Telegram - Worcester, MA, USA, www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040224/APA/402241261&cachetime=5

HUMAN trafficking thriving in Florida, Washington Times - Washington, DC, USA, Wed, 25 Feb 2004, washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040225-123015-8423r.htm

Modern-day slavery alive and well in Florida, CNN International - World, TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP), edition.cnn.com/2004/US/South/02/25/human.trafficking.ap/ MODERN-DAY slavery in Florida exposed, The Tallahassee Democrat - USA, www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/8033204.htm

HUMAN rights report: Slavery alive and well in Florida, USA Today - USA, www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-02-25-human-trafficking_x.htm

HUMAN trafficking spotlighted, Boston Globe - Boston, MA, USA, TALLAHASSEE -- "Modern-day slavery is alive and well in Florida, the head of a . . ", www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/02/25/human_trafficking_spotlighted

Florida Top Destination For Human Trafficking, News4Jax.com - Jacksonville, FL, USA, www.news4jax.com/news/2870913/detail.html

FSU center targets human trafficking, The News-Press - Fort Myers, FL, USA, www.news-press.com/news/local_state/040225trafficking.html

Slavery 'alive and well' in US, MLive.com - MI, USA [i.e., MICHIGAN!], www.mlive.com/newsflash/lateststories/index.ssf?/base/national-18/107768486087390.xml

HUMAN trafficking study looks toward remedies, Naples Daily News - Naples, FL, USA, www.naplesnews.com/npdn/news/article/0,2071,NPDN_14940_2680826,00.html

Other parts of the world:

‘ Modern - day Slavery ’ Booming IN US, Islam Online - UK, ... Highlighting the thriving “modern-day slavery” in Florida, CHAR Executive director Terry Coonan said human trafficking has become a “multibillion-dollar... www.islam-online.net/English/News/2004-02/25/article05.shtml

SLAVERY alive and well in Florida: human rights group, Canada East - Canada, canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040224/CPW/27212028

02/20/2004 Women Sold Into Sex Slavery In Houston - Agents Bust Thailand To Houston Operation www.click2houston.com/news/2862229/detail.html:

HOUSTON -- Modern-day slavery is a $9 billion a year worldwide industry, and Houston is one of the hubs for this business, the News2Houston Investigators reported Thursday. . . . Women and children desperate to come to this country have no idea the life of servitude that waits for them -- a life where they're forced to pay off enormous smuggling debts by working in some of our city's so-called massage parlors and 24-hour spas. . . . . It's an epidemic that spreads from the Far East to Houston to all points in between -- young women smuggled into this country and forced to work as prostitutes in massage parlors and 24-hour spas. They are the victims in what many consider a victimless crime.

02/24/2004 AC police seize drugs in massage parlor raids
By BRIDGET MURPHY Staff Writer, Press of Atlantic City - Pleasantville, NJ, USA
"ATLANTIC CITY - Police said they seized $6,000 in Ecstasy pills and $2,000 in methamphetamine during two massage parlor raids Sunday that resulted in the arrests of nine people.." www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/atlantic/022404MASSAGE_F24.cfm?CFID=73412&CFTOKEN=
271696724fd9d128-F8A42703-CACD-A741-FA44E7BCEDA7A7EB
02/20/2004 FANCY spa was really a brothel, police say
New Jersey Journal - Jersey City, NJ, USA
"... about their workday, police walked the three women arrested in the raid ... to have been the manager of the establishment, was charged with promoting prostitution ..." www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1077271948121790.xml
01/24/2004 Sex trafficking ruthless, lucrative - Brothels proliferate despite crackdowns
By Bill Wallace, Jim Herron Zamora, Chronicle Staff Writers, San Francisco Chronicle www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/01/24/MNGU84GUJ01.DTL&type=printable
01/22/2004 Slavery case far from over - Appeal expected; victims file suit
By James Vaznis, Globe Staff, The Boston Globe www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/01/22/slavery_case_far_from_over/

HOW OTHER COUNTRIES MAY SEE THE USA THROUGH ALL OF THIS

05/15/2004 The shock of war hits home among young Americans - Images from Iraq, elsewhere bombard Internet generation
By MARTHA IRVINE, AP National Writer, By BRIDGET MURPHY Staff Writer, The Day, New London, CT, USA
"It's the fist time we can't just point a finger at a leader and say 'You did this wrong' and instead have to say 'We're doing this wrong,'" says Sarah McAuley, a 24 year old who lives in San Francisco. "The people shown abusing Iraqi prisoners are me, or at least not as distinguishable from me as some."
03/23 - 29/1998 Russian Sex Slavery 'Epidemic' in U.S.
By Charles Digges, STAFF WRITER, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES www.times.spb.ru/archive/times/348-349/russian-sex.html

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Other News of Modern Day Slavery/POSSIBLE SLAVERY OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, BUT POSSIBLY RELATED TO U.S.

10/15/2004 Asian children's forum demands protection from slavers
Radio Australia - Australia
Children from five Asian countries are demanding their governments provide greater protection from the modern-day slavery of human trafficking. ...
www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1221378.htm
10/15/2004 Mekong Children Speak Out Against Human Trafficking
Inter Press Service (subscription) - World
... The children also singled out other areas that were aiding the gangs profiting from human trafficking, described by some as 'modern day slavery.'. ...
www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=25873
10/15/2004 Gangs 'linked to fireworks'
Harrogate Today - UK
The warning comes after attempts were made to raid Harrogate's safe firework
... from the sale of these fireworks is ultimately funding drugs and prostitution. ... www.harrogatetoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=17&ArticleID=872032
07/28/2004 Sixteen arrested at Canadian border
By Eric Newhouse, The Associated Press
www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20040728/localnews/929427.html
This excerpt is from the BBC, news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/3485364.stm, although this one was also reported in the Washington Times, washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040225-093051-4227r.htm:

02/25/2004 BOMBAY'S 'dancing' bars raided - More than 50 beer bars have been raided in a major crackdown in the western Indian city of Bombay
BBC News - London, England, UK

"Police say they arrested at least 1,500 bar girls, employees and customers in the overnight operation. . . . Beer bars in Bombay, also called Mumbai, are not illegal, but some of them are alleged to act as a front for prostitution. It is said to be a thriving industry which brings together bar owners, hoteliers and traffickers. They are an integral part of Bombay's thriving nightlife and attract a wide-ranging clientele - from working-class males to high-flying business executives. . . . Police said the raids were conducted to crack down on prostitution and obscenity at the bars. Over 700 dancing girls were arrested. . . . "It is the first raid ever [on the bars] on such a large scale," senior Bombay police official Javed Ahmed told the BBC. . . . Some of the bars were also operating beyond their permitted closing time, and selling alcohol without requisite licenses, a senior police official said."

02/24/2004 AFGHANISTAN: Campaign under way to raise awareness of child trafficking
KABUL, (IRIN) www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=39657&SelectRegion=Central_Asia&SelectCountry=AFGHANISTAN

According to the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), human trafficking - particularly child kidnapping and abduction - were identified as one of the most serious rights violations in recent months in Afghanistan, despite improvements in the situation of children in the war-weary country. . . . "Taking the number of kidnapped or abducted children in the last five months into consideration, AIHRC thought that this issue should be taken more seriously and launched a public awareness raising campaign to sensitise the public and the authorities," Nader Naderi, a commissioner of AIHRC, told IRIN. . . . AIHRC said that although exact figures were hard to come by, in the last five months of 2003 over 300 complaints had been received from the families of children who had disappeared. . . . . "Besides the drug mafia, child trafficking is proving now to be another difficult issue for the fledging state institutions to address," the 45 year-old civil servant, who declined to be named, told IRIN.

02/23/2004 46 foreign women held in midnight raid
The Star - Malaysia
"... During the midnight raid on Saturday, police arrested 46 foreign women –31 China nationals, five Thais, four ... All were believed to be involved in prostitution" www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/2/23/nation/7375944&sec=nation:

"The centre, located in a four-storey building which has a health spa, discotheque, karaoke lounge and budget hotel along Jalan Kenari, had secret rooms each large enough to hide about 30 people in the event of a raid.. . . . Police, who believed the centre was operated by the state’s biggest vice syndicate, also seized 11 slot machines and a large quantity of sex-related items. Selangor CID chief Senior Asst Comm (II) Abu Bakar Mustaffa said although the secret rooms were air-conditioned, they were “very small.” . . . “A person can suffocate after being in it for an hour. We found 11 women in one compartment and 17 others in another,” he said, adding that close circuit TVs were installed in strategic areas. . . During the midnight raid on Saturday, police arrested 46 foreign women –31 China nationals, five Thais, four Indonesians, four Cambodians and two Russians. All were believed to be involved in prostitution. SAC Abu Bakar said the foreigners, aged between 17 and 40, failed to produce valid travel documents. . . . The 212 customers, some of whom were caught in their underwear, were allowed to leave after checks were made by the authorities.

02/22/2004 Children for sale - Dateline goes undercover with a human rights group to expose sex trafficking in Cambodia
MSNBC
www.thsv.org/news_details.aspx?newsID=406:

It's an exotic vacation destination, with ancient cities, bold colors, legendary temples, remarkable beauty — and horrendous crimes that go on behind closed doors. Children, some as young as 5 years old, are being sold as slaves for sex. It's a shameful secret that's now capturing the attention of the world and the White House, a secret that has been exposed by Dateline's hidden cameras. Dateline ventured into this dark place, where sexual predators can gain access to terrified children for a handful of cash. How could this be happening? And how can it be stopped? . . . Inside the world of child sex trafficking, each year, by some estimates, hundreds of thousands of girls and boys are bought, sold or kidnapped and then forced to have sex with grown men. Dateline’ s investigation leads to the troubled and distant land of Cambodia. We reveal what “tourists,” like one American doctor, may be up to, and we'll take you inside a dramatic operation to rescue the children. . . . . The night clubs of Bangkok and the windows of Amsterdam are among the most well-known destinations in what has become a multibillion-dollar industry: sex tourism. But the business is not all about adult prostitution. . . .

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Possibly tied to crime ring holding David _________
Note: Unlinked The (New London, CT, USA) Day articles listed on this page may be able to be acquired through that newspaper's website at www.theday.com. There may be a charge for the article. Those of the Hartford Courant may be able to be found at www.ctnow.com/news, and Westerly, RI's The Sun at www.thewesterlysun.com.

11/09/2004 DMV License Scheme Probed - Sullivan Wants Workers Suspended
By JACK DOLAN, Courant Staff Writer
www.ctnow.com/news/local/hc-dmv1109.artnov09,1,4169034.story?coll=hc-headlines-local
10/29/2004 Groton Town police welcome new faces, say farewell to old friends
by Chuck Potter, Day Staff Writer, The Day, New London, CT, USA
"...and Eben Vanvoorhies, who were sworn in as new patrol officers through the department's "lateral entry" hiring program. Both men have experience in other police departments."
09/23/2004 Task forces to target human trafficking
By Noreen Gillespie, Associated Press Writer, as published by The Day, New London, Connecticut, USA
"Meriden - A new joint federal and state task force will try to curb the trafficking of illegal immigrants into Connecticut for use as slaves, mail-order brides and child prostitutes, U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor said Wednesday."
- This follow-up news article to that published previously, reveals that this would be extremely narrow in scope and not even begin to include the "possible" trafficking operation we are fighting in southeastern Connecticut:
09/11/2004 Blast Destroys Colchester Church - Just and hour later, parishioners were due to cook for festival
front page story
By Matthew J. Mallone, Day Staff Writer, The Day, New London, Connecticut, USA
theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=4751C86F-9A65-4F73-98E3-2244DC4F7CD1
(The New London Day newspaper's web site links are only good for 2-3 days. After that, there is a charge/etc.)
NEWSCLIPPING
07/06/04 - Connecticut's own governmental anti-slavery efforts > How did I miss this?
However, the follow-up news article, on 09/23/04, reveals that this would be extremely narrow in scope and not even begin to include the "possible" trafficking operation we are fighting in southeastern Connecticut:
- 09/23/2004 Task forces to target human trafficking
  By Noreen Gillespie, Associated Press Writer, as published by The Day, New London, Connecticut, USA
  "Meriden - A new joint federal and state task force will try to curb the trafficking of illegal immigrants into Connecticut for use as slaves, mail-order brides and child prostitutes, U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor said Wednesday."
06/04/2004 Former Stonington first selectman gets probation in plea bargain
Associated Press
www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ct--selectmancharged0602jun02,0,7119532.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
04/02/2004 UNREPORTED RAPES UPSET OFFICIALS
By Christine Dempsey, Diane Struzzi and Colin Poitras, Courant Staff Writers, Courant Staff Writers Matthew Burgard and Jesse Hamilton contributed to this story
Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, USA
03/29/2004 (?) DIBBLE FACES FELONY IN 'RISK OR INJURY' CASE
By Brian Quinlan - The Sun Staff
The Sun, Westerly, RI, USA
03/11/2004 Dibble Subject Of Sex-assault Complaint - Stonington First Selectman, Police Are Not Commenting
By Joe Wojtas, Day Staff Columnist, Stonington/Mystic
The Day, New London, CT, USA
05/02/2003 A Year of Questions
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Joe Wojtas and Ann Baldelli, Day Staff Writers
The Day, New London, CT, USA
03/18/2003 Accused drug ring associate sentenced for cocaine conviction
Eileen Mcnamara, Day Staff Writer
The Day, New London, CT, USA
03/28/2003 Crackdown on sex trafficking urged
Michael Costanza, Day Staff Writer
The Day, New London, CT, USA
02/09/2003 DEALER - Is Small Town Boy Behind Region's Drug Trade?
Joe Wojtas and Eileen Mcnamara, Day Staff Writers
The Day, New London, CT, USA
NEWSCLIPPING
- follow-up:
  09/06/2003 Venturini gets 10 years in plea deal - He is accused of being one of the biggest drug traffickers in the region
  by Izaskun E. Larraneta, Day Staff Writer
  The Day, New London, CT, USA
01/22/2003 Police officer killed in car accident in Montville
Patricia Daddona and Robert Westervelt, Day Staff Writers
The Day, New London, CT, USA
12/11/2003 Homeland Security picks new contractor for Plum Island center
as published by The Day, New London, CT, USA
NEWSCLIPPING
12/14/2003 WFSB Flesh-eating infection kills state official
... The 52-year-old Miller also headed the state Department of Administrative Services' Employee Review Board and the Republican registrar of voters in Stonington. ...
www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=1561673
www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=1562492
10/21/2003 Groton force welcomes new officers, dog
The Day, New London, CT, USA
"The town returned a bomb-detection dog after its handler, former Officer Albert Smythe, was accused of engaging in 'unbecoming conduct' and violating the department's rules regulating handlers and their police dogs for a 2002 incident in which his dog allegedly bit a state trooper in the scrotum. Smythe has since resigned to take another law enforcement position in Florida."
- follow-up:
  11/05/2004 State Trooper sues Groton, town police over dog-biting incident
  By Gladys Alcedo, Day Staff Writer, The Day, New London, Connecticut, USA
  "Groton - A state trooper who alleged he was bitten in the scrotum by a town police dog two years ago is suing the town, the town police chief and the former police officer who handled the dog. Trooper Michael Thomas is seeking compensatory and punitive damages in connection with the incident, which occurred Oct. 6, 2002, at the Groton Town police station.
  ...According to police, the town launched the probe after receiving a report from a local hospital about Thomas' treatment for "soft tissue trauma" in his penile area. A clinical exam found blood in his urine, but no cuts in the scrotum area.
  ...The police investigation found Smythe and Thomas had a brief exchange a couple of hours before ...when Smythe said he saw Thomas interact inappropriately with an unnamed female town officer. The female officer told investigators that Thomas, a close friend, did nothing improper or offensive. She reported that Smythe told her he though Thomas was accusing him of the dog-biting to counter any claim Smythe may bring against the trooper for harassment."
12/14/2002 'Drug house' owner is put on notice
Joe Wojtas, Day Staff Writer
The Day, New London, CT, USA

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10/04/2004 State's Probate Court System Is Under Pressure To Change
By IZASKUN E. LARRANETA, Day Staff Writer, Courts/Social Services, New London Day
02/25/2004 Rowland Controversy Could Prove Costly To State - Study warns of impact on economy, job growth
Ted Mann, Day Staff Writer, New London Day
12/31/2003 Child's Body Found Dismembered In Man's Car - Child May Be Providence Woman's Son
News Channel 10 - News
... The medical examiner's office tentatively identified the child as Alquan White, James' son.
... She said Alquan White was her and James' son. ...
www.turnto10.com/news/2731370/detail.html
07/04/2003 Patriot Act: Has Government Gone Too Far? Some Concerned About Free Speech, Americans' Rights Being Trampled
Kenton Robinson, Day Staff Writer, A1, New London Day
10/30/2002 Don't Put Up With Bullying, Local Students Are Told
Judy Benson, Day Staff Writer, A1, New London Day

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02/12/2004 RIO to fight sex tourism as Carnival nears
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
"... said police will regularly raid areas in the city centre, along Copacabana beach and in the Barra de Tijuca neighborhood that are notorious for prostitution. ..."
www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2813011a2180,00.html

Government corruption & reform

06/06/2004 Lost In Translation
CBS News
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/25/60minutes/main526954.shtml
06/04/2004 Senate committee still missing key documents in prisoner abuse case
By Sumana Chatterjee and Shashank Bengali, Knight Ridder Newspapers
www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/8842408.htm
06/04/2004 Former Stonington first selectman gets probation in plea bargain
Associated Press
www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ct--selectmancharged0602jun02,0,7119532.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
05/27/2004 Justice Finds Oversights at FBI DNA Unit
Associated Press
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4140486,00.html
05/27/2004 The FBI DNA Laboratory Report : A Review of Protocol and Practice Vulnerabilities
FBI National Press Office
fbi.edgesuite.net/pressrel/pressrel04/oigdna052704.htm
05/26/2004 Why are they smiling?
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Correspondent
The Christian Science Monitor csmonitor.com/2004/0526/p15s01-lire.html
05/24/2004 Some 2,000 pages are said to be missing from copy of prisoner abuse report
Washington, News in Brief
The Day, New London, CT
05/24/2004 Familiar face in Iraq Prisons
Editorial
The Day, New London, CT USA
05/19/2004 Iraqis want death penalty for U.S. guards
By ANTHONY DEUTSCH, Associated Press Writer
The Day, New London, CT, USA
05/15/2004 The shock of war hits home among young Americans - Images from Iraq, elsewhere bombard Internet generation
By MARTHA IRVINE, AP National Writer, The Day, New London, CT, USA
"It's the fist time we can't just point a finger at a leader and say 'You did this wrong' and instead have to say 'We're doing this wrong,'" says Sarah McAuley, a 24 year old who lives in San Francisco. "The people shown abusing Iraqi prisoners are me, or at least not as distinguishable from me as some."
05/01/2004 Bush Blasts Abuse of Iraqi Prisoners - President say U.S. soldiers who were responsible will be punished By THOM SHANKER and JACQUES STEINBERG, New York Times News Service
The Day, New London, CT, USA

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05/11/2003 Happy 4th of July . . . Rome ruins U.S. Mail!! - Happy 227th Birthday America!! - 1776 --- 2003 A.D.
www.reformation.org/happy_birthday_america.html
Life and Times of Giuseppe Garibaldi.
www.reformation.org/garibaldi.html

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